On or around Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:31:21 +0100, Ian Rawlings
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> enlightened us thusly:
>On 2008-07-10, AJH <news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> The increase in winter squalls is what was predicted from climate
>> change, our wet summers were not!
>
>I don't think anything short-term was predicted from climate change as
>it's a long-term trend analysis and prediction thing spanning
>thousands of years. There's apparently a fundamental difference
>between predicting changes in climate on a global scale and predicting
>weather on a regional scale, sort of like predicting the behaviour of
>an individual versus the behaviour of a crowd or an entire country,
>two very different disciplines with expertise in one not really
>translating to the other.
global warming = more energy in the weather systems = more extreme
weather,
more or less.
Mind, I wouldn't mind a bit more donner und blitzen, I do like a good
thunderstorm, and we don't seem to get many.
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