[Gllug] Hello from Cape Town

[Les Matthew]

David Damerell wrote:
> On Tuesday, 24 Jul 2007, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
>> Christopher Hunter wrote:
>>> There are no real "global warming issues".  The observed pattern of
>>> weather change is no different to the ones that happen in (roughly) 150
>>> year cycles.  
>> My best friend's wife's parents live there, as did many of her 
>> relatives and ancestors before her.  His wife's maiden name is Tromsdal.
>> Last year, for the first year that any of them can recall, or have heard 
>> about, they didn't have a white Christmas.
> 
> Uh - anecdotal evidence is no better merely because it happens to be
> aligned with the science. You wouldn't accept "It's unusually cold
> _here_, global warming must be rubbish"; nor should you accept "It's
> unusually warm here, ..."
> 

But would you accept "It's unusually wet here in the UK"? ;)

Oh yes, hello from a new subscriber in sunny Tottenham North London.


les...
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