Kuyamangaza impela ukuthi endaweni ebanda kangaka, enezinga lokushisa eliphakathi kuka-1ºC, imifino ingatshalwa. Kodwa iqiniso ukuthi, ngenxa yokuguquka kwesimo sezulu, lesi simo sesiqala ukushintsha, ikakhulukazi edolobheni lase Bethel, idolobha elisentshonalanga ye-Alaska.
Kuyamangalisa ukuthi umlimi wakuthola Izinkulungwane ezingama-20 kg zemifino ngonyaka odlule, futhi kule sizini unethemba lokuphinda isivuno sakhe.
Amazinga okushisa eBethel abanda kakhulu. Unyaka wonke, ubuncane obungu-14ºC nobukhulu obungu-1ºC buqoshwe, ngisho ne-mercury ifinyelele ku -13ºC. Yize kuliqiniso ukuthi kunezitshalo ezikwazi ukumelana nokubanda okungaka, imifino ayinjalo. Kepha njengoba sishilo, ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke kungasiguqula lesi simo, ungabenza bakhule ezifundeni lapho amanzi aba yiqhwa khona - asazi ukuthi sizoqhubeka nokwenza njalo isikhathi eside - ngoDisemba.
Ukuze, Lokhu kuthuthuka kwesimo sezulu kuyindawo enhle yomnikazi weMeyers Farm, UTim Meyers nomkakhe uLisa, amakhasimende abo afola ulayini ngisho nangaphambi kokuba kuvulwe isitolo. Kodwa yini abakhulisayo? Ama-beet, i-turnips, amazambane, phakathi kwabanye; yebo, ezindlini zokugcina izithombo nezembozo zepulasitiki.
UTim Meyers uzokwenza ukuthi le sizini iphele ngoKhisimusi. Kepha futhi, ukubheja ukuthi, ngendaba yeminyaka embalwa, ungakwazi khulisa izitshalo zemifino nezokulima unyaka wonke. Uma iphumelela, kungaba impumelelo enhle kakhulu kuleli dolobha elikude lase-Alaska, kepha kungasho ukuthi isintu asenzanga lutho ukulwa nokuguquka kwesimo sezulu, nakho konke lokho okungabandakanya.
E-Alaska kuphela, izinga lokushisa lomhlaba wonke kulindeleke ukuthi lenyuke 1 kuya ku-5 degrees centigrade ngaphambi kokuphela kwekhulu leminyaka. Ingabe siyoke sizibone izingongolo ezinotshani? Kuleli zinga, kungenzeka kakhulu.