Posted on 09/12/2017 10:44:36 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
I think the idea it’s hotter is anecdotal.
People forget ho hot it was in the past.
I’ll agree that may be it isn’t hotter, but it sure is dryer.
Maybe, but I sure remember the drought in the late 70’s.
You’re asking a lot. Climat Alchemists weren’t even able to accurately predict the path of a storm whose velocity they attribute to mankind, just 24 hours in advance. And now you expect them to foretell months? And be accountable?!
Want to know what winter will be like? Ask the Indians.
It was October and the Indians on a remote reservation asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was a chief in a modern society he had never been taught the old secrets of weather prediction. When he looked at the sky he couldn’t tell what the winter was going to be like.
Nevertheless, to be on the safe side he told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect extra firewood to be prepared.
But being a practical leader, after several days he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, “Is the coming winter going to be cold?”
“It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold,” the meteorologist at the weather service responded.
So the Chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more firewood in order to be prepared.
A week later he called the National Weather Service again. “Does It still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?”
“Yes,” the man at National Weather Service again replied, “it’s going to be a very cold winter.”
The diligent Chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of firewood they could find.
Two weeks later the Chief called the National Weather Service again. “Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?”
“Absolutely,” the man replied. “It’s looking more and more like it is going to be one of the coldest winters ever.”
“How can you be so sure?” the Chief asked.
The weatherman replied, “The Indians are collecting firewood like crazy.”
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