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Global Warming For all . .
Sure it's corny, but it's a fact - the 5 HOTTEST years on record 1998, then in serial order
2002, 2003, 2004,
& 2005 as the one that bakes the cake. So far 2006 is off to an even warmer start.
Makes me wonder what kind of an A) Tornado Season - early Spring in the Mid West we'll have,
and then B) the Hurricane Season from June through November.
Hell - it might get so bad that they'll start naming Tornados - all thousand of them.
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(WashPost)
This morning NASA revealed that 2005 was the hottest year on record. If it seems like every year in recent memory has been the hottest year on record, that's pretty close to the truth. According to NASA, the five hottest years on record, going back to 1890, are, in order, 2005, 1998, 2002, 2003 and 2004. (We don't say "warmest" here, as the word lacks urgency and drama. "Global warming" should probably be changed to "global burning" or "global immolation" or something grabby like that.)
We now await word from the naysayers. Perhaps they will point out that some other analyses previously declared that 2005 was only the second hottest year, after 1998. They'll say, "See, it's in doubt! Scientists are confused! The numbers are unreliable! Let's all take a long drive and try to clear our heads!"
Here in Washington, we had a little bit of winter in December, but January so far has been more like your average March. We're just pulling out of what were supposed to be the coldest days of the year, and the thermometer is hitting the 70s. The weatherman will talk blissfully about the pleasant, mild temperatures, but it's all rather ominous. The star magnolias are about to bloom. The bulbs think it's spring, and are kicking into gear. You know how bulbs are -- not too swift. Dim, I think is the word we usually use.
Here's a striking fact from the NASA press release: Since 1890 the global average temperature has increased about 1.4 degrees F., but a full degree of that has been in just the past three decades. It's a different world than the one many of us were born into. And the bad thing about wrecking the Earth is that it's not the kind of thing where you're given a do-over.
Sure it's corny, but it's a fact - the 5 HOTTEST years on record 1998, then in serial order
2002, 2003, 2004,
& 2005 as the one that bakes the cake. So far 2006 is off to an even warmer start.
Makes me wonder what kind of an A) Tornado Season - early Spring in the Mid West we'll have,
and then B) the Hurricane Season from June through November.
Hell - it might get so bad that they'll start naming Tornados - all thousand of them.
<CLIP>
(WashPost)
This morning NASA revealed that 2005 was the hottest year on record. If it seems like every year in recent memory has been the hottest year on record, that's pretty close to the truth. According to NASA, the five hottest years on record, going back to 1890, are, in order, 2005, 1998, 2002, 2003 and 2004. (We don't say "warmest" here, as the word lacks urgency and drama. "Global warming" should probably be changed to "global burning" or "global immolation" or something grabby like that.)
We now await word from the naysayers. Perhaps they will point out that some other analyses previously declared that 2005 was only the second hottest year, after 1998. They'll say, "See, it's in doubt! Scientists are confused! The numbers are unreliable! Let's all take a long drive and try to clear our heads!"
Here in Washington, we had a little bit of winter in December, but January so far has been more like your average March. We're just pulling out of what were supposed to be the coldest days of the year, and the thermometer is hitting the 70s. The weatherman will talk blissfully about the pleasant, mild temperatures, but it's all rather ominous. The star magnolias are about to bloom. The bulbs think it's spring, and are kicking into gear. You know how bulbs are -- not too swift. Dim, I think is the word we usually use.
Here's a striking fact from the NASA press release: Since 1890 the global average temperature has increased about 1.4 degrees F., but a full degree of that has been in just the past three decades. It's a different world than the one many of us were born into. And the bad thing about wrecking the Earth is that it's not the kind of thing where you're given a do-over.
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