Residents rank climate change concerns

The NEP chose Punta Gorda because the city has been progressive in planning for climate change, said Jim Beever, a planner for the Southwest Regional Planning Council, who is working on the report.

Water supply is particularly vulnerable, he said. That's because, as the planet warms, the weather will experience more extremes.

"There'll be hotter hots, colder colds, drier dries and wetter wets," he said.

Projections for sea level rise by 2050 range from 5 inches to 16 inches, he said.

"The one thing that's clear is that the projections are highly variable," Beever quipped.

YouTube - First Lady: White House Garden Will Feed "Many"

First lady Michelle Obama planted the first fruit and vegetable seedlings in the new White House garden Thursday, assisted by a group of eager fifth-graders who tend to a similar garden at their school. (April 9)

Feeding the multitude - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The canonical Gospels all report that, upon investigating the provisions of the crowd, the disciples were only able to find 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish, and the Gospel of John adds that these came from a single boy in the crowd. The Gospels state that Jesus blessed the food, broke it, and gave it to the disciples, who distributed it to the people present - 5000 not counting women and children - all of them being fed.