It Continues

[poliphilo]

The pundits are scurrying around the TV studios to assure us that present conditions in no way challenge their theories of global warming. I don't believe them.
 
Yesterday temperatures in parts of Britain dropped to within a degree or two of the temperature in Antarctica.

We had to go shopping yesterday or we and the in-laws would have run out of essential supplies- which In my father-in-law's case means Muller fruit corners. The car was nestled into a sort of a bunker outside the house- and I had to dig it out. Then, when we came home at the end of the afternoon, I had to dig it back in again. The roads round town are dodgy and they haven't gritted the sidestreets since the last fall of snow. They haven't collected the rubbish either. We didn't risk driving down Dot and Eric's street. Ailz parked at the top of it and I carried their groceries the final quarter mile on foot.

I'd been warned we might find the supermarket shelves stripped back to the bare metal. This wasn't the case. Sainsbury's Oldham  had all the essentials. A cheery,  "look at us surviving the blitz" spirit was in evidence. A sales assistant we know by sight proudly told us about her walk to work. Christmas puddings were on sale at 75% off- and I treated us to what would have otherwise been a very expensive one. It gave me vivid dreams. 

Comments

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

You may not have seen my post yesterday, but here's a good explanation of why you're getting slammed with cold temps and snow:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/1/6/822520/-Freak-Current-Takes-Gulf-Stream-to-Greenland

Also? The cessation of the Gulf Stream is actually considered by some as a possible consequence of global warming. The real problem is that they never should have coined that particular term. What they should have called it was/is "climatic shift" because that's what will actually happen. The different climates will move and shift - so some areas of the world will actually get hotter while others get colder. Some will get wetter, others will get dryer.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't have a problem with climate shift. The historical/geological record shows it's happening all the time. The question is whether the present changes are caused by human activity. I suspect not.

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

Sole cause? No.

Exacerbating/Accelerating? Yes, I believe we are.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

Now that I can agree with -- "shift" -- because that is what it looks like from here.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

I dont believe it's caused by human activity either. I believe it is Nature at work.