At 09:57 AM 7/01/2010 +0000, you wrote: >Well I don't want to open a can of worms here but it's the difference >between weather and climate. Weather is short-term and will always show >extreme variations from time to time (hot, cold, wet, dry etc) but climate >change is more about the longer-term trends in climate over decades or >centuries or millennia (within which there will be short-term fluctuations >of varying durations). Of course there could be a long-term climate trend of >more extreme short-term variations! Maybe we are seeing that e.g. a number >of years in the past decade have been among the warmest on record. But it's >the average over a longer period that's important for future societies. For >example, I wouldn't buy any property near very low-lying coasts with eroding >cliffs; fortunately much of Bristol is hilly and those parts would >any rise in sea levels! > >Adrian O You right there Adrian, England has a Pleasant Climate, but the weather is bloody Awful. Bryan in Perth No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.129/2605 - Release Date: 01/07/10 15:35:00