Global Warming: So Far a Big Disappointment
It's 12 below here in good old NO, OH, so a good day to dream of global warming and how great it would be if it really were going to happen. I've taking actions to help increase the chances of global warming, burning styrofoam, passing a lot of gas, having a lot of kids who leave carbon footprints, etc. So far to no avail.
Of course, I haven't written to complain to Al Gore, as Oengus Moonbones has:
Dear Mr. Al Gore,
A "white Christmas" never happened in SoCal, all during the time I lived there. On the other hand, you should come here to Land-In-Between, where we had it, and not only did we have it, we had it in spades. Our whole town looks snowed-in and buried. And our snow shovels dug and dug, moving snow from here to there. But today, a break in the weather finally came (see picture), and the Sun, long forgotten, showed its face once again, making the winter a little less bleak. And the roads are plowed enough to be passable, and people are moving about, shopping for after-Christmas bargains. But I must confess, Mr. Gore, that I am a little disappointed in the "Global Warming" you promised everybody. Other than providing you with a Nobel Prize, it has had little benefit for us here. But I know you are a generous man, so please share more of your benefits with us. A little warm air would be great. Thanks.
His heartfelt plea is so sincere it almost brings a tear to my eye. But I'm glad it doesn't since it would freeze to my cheek.
On the other hand, the National Climate Data Center has just reported that worldwide 2008 was the eighth warmest year on record - and that all of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 1997.
ReplyDeleteThe NCDC obviously doesn't know the first thing about complaining about the weather. You're supposed to wait until July or August to bitch about how damn warm it is! Cheese whiz in a frickin' jar. Never trust a government agency to do a job that private citizens have been doing in barbershops and beauty parlors since time immemorial. They know where they can shove their thermometers.
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