Now that the thread is moved into the "Environmental Issues" section, I'd like to add that at our temporary location in Wisconsin, there is still snow in the forested areas. While that is not unusual in mountainous areas this time of year, the area here is only 610 feet above sea level. The temperatures throughout the northern hemisphere so far this calendar year have been statistically several degrees colder than 'average' as computed over the past 118 years.
I have kept precise records for 17 years as to the date that the furnace in our Wisconsin location is turned on each autumn and the date on which it is turned off each spring. Those two dates have been getting closer together each year since I have been keeping these records. The first year ( 1991 ) the OFF date was April 17 and the ON date was October 02. Last year the OFF date was May 14 and the ON date was September 11. It has been in this type of narrowing time table each year.
At this rate, the northern states in the United States will be coverd by glaciers again within 16,000 years. Global Warming? Yeah, Right!!
