Garry wrote:
> On May 6, 12:09 am, suzee <su...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Theo wrote:
>>> suzee wrote:
>>>> Theo wrote:
>>>>> suzee wrote:
>>>>>> I agree, though I watch very little news from CNN or otherwise. I
>>>>>> just think doomed is a little strong.
>>>>>> sue
>>>>> well we will not disappera at once .. but climatic change and
maybe
>>>>> worse will reduce population a lot
>>>>> in china actually they have a new bad flue and olimpics games
are
>>>>> approaching ... might be a way to spread it all over
>>>>> 1919 spanish flu made a disaster
>>>> Many died, but we're still here nearly 90 years later. SARS was
supposed
>>>> to be a pandemic killing many thousands of people worldwide. It
didn't,
>>>> and neither has birdflu. Many of these threats to our existence or
good
>>>> health are vastly overstated. Maybe by the companies that want to
make
>>>> money by offering a `cure' or preventative for them?
>>>> sue
>>> Birmano or Burma is suffering for a
>>> typhoon that killed houbdreds .. climate change ... like in New
Orleans
>> Yes there are unusual weather changes this year, we've had a cold and
>> wet spring. Can't say whether it indicates true climate change, or just
>> a cyclical variation.
>
> You can't tell from one year or a couple of years, you have to look at
> decades and decades, if not hundreds or thousands of years, to be able
> to tell whether things are changing. However, when you can now
> regularly and successfully grow zone 7 garden plants when formerly you
> could only grow zone 6 plants, yes, there is something up. If you
> *really* want a sign of global warming, you can see that by looking at
> the poles and the nearby areas:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/5qvncf
I think that's what I meant. However, you can go by the oldtimer's
saying "don't plant tomatoes until the snow's off (the local mountain)"
This year there was more snow on the local mountain in a lot of places
in the west and NW.... Though some say after Memorial Day.
sue
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