White Christmas

Minnesota has not had that much snow this winter. A white Christmas it wasn't. However, some people did manage to have a white Christmas.

"THIS was the Christmas miracle — or, at least, the Australian bush version.
For three weeks, locals and firefighters have sat trapped, ringed by fire, alone and vulnerable at the top of Mount Buller.
Day after day, the bush burned in the valley below, the flames making charge after charge up the slopes, fanned by hot winds.
But then, at Christmas time, it happened. The winds eased, the prayed-for rains came, and the fire threat abated.
On Christmas Day itself, it snowed. A miracle. Lightly at first, but stronger as the day progressed, coating the mountaintop in an unseasonal white blanket."

Unseasonable is the key word here. It is summer in Australia. Mt. Buller is a ski resort near Melbourne. Their season runs from June through September so December snow is rare (to say the least).

Why, you ask, am I bringing this story to your attention? Because I wish to point out the simple fact that in order for global warming to be global, the warming has to be just that - GLOBAL. Obviously, it is not warmer this summer in Australia if they are getting a rare summer snow storm. It may be unseasonably warm here in Minnesota, but it is unseasonably COLD in parts of the Middle East.

There is still too much unknown about our global climate and how it changes and why it changes to say that man-made global warming is a given! Yes some areas of the globe seem warmer, however there are other areas that are cooler.....