I lived in England 40 years ago and it felt 'Siberian like' at times. Coldest winter of my life was the first summer I lived there (apologies to Mark Twain).
Steven
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Tantillo <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, February 26, 2004 7:50 am
Subject: Re: Now the Pentagon Tells Bush: Climate Change Will Destroy US
> I'm not so much skeptical that there *is* such a
> report, as I am skeptical that it says exactly
> the things these articles report that it says. I
> would like to see for example the passage in the
> original where the author says "Britain will be
> plunged into a Siberia-like climate in sixteen
> years, by 2020." I doubt it.
> jt
>
> >If this were not off the Web site of The
> >Guardian I would suspect a red herring myself. I
> >have found it on such questionable sites as
> >'Whitley Streiber's Unknown Country'
> >http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/?id=3571 (WS
> >is the guy who popularized 'abductions') and
> >other less than skeptical sites. However it was
> >also carried by 'Fortune' magazine, and one
> >cannot accuse them of leftist tendencies. But
> >I've been unable to find the story on any of the
> >major 'news' (sic) outlets including BBC, which
> >is usually reliable. As Arty Johnson use to say
> >on 'Laugh In' (gawd am I showing my age?)
> >"Veeery intersting".
> >sb
> >
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