Cal Orey and Mark Jabo
Ever wonder if global warming is something to be afraid about–really afraid about? Take an up close and personal look at how the world’s erratic climate may be affecting you. Written from the perspective of a nature-loving author, a stand-up comic, and the ones who matter the most – intelligent whales:
* This book gives a new and different eye-view on effects of Earth’s changing climate.
* This book pokes fun at the media, scientists, politicians, and celebrities while giving the most up-to-date scoop on everything from the melting ice caps to twisters on the West Coast.
* This book also includes the opposing points of view of two whales, Harmony and Hamlet.
* The book is written in a warm and witty style. The Sky is Falling! A Global Warming Survival Guide, is a must-read for every two-legger on the planet!
The Sky is Falling! will help you get a real grip on what’s going on with Mother Nature, and how those changes will affect you, your children and their children in the years to come.
Journalist-author Cal Orey is the author of bestseller The Healing Powers of Vinegar, 202 Pets Peeves, and The Man Who Predicts Earthquakes.
Mark Jabo is a New York-based writer, comic and financial consultant who has lived and worked all over the world including Tokyo, London and Australia.
Cal Orey is a popular author-journalist. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English (Creative Writing) from San Francisco State University. Over the past twenty years, she has written hundreds of articles for national and international magazines, including The Writer, Woman’s World, The Writer, and has been contributing editor for Complete Woman. She specializes in writing about health, relationships, pets, and science. Ms. Orey is the author of several books, including 202 Pets Peeves: Cats and Dogs Speak Out on Pesky Human Behavior, and The Man Who Predicts Earthquakes: Jim Berkland, Maverick Geologist–How His Warnings Can Save Lives. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, she lives in Northern California. Her website is www.calorey.com.
Mark Jabo is a writer, comic and financial consultant who spends time in Florida, New York and Maryland. Originally from Philadelphia, Mark has lived and worked all over the world including Tokyo, London and Australia. He was a founding member of The Comics Roundtable, a writing and performance group headed by Emmy-award winning comic, Paul Wagner. He is a contributing writer for TheCheers.org webzine and was a finalist in Humor Press “America’s Funniest Humor” contest. His short stories have been featured on Apollo’s Lyre and Long Story Short websites–both sites have been honored by Writer’s Digest as among the “101 Best Writing Sites." His global warming blog is: www.getmehot.blogspot.com
“If you asked me to name the three scariest threats facing the human race, I would give the same answer that most people would: nuclear war, global warming and Windows.”
–Dave Barry
Chances are, you’re already aware of the signs documented in Time Magazine:
“In Africa, drought continues for the sixth consecutive year, adding terribly to the toll of famine victim... record rains in parts of the U.S., Pakistan and Japan caused some of the worst flooding in centuries.... A series of unusually cold winters has gripped the American Far West, while New England and northern Europe have recently experienced the mildest winters within anyone’s recollection.
As they review the bizarre and unpredictable weather pattern of the past several years, a growing number of scientists are beginning to suspect that many seemingly contradictory meteorological fluctuations are actually part of a global climatic upheaval.”
The question remains.... What does the changing climate mean to you and our planet?
When the Sky Comes Falling Down
Is the sky really falling? If you haven’t heard by now, listen up. The end of the world is near. Any idiot can see that, right? Time Magazine is only one of countless publications to tell you what everyone already knows: there’s a crisis of global proportions and it affects us all.
The coming climatic cataclysm is the new boogeyman on the block and is so serious it’s going to get you, your children, and your children’s children. It will also affect your second cousin, your cousin’s cousin, your children’s second cousins, your children’s second cousins from a previous marriage, your hamster’s hamster, and the clone of your hamster’s clone. Whew. Did we leave anyone out?
They say that those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. Of course, they said the same thing about eighth grade algebra, but somehow most us still managed to pass the course and graduate.
Chances are, we’ll probably weather the latest global climatic Armageddon, too. Because you see, the apocalyptic quote we started with is from Time Magazine.
But, as it turns out, it’s from the June 24, 1974 issue when the concern was, if we didn’t do something immediately, we would be in another Ice Age within thirty years. Back then it was crucial that we act because if we didn’t, there would be global disasters of unimaginable proportions. You know, real wrath-of-god type stuff.
Only one problem. The fear mongers and doomsayers were wrong. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has ever left the house with an umbrella, only to carry it around all day without using it.
