LYRICS
Having a time
Defines fine
Hell of a time
Yet, Sunshine…
Safe behind my window
What lurks in the shadow
Out in the light of day
Hear your heart say
We’ll make our way
Through the plight of the night
Back out into the light
Light
Light
Long for the time
In sunshine
Hell of a time
In decline
Safe behind our window
What lurks in the shadow
c
There’s still time
Refine fine
No nature crime
Love, Sunshine
Nevermind the window
We’ll overcome the shadow
Safe behind my window
What lurks in the shadow
Out in the light of day
Hear your heart say
We’ll make our way
Through the plight of the night
Back out into the light
Light
Light
“Fresh air, water, food, and light will also be problematic; however, your most severe concern will likely be security. Those with supplies will be at high risk of being raped and looted. Good luck!”
— from Climate Change: The End of Times / Brouse and Mukherjee (2023)
Chords: A/7 / G C A / C D D C Em / C D G: Part II at 96 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)
LYRICS
The turbulence
Kickin’ up a storm
No evidence
Going back to norm
Goddess
Isis
Guide us
Through our crisis
The primate did depreciate
All real estate
There’s no debate
Irate, greed, and hate4
Exacerbate
The turbulence
Kickin’ up a storm
No evidence
Going back to norm
Goddess
Isis
Guide us
Through our crisis
Chords: Em/7 / C Em / D C Em C Em / Em Bm Am Em: Part II at 124 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)
LYRICS
Going from one day to the next
Getting more and more perplexed
What the heck is going on…
Going wrong?
Are you sure of the melting glacier?
Things are hot, believe it or not
A flood of droughts
A drought of floods
Under cascading mud
Slide wide
Wide slide
Going from one day to the next
Getting more and more perplexed
What the heck is going on…
Going wrong?
Birds and bees die of disease
Man-made as Man fades
Understand on his hand
Their blood
Under cascading mud
Slide wide
Wide slide
Going from one day to the next
Getting more and more perplexed
What the heck is going on…
Going wrong?
Ocean is warmer than a bath
Doesn’t add up… do the math
Oppenheimer brainstorm was a dud
Under cascading mud
Slide wide
Wide slide
Going from one day to the next
Getting more and more perplexed
What the heck is going on…
Going wrong?
Chords: E A G B7 E / C D / C D B7 E: Part II at 104 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)
LYRICS
Sing me a song
That it won’t be long
Coming soon
Before the Blue Moon
It’s coming along
No, we can’t go wrong
Coming soon
Before the Blue Moon
Save us from ourselves
If nobody else
Make it plain to see
Our humanity
Sing me a song
How it won’t be long
Found buffoon
Before the Blue Moon
We’re coming on strong
No, it wont’ be long
Coming soon
Before the Blue Moon
Save us from ourselves
If nobody else
Make it plain to see
Our humanity
Sing me a tune
That we will resume
Coming soon
Before the Blue Moon
We learn to love
Beyond and above
Not just once
In a Blue Moon
Save us from ourselves
If nobody else
Make it plain to see
Our humanity
A NASA Study reported, “If global temperatures keep rising and reach 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, people worldwide could face multiple impacts of climate change simultaneously.”
I responded, “If”? … sadly no longer “If”… at current levels of emissions, we will reach an average of +3 in the 2050’s. (We already reached that average for July of 2023.) Multiple tipping points have already been breached… the dominoes are falling. According to the new IPCC chair, Jim Skea, we would need to stop all emissions immediately… and then there is a small chance that we would peek at +1.5 – 2… and then start coming back down after 2100. However, he admits chances are slim that we will stop using fossil fuels. The speed at which we will reach +3 to +6 depends mostly on how much CO2 is stored in nature. We do not know that answer. But as these tipping points take off on their own, we will find out.
Chords: C A7 / C D A7: Part II from 98 to 108 to 118 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)
LYRICS
I like it not too hot
I like it not too cold
So believe it or not
I’ve been told
I like it Goldilocks
Heard I’m in for a shock
Humans in the kitchen
Too many kooks and cooks
Same mistake again and again
Burnt and overcooked
By the looks
Beyond roasted… toasted
I like it not too wet
I like it not too dry
They say it’s a sure bet
That’ I’m in for a cry
I like it Goldilocks
Heard I’m in for a shock
Humans in the kitchen
Too many kooks and cooks
Same mistake again and again
Burnt and overcooked
By the looks
Beyond roasted… toasted
I like it not on fire
I like it not so dire
I like it above ground
While my world spins around
I like it Goldilocks
Heard I’m in for a shock
Humans in the kitchen
Too many kooks and cooks
Same mistake again and again
Burnt and overcooked
By the looks
Beyond roasted… toasted
Chords: B7 E7 / B7 A7 E7 / A G E / A G B7 E: Part II at 100 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)
Chords: F# G G# A A G# G F# / F# B C#7 F#: Part II at 122 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)
LYRICS
Yes I am up n’ risin’
At the end of the day
What have we to say
The price that we pay
For living this way
I’ve got to separate
From this hairless ape
Yes I am up n’ risin’
Yes I am up n’ risin’
Let’s start a new day
What have you to day
With heart we will play
Living a new way
Get back into shape
All of us — the hairless ape
Yes I am up n’ risin’
Chords: C Am E E C Am / Am G G Am
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Chords: E7 E Esus4 / D A E / E G A A G E: Part II at 121 Beats Per Minute
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)
LYRICS
Prostrate
At this date
Irate
You’ve got me down
Prostrate
Degrade
I’m throwing myself to the ground
Ask me my state
Straight up, face down
Prostrate
Frustrate with debate
Yet, I hesitate to state
Face-to-face
As I wait…
Prostrate
LYRICS
I look to see the sea
That keeps on floating me
Serene above the scene
On our ship of dreams
Why testify?
I intensify
At our “whether” extreme
Hope our boat can stay afloat
Weather the storm, born…
Fresh and clean
(Fresh and green)
Find myself looking again
Into the ocean
Oh… where to begin
Fame and fortune
Why testify?
I intensify
At our “whether” extreme
Hope our boat can stay afloat
Weather the storm, born…
Fresh and clean
(Fresh and green)
I look to see the see
Deep within me
Yes, I know what to do
How ’bout you?
Why testify?
I intensify
At our “whether” extreme
Hope our boat can stay afloat
Weather the storm, born…
Fresh and clean
(Fresh and green)
Are you vocal about climate change? Are you clear that there is no doubt “whether” humans are influencing climate change? Are you as extreme as the weather?
Chords: Am Em G Am / Am G Em AM / Am C D G Em Am; Part II @ 116 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)
LYRICS
I spy something warmer
Comes with a disclaimer
Everything within sight
Could soon ignite
Is running down the street
Burning your feet
Is everyone you meet
Jumping in too deep
Gone dire
On fire
I spy something warmer
Comes with a disclaimer
Everything within sight
Could soon ignite
An apocalyptic view
Coming to you
As every one you meet
Is burning on the street
Gone dire
On fire
I spy something warmer
Comes with a disclaimer
Everything within sight
Could soon ignite
All your hopes and dreams
Like a World War movie scene
No more news flashes
The world lay in ashes
Gone dire
On fire
In the Hawaii wildfires of August 2023, both wind and water flow forces contributed to the devastation. Hurricane Dora was at least 500 miles from Hawaii yet the wind forces impacted the fire in Maui. The winds were so strong that before the fire reached Lahaina extremely hot air blew over the town. The streets were so hot they burnt people’s feet trying to flee. The surface of everything became hot. Even after people jumped into the ocean, they said the debris in the water was too hot to float on.
The blast of hot air over Lahaina created the conditions for a flashpoint. A flashpoint is the temperature at which a particular organic compound gives off sufficient vapor to ignite in air. The entire town ignited so quickly that warning sirens could not be activated and people did not have time to escape.
In an unexpected twist, water flow forces also contributed to the chaos. How could water flow add to the fire emergency conditions? When people fled the heat and fire, they jumped into the sea. ABC news reported: Shawn Dougherty, of Lahaina, was among the hundreds of residents forced to flee the resort city when the wildfire began engulfing their homes.
Like others, Dougherty said his only means of survival was to jump into the ocean with his girlfriend, but while some found safety in nearby jetties, the rocks and coral tore up Dougherty’s body.
“At one point, it seemed like I might drown,” he told ABC News. “I’m a good swimmer, but the water was just really rough because of the wind and the turbulence.”
Chords: Em G A A G Em / Em C D Em / Em B7 B7 Em; Part II @ 120 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)
The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (Matthew Thayer/The Maui News via AP)
LYRICS
No, it’s not the fall
No, it’s not the fall at all
Yes, as I recall
Recall it’s not the fall at all
That will kill you
It’s the stop
Not the drop
But the… stop!
[sudden stop]
The same holds true
How the climate crisis
Will be killing you
Do you know
Wind and floods flow?
As man fails (and flails)
Damage scales
Can you see
Exponentially?
@ V ^2
We phased, too
Velocity squared impaired
Some sum momentum
The act of impact
Velocity squared impaired
It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end.
I said: Technically speaking it is the impact from the momentum that causes damage and deaths. Global warming causes an increase in mass and/or velocity (momentum) of things that are mass flow driven by heat, like wind and flood. The burning of fossil fuels and other human released emissions have impacted momentum’s impact. A warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture. Warmer air allows for the creation of more massive raindrops. Warmer ocean temperatures create stronger hurricanes. Hail and tornadoes form in strong thunderstorm clouds with intense updrafts, high liquid-water content, and large water droplets.
Sidd added: It’s worse than that. Wind and water flow forces scale as the square of velocity, so as flow speeds increase (say due to more intense heating or heavier rain) the damage scales as the square of the velocity.
you will see that force is proportional to density times square of velocity (v^2)
So a twenty mile an hour wind exerts four times as much force as a ten mile an hour wind. And a forty mile an hour wind exerts sixteen times as much force as a ten mile an hour wind. A wind of fifty miles an hour exerts twenty five times and a wind of sixty miles an hour exerts thirty six times as much force as one of ten miles an hour.
Then you have the density term. Water is about eight hundred times denser than air, So the force exerted by a ten mile an hour flow of water is eight hundred times that of a ten mile an hour wind. So as flow velocities go up due to climate change, force and damage scale as square of the velocities. What is not clear is how much these velocities increase with climate change. But in a sense we are seeing this already as, for example, flood and sewage systems succumb and hillsides fall down, and so on. — from “Climate Change: The Equation” Brouse and Mukherjee (2023)
