Overwhelmed | My Climate Story

Deveena’s Story #2

Feb 17, 2023 | Angry, Anxious, Frustrated, Grief, Helpless, How humans are affected, Nostalgic, Overwhelmed, Sad, Scared, Too much water, Worried

Everything is happening all around, and now it is too late to stop the ruin of our world with climate change.

Deveena’s Story #1

Feb 17, 2023 | Angry, Anxious, Confused, Frustrated, Grief, Helpless, Nostalgic, Overwhelmed, Sad, Scared, Too much water, Worried

But little did I know, I would come to find out that my entire home state Kerala was flooded, and the flood didn’t only ruin my childhood home, but had also taken the lives of my friends and family friends back home.

Gabrielle’s Story #2

Feb 17, 2023 | Confused, Overwhelmed, Too much water, Worried

Over the past few years, I have been experiencing and noticing the appearance of climate change.

Drake’s Story

Feb 3, 2023 | Anxious, Frustrated, Overwhelmed, Temperature, Too hot

It’s tiring and draining feeling the intense heat surround and choke me.

Mya’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Angry, Anxious, Confused, Frustrated, Helpless, How humans are affected, How nonhumans are affected, Overwhelmed, Sad, Scared, Worried

From what I researched, aloe is in a grave of danger, and you guessed it: yes, it’s because of climate change.

Aman’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Air quality, Angry, Anxious, Frustrated, Helpless, Hopeful, How humans are affected, How nonhumans are affected, Not enough water, Overwhelmed, Temperature, Too hot, Water

There was no more forest but spans of dried up trees. Ailing, sad, brown – the place I had once loved and known to be full of birdsong and butterflies now ceased to exist. The birds had all left – Delhi was simply too hot for them.

Hannah’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Angry, Anxious, Frustrated, How humans are affected, Overwhelmed, Sad, Scared, Too much water, Wacky weather, Water, Worried

Some people had to swim out of their second story windows in the middle of night, while others went on rescue missions in the boats they kept in their garages.

Justine’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Angry, Anxious, Helpless, How humans are affected, Overwhelmed, Sad, Scared, Too much water, Wacky weather, Water, Worried

As subway stations swelled with water and cars floated down the streets, the hustle and bustle of the fast-paced roads quieted to an eerie silence; it felt as if the gray clouds of the regularly scheduled rainy season had come back on their own accord.

Liesl’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Anxious, Frustrated, Helpless, How humans are affected, Nostalgic, Overwhelmed, Wacky weather

This situation makes me really concerned and fearful for older people who do not have loved ones to help them stay safe or rebuild after a natural disaster like this.

Talyah’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Helpless, How humans are affected, Nostalgic, Overwhelmed, Wacky weather, Worried

I fell witness to the slow destruction of my neighborhood, watching stray animals die, houses and trees collapse, and cars on the road crash all because of Hurricane Ike.

Ash’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Air quality, Anxious, Overwhelmed, Temperature, Too hot, Wildfires, Worried

In class, we spent time gazing out the wide-paned windows to catch deer and bobcats stalk the barren mountains outside instead of study the math worksheets and history books in front of us.

Grace’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Anxious, Confused, How humans are affected, Overwhelmed, Sad, Too much water, Wacky weather, Water, Worried

As I drove around my hometown, I noticed many stores closed for repairs and tons of damaged cars resulting from tornadoes that struck this area during the storm.

Khue’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Air quality, Frustrated, Helpless, How humans are affected, Overwhelmed, Temperature, Too hot, Wacky weather, Wildfires, Worried

For what seemed like forever, the skies became orange and hazy and it became normal to see smoke somewhere. The smell of burning wood and building materials permeated the air.

Amir’s Story

Feb 1, 2023 | Anxious, Confused, Frustrated, Helpless, Hopeful, Overwhelmed, Wacky weather, Worried

The day prior I strolled the streets in flip flops and shorts, then – like an emergency tsunami – a mere 24 hours later the streets are white and the Christmas songs have begun to top the charts once more.

Sophia’s Story

Jan 31, 2023 | Air quality, Anxious, Confused, Frustrated, How humans are affected, How nonhumans are affected, Not enough water, Overwhelmed, Scared, Temperature, Too hot, Water, Wildfires, Worried

My nostrils burned a little more with each inhale as I realized that there must be a wildfire somewhere close by.

Allyonna’s Story

Jan 31, 2023 | Confused, Frustrated, Overwhelmed, Temperature, Too cold, Too hot, Wacky weather, Worried

I don’t know if I should dress warmly or wear something that won’t make me sweat all day.

Madison’s Story

Jan 31, 2023 | Angry, Anxious, Frustrated, Overwhelmed, Too much water, Water, Worried

Although not surprising, Jamaica makes such small contributions to the production of emissions, yet it reaps the consequences.

Lee’s Story

Jan 31, 2023 | How humans are affected, Nostalgic, Overwhelmed, Sad, Temperature, Too hot, Worried

With the heat rising, the sun would beat down against the pavement and fry us.

Brian’s Story

Jan 31, 2023 | Overwhelmed, Sad, Too much water, Water

I remember my father teaching me about a drainage room in our basement and to alert him immediately if the water level in the room was significantly higher than normal. At first the thought of water rising in the basement scared me, but over time the fear faded. However, one day when I was in elementary school Hurricane Sandy came and changed everything.

Nudrat’s Story

Jan 31, 2023 | Angry, Anxious, Confused, Frustrated, Grief, Helpless, Overwhelmed, Scared, Worried

Growing up in Karachi, Pakistan, a megacity along the coast of the Arabian Sea, I always had a sense of ways in which nature shapes and molds the everyday texture of human life. […] In recent years, however, these rarer weather events have become alarmingly recurring and exponentially greater in their intensity and the destruction they cause to my city.

Sarah’s Story

Jan 29, 2023 | Anxious, Helpless, How humans are affected, Nostalgic, Overwhelmed, Sad, Scared, Temperature, Too hot, Wacky weather, Worried

As the years ticked by, snow has made less and less frequent appearances. Maybe this is just a side effect of childhood nostalgia—the feeling that every weather event, holiday, and outing was just a bit more dramatic and exciting when I was younger—but part of me tells me it isn’t.