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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

> It's winter, and we have cold weather. Make sport of Mr Gore as much
> as you want, but even 20 years ago when we had winter it got cold and
> stayed that way most of the winter. Ice storms were rare.

Absolutely. In the 13 years I've lived here, it's gone down to about -15 
twice (just hit it and came up to near zero quickly). According to the 
locals (and the weather history) it used to hit  -20 regularly and stay 
below zero for weeks. We now frequently have tee shirt weather in November 
or December; that's unheard of. Ice storms used to be rare here, too, but 
now we have a big one every couple of years.  "Climate change" would have 
been a better term than 'global warming", although warming does seem to be 
the overall trend. We are certainly seeing records for coldest, hottest, 
rainiest, worst storms, or most people killed in a natural disaster, set 
regularly. I don't know if its a normal cycle or man made, or if we can do 
anything about it, but I don't see how anyone can deny that the global 
climate is changing.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA