{"id":139,"date":"2008-12-23T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/2008\/12\/23\/the-gift-of-snow-and-sleet\/"},"modified":"2008-12-23T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-23T19:30:00","slug":"the-gift-of-snow-and-sleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/the-gift-of-snow-and-sleet\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gift of Snow and Sleet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like many places, Chicago has had a lot of snow recently, and I&#8217;m probably the first to whine about the winter commute to and from work. But that&#8217;s the extent of my whining. I hate how much time I spend in the car, but I don&#8217;t hate the snow. The way I see it, snow and sleet are sparkly gifts that we&#8217;re lucky to get and should never take for granted &#8211; let alone curse!<\/p>\n<p>Reinforcing my opinion was a recent article in Time Magazine titled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/magazine\/article\/0,9171,1864440,00.html\">Dying for a Drink<\/a>.&#8221; From it I learned that Las Vegas has a population of 1.9 million people (!!) and typically receives just 4 inches of rain a year. How long can they all live there before the water is gone? And what will happen then? I also learned that &#8220;half the planet lacks the same quality of water that the ancient Romans enjoyed&#8221; and that in India &#8220;wells that once hit water at 20 ft. now need to go 80 ft. or deeper.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Life &#8211; including the food we eat &#8211; can&#8217;t exist without water. Everyone&#8217;s rice and wheat cost more this year because of Australia&#8217;s drought. So let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Frozen water that melts slowly and is absorbed by the ground is good. It&#8217;s good for our water tables and aquifers, good for our plants and animals, and good for us. Las Vegas can only hope it&#8217;s not <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/northamerica\/usa\/3835579\/Las-Vegas-gets-heaviest-snow-fall-in-30-years.html\">another 30 years<\/a> before their next big snowfall. And as the snow comes down here in Chicago this winter, I will give thanks for this most precious and beautiful of gifts.<\/p>\n<p>The absurdly frigid temperatures are a different story.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"right\">-Nancy Michaelis<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many places, Chicago has had a lot of snow recently, and I&#8217;m probably the first to whine about the winter commute to and from work. But that&#8217;s the extent of my whining. I hate how much time I spend in the car, but I don&#8217;t hate the snow. 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