have you heard about our new Great Lake. "Lake Iowa" Sorry, thats not that funny now that I think of it.
Anyhow, I have for the most part given up debating this issue with naysayers. Suffice to say that based on the information and scientific data I've read, all from official and world wide scientific publications it all points to a dramatic shift in weather pattens and our way of life. Your referance to what scientists were predicting 30 years ago had a alot to do with the Gulf Stream. As a matter of fact we face such unpredictable major changes that one of the things that could happen would result in an Ice Age.
Dr. Robert Gagosian from here in Woods Hole Massachusetts was recently quoted:
Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - ""After years of being warned about the threat of global warming and how human activity is worsening the problem, Americans might be surprised to learn that a Massachusetts environmentalist is now warning of a possible coming ice age.
It's not that Dr. Robert Gagosian, president and director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts, is contradicting the many dire predictions related to global warming. Rather, Gagosian is taking the predictions one step further.
Gagosian believes the melting of the polar ice cap as a result of global warming will increase the amount of fresh water in the normally salty North Atlantic Ocean and could stop the Gulf Stream from carrying heat from the tropics north. This could all lead to the earth plunging into a new ice age, according to Gagosian""
That is one possibility, probably one of the worse. Since we will have alot more to worry about than just being cold, if this were to happen. But, like I said I don't really debate this issue much. The naysayers will come around. I just hope that when we all get on the same page, there will still be time.
Carpe Diem.!!