You bring up a good point that was noted in the WSJ. The Weather Isn't Getting Weirder The latest research belies the idea that storms are getting more extreme. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704422204576130300992126630.html
... Compare that outcome to the 55 people who reportedly died of pneumonia, respiratory problems and other cold-related illnesses in Bangladesh and Nepal when temperatures dropped to just above freezing last winter. Even rich countries can be caught off guard: Witness the thousands stranded when Heathrow skimped on de-icing supplies and let five inches of snow ground flights for two days before Christmas. Britain's GDP shrank by 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2010, for which the Office of National Statistics mostly blames "the bad weather." Arguably, global warming was a factor in that case. Or at least the idea of global warming was. The London-based Global Warming Policy Foundation charges that British authorities are so committed to the notion that Britain's future will be warmer that they have failed to plan for winter storms that have hit the country three years running. . On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anyway, the whole point of the article was not GW but it's effect on Egypt. > Since food prices have been declining (up until the last year or so) and > oil prices escalating, it seems like Egypt would have been in a prime > position to acquire food. I believe the uprising had more to do with the > dictatorship and its policies than global warming. > > Of course, one could argue that if money wasted on global warming related > scams had been used constructively, it could have somehow helped prevent the > uprising. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334334 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
