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Cold weather in the USA but heat in Australia

2009-01-31 04:10 PM

Frank K
Colorado Springs, CO
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The global warming skeptics keep citing the current cold wave in Norh America as evidence that global warming is a myth. However, looking down under, global warming is anything but a myth. As reported by EarthTimes on January 31st, Melbourne residents are enduring record heat that has knocked out power lines, sidelined commuter train services and stoked forest fires that have claimed at least 20 houses on the fringes of Australia's second-biggest city.

"Eleven of the hottest years in history have been in the last 12, and we also note, particularly in the southern part of Australia, we are seeing less rainfall," she said. "All of this is consistent with climate change, and all of this is consistent with what scientists told us would happen."