Originally posted by keithg Funny that. Time and time again it comes up that it happenned many years ago. Trouble is there wasnt the media coverage like there is now or the population to get caught in it like the bushfires for example. It seems all the previous stuff has to be forgotten about as it dosnt suit there money making spin now. I remember a number of years ago, they said we were heading for a ice age. Didnt happen either. Just the cycles in action.
This 'ice age' people keep bringing up really wasn't a big deal at the time.
The thing with the 'record was set a hundred years ago' dodge is that these statistical blips aren't part of a pattern of the progressively-hottest *decades* on record. Just like a spike in 1998 doesn't turn an overall warming trend into 'It's getting cooler!'
Or make the effects go away, or make ignoring the causes wise.
It's a red herring for deniers to claim, "It's snowing here, see, 'global warming is BS!' " and then turn around and say, "But the 'liberal media is claiming just one record season is caused by global warming." Really, it's that there was one last year, and the year before, and the year before, in lots of places.
There's always going to be an anomaly here and there: but when they start forming a clear pattern, and there's lots of them, as part of an overall trend, then you stop calling each one an anomaly.
Sensationalism aside, 'hundred-year storms' do seem to be coming at rather more-frequent intervals.
Hope everyone's enjoying the snow as best they can, though. I kind of miss it.