Tuesday, January 5, 2010

COLD, COLD, COLDER

[Meanwhile, in the real world...]





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Winter of 2009-2010 Could be Worst in 25 Years

Nearly the entire eastern half of the United States is enduring bitterly cold temperatures not experienced since 1985. New waves of cold air will spread southward from Canada in the coming weeks and could result in this winter rivaling that of 1982 and perhaps 1977-78. Some of the greatest temperature departures from average may be yet to come from the balance of January into February and March. Full Story

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[Agreed, it's weather, not climate. The point, as always...


Hot Weather Convinces Media of Climate Change; Cold Weather Ignored

The news media constantly misuse extreme weather examples to generate fear of global warming, but when record cold or record snow sets in journalists don't mention the possibility of global cooling trends. While climatologists would say weather isn't necessarily an indication of climate, it has been in the media, but only when the weather could be spun as part of global warming.

In Iowa, temperatures are 30 degrees below normal according to the Des Moines Register. That's a near-record low. Beijing is facing the coldest temperatures in decades according to Australia's The Age.

And in Pichccahuasi, Peru, bitter cold may cause the extinction of communities of alpaca farmers suffering from pneumonia and other respiratory problems.

Despite such extreme cold around the world, the three networks are not forecasting a period of global cooling. In fact, in the past three months there has been only one mention of "global cooling" on the networks. That was in an NBC "Today" about geo-engineering (manipulating) the global climate to create global cooling to combat global warming...

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