Global Freezing?
Has anyone seen or heard from Al Gore recently? I know he doesn't live in Chicago where they are experiencing the coldest temperatures in over a decade. The forecast high for Thursday is expected to linger in the negative range at -2, dropping to -15 overnight. Forget about the -40 degree wind chill index!
But the cold, shall we say FREEZING, isn't limited to Chicago!
Winter-hardened Northeasterners were socked with the same subzero temperatures and biting winds that have turned the Northern Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes into a teeth-chattering misery for much of the week. Maine residents braced Thursday for readings down to 40 below zero. That's BELOW ZERO!
In the Midwest, Iowans were warned that temperatures could drop as far as 27 BELOW ZERO, matching a Jan. 15 record set in 1972. The deep freeze was part of a snow and arctic system that stretched from Montana to northern New England and dipped as far south as North Carolina.
Forecasters issued lake-effect snow warnings Thursday for Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Wind chill warnings were posted for those states as well as Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Missouri, the Dakotas, Wisconsin and Minneapolis. Just when we thought Al had global warming all figured out along comes this nuisance.
But fear not! Henry Waxman will get us all straight.
California Rep. Henry Waxman said Thursday the environment and U.S. economy depend on congressional action to confront the threat of climate change and global warming! Say what? Waxman, chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, spoke as he opened Congress' first hearing on climate legislation. A group of 14 corporate executives and environmental leaders are testifying before the panel. They're part of a 31-member coalition that is calling for an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Aren't there more critical issues facing our planet?
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As a spiritual-futurist, I interpret current events in light of possible macro-universal forces at play leading up to 2012, but not limited to it.
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