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A few years back, there was an alignment of the planets; all of them. I was able to see Mercury (barely), Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn on a few clear nights.
A year or so later, sunspot activity began and a year or so later, reports of the polar ice on Mars was disappearing.
I have to deal with problems all the time that others believe to be internal, those who never consider peering over the fence to see what's going on across the boundary. Got a volcano here that can change a clear day to one filled with Vog (similar to smog) in a matter of hours once the wind shifts. This place is not unique; changes is weather, pests, floods and storms occur everywhere on Earth. A hurricane misses New Orleans on Sunday but dumps rain a couple hundred miles north and northeast and a levee down stream breaks on Monday. Go figure.

I haven't the technology to measure the gravitational pull of the planets aligning nor the sense to predict its effects. Neither do the astrophysicists who reside here studying these events. However, all of us can record and remember spectacular events....and live with subsequent effects.

Personally, I think 'Global Warming' paranoia is a profitable scam.

Just a rant.