A Not-So-Sunny Day

I snapped this picture today while on a stroll through the historical and gorgeous DUMBO district of Brooklyn. Positioned below the Main St. sign, I couldn’t help but admire the architectural beauty of the Brooklyn Bridge, especially on a day like today’s, the serene blue sky complementing the sunny, springtime portrait. The only issue being, of course, that it is in fact not springtime, but the middle of February! I couldn’t help but think of our discussions in class over the progression of global warming, and how such extremities in temperature variance such as today’s are only going to become more and more frequent as we continue to damage the earth. At a pleasant 55 degrees, I found myself stepping over puddles of melted snow from the 22 degrees snowstorm that was only a day ago! Nothing about the feelings of joy I felt for a warmer day or the delight of a sunny stroll felt deserved, all of it a product of a much scarier, larger issue. This bright day is more a symbol of the temporary, fleeting comfort we are used to as New Yorkers than it is of a happier season to come. It is days like these that remind me global warming is stirring, waiting, and patiently preparing its consequences, those of which will be much damaging than a sporadic sunny day in mid-February.