Jay, I sympathize sincerely. In the
late 90's early 2001 i posted something on RC about weather entitled "Where
is Normal?" I was met with skepticism by some and humor by others but i
got a response off line from an Aussie on the list who voiced all the climate
change happening in Australia with the extreme weather changes back then.
Please notice that i used the term Climate Change and not Global Warming which
gets people into tangents like God and it either is or it ain't.
I've been a gardner for 40 years and worked on
farms as a kid and i have seen it happen. Those that work in offices or
other avocations not dealing with weather have no idea whats going on and
probabby never will until the icebergs melt and the sea levels rise to their
first floor condo on the beach or Venice is totally flooded along w/ Amsterdam
and other places. Read about the droughts in China. They are
diverting the Yanzhee and Yellow Rivers their 2 largest to funnel water to areas
that have not seen rain in over `100 days. Millions of people and
livestock affected. It goes on and on.
I know. I know. There are those that
still think me off the wall but i have seen the changes in even the bugs and
ticks in my area and the time the migrating birds stop by and nest in my bamboo
grove for a spell. We never had deer ticks in this area that carry Lymes
Disease but last year i bet i pulled off 50-70 of them in
February because i live in the woods where the deer travel. Horses
here are now getting Lymes disease and its almost impossible to find a deer tick
on them as its so small.
So i sympathize w/ you Aussies down there and
honestly think...There is a Climate Change over the world.
