Our weather here in Minnesota has been rather dreary of late, too - but that excess energy in the entire system (from the global warming, and in such things as the release of all that latent energy from the glacial meltwaters, among other things) - that excess energy does promote abrupt climate shifts, including the wacky weather we've been suffering through. Calvin actually talks about the "Little Ice Age" and its effects on the cultures in Europe - from bread riots to "witch" burnings, all because, hot or cold, the climates were just not stable. If it's stable, we can adapt to the new thing. But when it's not - that's a whole other ball of wax.
All I can say is, budget more for the basics, and reduce, re-use, and recycle, because it's going to get worse. :|
It's all interesting stuff - just scary, at times.
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Date: 2008-04-18 09:10 pm (UTC)All I can say is, budget more for the basics, and reduce, re-use, and recycle, because it's going to get worse. :|
It's all interesting stuff - just scary, at times.