Bill Meck Chief Meteorologist WLEX TV, Lexington Kentucky
...Just for a bit of perspective, the first time I spoke of this was back in 1988 on a local show (Spartanburg, SC) called Clemson Today. This was in the midst of a horrific drought in the Carolinas and the first inklings of this current scare were just getting going. Keep in mind this is less than a decade after many of the same folks that were screaming that we're going to ruin the Earth were saying we were at the beginning of the next Ice Age (late '70s). By the way, when this scare first started we were supposed to be in climatic crisis by now...personally I haven't really noticed anything unusual. But it's important to note how the threshold of calamity keeps getting pushed more into the future...no verification....
....Now we talk about the cycle of climate. Would it surprise you to know that the world's temperature, stopped warming in 1998, even though we've allegedly suffered through (again cue ominous music) "The hottest years on record...." the last couple of years. The Arctic has seen climate fluctuations in the recent past. The most recent scary thing is how the Gulf Stream is shutting down, which will send Europe into a climate more like Canada. However, what you don't hear is that this has happened before, and will happen again, with or without man's influence....
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