Re: Northwest Weather Warming and Drying Up

From: Lobby Dosser (lobby.dosser.mapson_at_verizon.net)
Date: 12/25/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 08:36:37 GMT

T-Cat <robotryder at yahoo > wrote:

> The global cooling fear was anticipated to lead to a near-term ice
> age. Fear was so strong among the experts that serious consideration
> was given to trying to put a light layer of soot on the north pole to
> increase energy absorbtion.
>
>

That was the Soviets. They wanted ice free ports. Idiots were also thinking
about damming the Lena, Petchura, Yenisei and Ob to create a great inland
lake. Fortunately cooler heads prevailed, or they'd have brought on their
own mini ice age.

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