A Dud
Well the heat wave *yawn* of 2006 has passed. Locally, after predicting temperatures of 95, 98, 101, 96, (Mon through Thur) we actually hit 90, 95, 94, and 96. What a dud. Yes, it was hot, (hot enough for me to actually turn on the air conditioner) but the closest we got to 100 was 96. "Highs near 100." "Record-breaking temperatures." I know weather predicting is difficult but what happened? No local records were set or even tied. Panic, panic, panic. The same thing happens in winter. They call for 4-6 inches of snow, people panic, the grocery stores turn into mob scenes then we end up with 1.5 inches. Satellites and all kinds of computer modeling still cannot predict Mother Nature. Human nature, on the other hand, is easy to predict. 100 degrees - ahhhh!!!!!!! It's never been hot before!!!!!!! How will I cope???? Snow?!?!?! ahhhhhh!!!! Six inches; I'm going to be stuck in my house for five days!!!!!
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http://www.livescience.com/environment/ap_060622_hawking_climate.html
With all due respect to Dr. Hawking, he doesn't explain how or when the earth will heat up to 250 degrees C. I certainly cannot refute what he says and I don't doubt his prediction but I doubt it's going to happen anytime soon; soon being within the next 50,000 years. But I do remember from high school science that scientists predict that one day our sun will expand and totally envelop the first three, of not more, planets.
Besides, the article appears to have been truncated as it left out the part that blames Bush for summer heat waves; a relatively new phenomenon that just started happening after 2001.
I wonder what caused heat waves before 2001? It appears the term 'climate' has been replaced with 'global warming.'
With all due respect to Dr. Hawking, he doesn't explain how or when the earth will heat up to 250 degrees C.
At this point, he doesn't really need to. Other people have explained it for him amply.
Besides, the article appears to have been truncated as it left out the part that blames Bush for summer heat waves; a relatively new phenomenon that just started happening after 2001.
I wonder what caused heat waves before 2001? It appears the term 'climate' has been replaced with 'global warming.'
Well, it looks like Lloyd's of London got suckered in by the same dirty liberal lies; they just increased the price of insurance for coastal properties. (Not sure, but I think they did this on an another, earlier occassion as well.)
Bush, and politics in general, are really not the issue. Ignorance is the issue. Lloyd's are an insurance broker. As such, their primary interest is profit, not who gets to be Prime Minister or President. That they are calling a spade a spade like this is pretty damning for the slim minority of people who don't subscribe to the idea that human activity contributes to climate change.
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