22.07.06
Weekend Cat Blogging: Too Hot?
Try living with fur.
Seriously, people. You think you have it bad? How about a day in this heat as a tabby.
I know, I know, we’re all miserable.
Thing is, it’s only going to get worse.
Unless we do something about it.
For starters, get your human asses over to the nearest (air-conditioned) theater and see An Inconvenient Truth.
Seriously. I’ve got furry friends who can’t find any freakin’ ice flows to live on and this is pissing me off.
And if you think Angry Cat is bad news when she’s angry…
I hear Mother Nature’s got one hell of a set of claws.
(Check out more Weekend Cat Blogging over at Eat Stuff, and welcome back, Clare & Kiri!)
July 22nd, 2006 at 7:34 pm
Cranky’s reading *two* books on climate change, and we is doomded. That’s what the experts say.
July 22nd, 2006 at 7:53 pm
Hey CC, send Cranky over this way with book recommendations. Everyone should be reading up on this scary shit. As Al sez, we have entered a period of consequences. No more waiting for generation next to fix things.
July 22nd, 2006 at 9:25 pm
We’re sitting in a 90º room with fans in every window, at 9:15 p.m. Does not look good.
Reading Field Notes from a Catastrophe by Elizabeth Kolbert (a look at recent climate change) and The Winds of Change by Eugene Linden (the mechanics of climate change and how it has felled past civilizations).
It could happen faster than you — er, we — realize.
Have a nice, hot day!
July 22nd, 2006 at 9:43 pm
Thank you, Cranky! I’m adding these to my to-read stack. The Linden book sounds like a good follow-up to Jared Diamond.
July 22nd, 2006 at 10:01 pm
I feel so bad for my babies with all their fur and then I think, eh, your relative is the puma, you’re like hot climates, and then I don’t feel so bad.
July 23rd, 2006 at 1:42 am
No wonder Angry Cat is angry. With this heatwave/climate change which cat isn’t?
I love your tabby cat; she’s such a cutie…
July 23rd, 2006 at 8:04 am
Poor Cat! My kitties also sympathise with u as they get this hot weather all yr round. Only way to tackle is to persuade yr owners to invest in air conditioning!
July 23rd, 2006 at 11:04 am
Aren’t we contributing to global warming with our air conditioned cars, homes and offices???
July 23rd, 2006 at 11:35 am
JL: right you are. Here’s a page on ways to cool your house naturally. We don’t have air conditioning here at all and I rely on the old standby of opening doors to get a cross breeze going. That, or dunking my head under the sink tap!
(That said, if one way to get out of the heat is to go to an air-conditioned theater to see Al Gore’s movie, then I’m all for that!)
Stacey, I think our pooch would agree with you and point out that she (as a fluffy part malamute) is far more miserable in this heat than the cat.
July 24th, 2006 at 2:54 am
Well I am sure scared of those claws
Do you think that we could hire Mrs Cat out to threaten people and countries? You are polluting oh no polluter pay system it is the cats revenge system
Yes I did way to much study this weekend my brain is well fried
July 24th, 2006 at 11:10 am
Those are some claws!! And I love that nose. Tabby’s are my favorite kind of cat.
July 25th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
Excellent scheme, Clare, though I think it would be even more effective if we could find an angry Polar Bear to do a little threatening. I can think of a few politicians I’d like to see face off vs a Polar bear. Or two. Or three.
Thanks, Sher! She does have an awfully photogenic nose, I must say!
August 3rd, 2006 at 6:12 am
Wow - those are stunning kitty photos!! I often feel sorry for our neighbourhood cats here when the temperatures hit 30C - you see them skulking from shay patch to shady patch and having a little sit-down in each ;-)
August 3rd, 2006 at 8:22 am
Ah, you’re so right!
My cat Romeo (who is kind of, OK very…) BIG, has it as well quite difficult with this weather…
Although he appears pretty happy now, lying the entire day for the fan…
Like your blog!; the combination food + cat is really my thing. :)
I myself have just started my own foodblog, hope you’ll check it sometimes!
Julia (and Romeo)
August 7th, 2006 at 7:11 pm
Jeanne, I’m afraid to do the math to see just how hot 30c is.
Julia, we just met a 16 lb cat last weekend. Very impressive fellow, but probably not a fan of the heat at all. I just peeked at your blog. Mmmmm…. scones!