What is the source for that furcast! Enviro Canada forecast shows the highest high in the next five days to be 29 C in Winnipeg. Don't you live in Winnipeg? 40 degrees C is far more than 2 degrees above average, more like 15 above average.
--- paul phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This week in my area the > temparatures are forcast to > rise to plus 40 centagrade (110+ feringade) which > is the highest on > record and 2+ degrees above 'average'. In eastern > Canada, people are > dying of the heat while in western Canada, the > glaciers are > disappearing, never again to be a source of > agricultural irrigation or > hydro power. It is a disaster of unrecognized > proportions. > > Paul P > > Michael Perelman wrote: > > >I don't know about the newspages as a whole, but > this was a front page > >story. Global warming is extending the growing > season. The people see > >the melting glaciers as a hydro power source .... > > > >The story quotes some people that say that the net > effect will be > >negative, but the overall thrust is that global > warming is nice -- at > >least in Greenland. > > > > > >On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 09:58:51PM -0400, Doug > Henwood wrote: > > > > > >>On Jul 19, 2006, at 7:39 PM, Michael Perelman > wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>I just read yesterday's front-page story Wall > Street Journal: > >>> > >>>Lauren Etter. 2006. "Feeling the Heat: For Icy > Greenland, Global > >>>Warming Has a Bright > >>>Side." Wall Street Journal (18 July): p. A1. > >>> > >>>After years of denying that global warming > exists, the paper is now > >>>gloating that in > >>>Iceland agriculture is doing far better as the > glaciers melt. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>The editpage has denied it - have the news pages? > >> > >>Doug > >> > >> > > > >-- > >Michael Perelman > >Economics Department > >California State University > >Chico, CA 95929 > > > >Tel. 530-898-5321 > >E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/391 - > Release Date: 7/18/06 >
