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Tom Sites wrote:
> Weather patterns don't bother any of us much til it affects us 
> personally.  We had the driest March on record and June was getting 
> just as bad til in 1 day we had a months of rain and its just kept 
> up.  From a statistical point of view everything was/is 'Normal'.  But 
> ask the farmers and the people who make hay if its 'Normal'.
>  
> I've been redundant on this topic before and i'll conclude this round 
> by saying... "It won't affect you til it effects you."  Then you may 
> know what i been saying for the past few years about..."Where is 
> Normal?"  . ts
Sounds like a plug for Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth."  It's well 
established that global temperature rises will result in more erratic 
weather. It may mean the East coast all the way down to FL gets colder 
and wetter (because on the impact of the fresh water from the melting 
ice caps and "heavy" fresh water impacting the hydraulic action  that 
generates the Gulf Stream turning off the Gulf Stream) to droughts in 
the plains. There was a recent Scientific American article that found a 
correlation with global rising temps with wild fires in the West with a 
prediction of more and more sever wild fire seasons in the US West in 
the upcoming years.

It's not a big deal till it comes home to roust. As far as "averages" we 
have an "average" of 50 inches of rain a year. One year we had 90, and 
the next 2 years we had 30. Well that's 50 inches a year but let me tell 
you there is a vast difference between 90 and 30. It's not the average 
that gets you it's the variance from the average that gets you and what 
global warming means is a much greater variance.

I think now we are in the process of seeking normal. Old mother nature 
will be in equilibrium - no matter what we mere humans would like. We've 
been messing with her and she is seeking her equilibrium and will do so 
with impunity.

Truman

--

"The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite 
of a profound truth may well be another profound truth."    Niels Bohr 
-- Nobel Laureate, Physics




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