RUSSELL! you know very well that GW is very OT.

--BA

Apptech wrote:
> Anyone with a genuine interest in 'Global Warming' should =

> have a good look at the material on this site.
>
>         http://www.icecap.us/index.php
>
> There you will find, amongst many other things:
>
> - Comment on 94 year old Norman Borlaug, Energiser Bunny =

> extroadinaire, greatest man on earth (two guys whose opinion =

> doesn't count say)(but they still may be right) saver of 1 =

> billion lives* (hard to do)(but arguably he's done it). [* =

> This is what the Nobel committe claimed in 1970 when they =

> gave him the Peace Prize].
>
> - An 'interesting' global temperature prediction through =

> 2030 using 'models' whose rationale is explained. The =

> temperatures should start to largely slide from about now =

> (how's YOUR winter going?)(our summer has been GREAT) and =

> continue to do so until (hopefully) bottoming out at about =

> 2030. IF this does happen the fall may be akin to "The =

> little ice age" and far more substantial than the 1970's =

> "cooling scare". Watch the sunspot cycle ... (but don't look =

> at the sun without adequate filters :-)).
> Graph - no text :-)
>
>         http://icecap.us/images/uploads/ARCHIBALD_TEMPS.jpg
>
> ____________________________
> ... unusual snowy winters of 2007 in the Southern Hemisphere =

> and 2007/08 in the Northern Hemisphere. It snowed in places =

> where snow is rare or unheard of, and many all-time snow =

> records were set in other places used to snow in winter. ...
> St. Johnsbury, Vermont came in with a new seasonal snow =

> record at the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium with 139.1 =

> inches, just eclipsing the mark of 139.0 inches set in =

> 1968-69 ... records go back to 1894, and the observing site =

> is essentially the same throughout the period of record. It =

> has been an amazing winter there Mark noted.  The snowiest =

> winter season - December, January, and March - with 119 =

> inches, the snowiest December of record - 54.1 inches, the =

> only winter with two months exceeding 40 inches of snowfall, =

> and one of the longest continuous snowcover seasons (they =

> still have 15 inches of snow at the stake).
>
> ... northwest, Spokane, Washington found their seasonal =

> total move into second place all-time with 89.4 inches, =

> second only to 1949-50. Stowe, Vermont is pushing 400 inches =

> and Vail, CO 420 inches with another storm brewing.
>
> ... the UK is getting an unusual April snow. Britain saw its =

> worst April snowfall for nearly 20 years yesterday. Up to =

> three inches of snow fell in parts of southern England and =

> temperatures were below freezing in many places even at =

> midday. The Arctic cold snap meant more misery for =

> passengers at Heathrow=92s Terminal 5, where British Airways =

> cancelled more than 100 flights. Both Heathrow=92s runways =

> briefly closed for de-icing. Gatwick=92s runway closed for two =

> hours to clear snow, with 55 flights abandoned.
>
>
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