It's going to be a chilly winter

Remember when global warming meant that was why it was so hot? Well now it also explains why it is so cold.

Confused?

I haven't even started yet.

Last winter my area had the coldest season in about twenty-one years. Ice storms happened more than people could count and power was lost on a daily basis. But why was it so cold?

We were not that far from the sun. In our orbital rotation, there had been years not too long ago that we had reached a further pull and those winters were normal. Why was this one so much worse than they?

Because of global warming.

You say 'huh?'. Warming makes you... colder?

The polar ice caps have finally melted enough for the cooler waters to migrate far enough to affect us. Not only will NYC be under water within the next fifty years, but the temperature is dropping world-wide in drastic and very serious degrees. Plummeting people.

There is no more hope that we can correct this on time and scientists have determined that we ARE causing the next ice age. This is a fact already set in motion, it cannot be changed.

However...

They do believe that they can minimize the impact the severe weather has in store for us... if, IF we start changing our lifestyles now.

Repeat that: NOW.

There would have to be windmills everywhere, all cars would have to be electric. Houses would use solar panels and make as much of their own electricity as possible. Water would be monitored better and systems would be set up to harvest and collect it yourself. Chemicals would be abolished and the seventh generation products would be all we'd need. Paper wouldn't exist and all books would be on Nooks or the like. Schools would be completely electronic. Plastic would be used sparingly and cotton would replace much of the hospital's sanitary needs, being boiled when finished instead of thrown away.

If, and I say this very lightly, if we were to accomplish this in the next year we would still be facing severe changes in weather patterns.

I know that mankind will survive the ice age. We certainly came through all right before. And the atmosphere would be dramatically cleansed when the pollutants were solidified and sent back to the ground they were unearthed from. Imagine no smog and being able to inhale without assistance in places like Hong Kong and LA. A miracle to be sure.

But how many of us would we lose?

Hundreds?

We should be so lucky.

The population will decrease by close to ninety two percent. That is over five billion souls.

How callous is it that some of you believe this is a good thing? Right Scrooge? 'Decrease the surplus populations' and all that?

Sigh.

An ice age would be good and bad. I am sad that it is we, mankind, that did this. The planet that gave us life is being wadded into a giant paper wad and being thrown away. What right have we to do such a thing?

Rights or not, it is happening. Those of you who care, I hope you make it. The end of the world comes in hundreds and thousands of disguises. This is just one of the many that make mankind take a step back and pause for a bit. Don't pause too long. There are many things you can do to lesson the impact individually. I've listed them above. Check out a few 'green' sites to get some more ideas. All this is 'google-able'.

Well this was fun. If you get snow in a bizarre place this year, say Arizona's Phoenix Valley, I promise I won't say I told you so... if I remember that I promised! lol

Otherwise, enjoy snuggling under those blankets while you can. Apparently sometime in your lifetime it will be more than snuggling, but life and death huddling.

Let's hope not. For everyone's sake. But it is hard to deny firm statistics. I'm breaking out the snowsuits. The snow is already too deep for this time of year up here. The statistics are adding up.

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