D Smith wrote:

(Doug Miller) writes:

In article , D Smith
wrote:

Well, increased extremes in temperature and precipitation has been
one
of the predictions. I heard that being said back in the 1970s.

Horsepuckey. Back in the 1970s, the 'panic du jour' was global
COOLING.


Thanks for confirming that your knowledge is based on nothing more
than
media speculation, which DID do write-ups on the subject in the 1970s.

...but that wasn't what the science was telling us. If you think
that
you have a SCIENTIFIC reference for claims of global cooling in the
1970s, feel free to go to the following web page:

http://www.wmconnolley.org.uk/sci/iceage/

and tell William about it. He'd be interested in knowing about it.



http://www.discover.com/issues/feb-06/rd/global-cooling/