Debunking global warming!

Alert: 'Global COOLING is Here!' Earth to Plunge into 'Another Little Ice Age?' - Record Cold and Snow Hits US, Europe, Canada & Asia - UK Warming Debate Greeted By Record Snow! - Round Up
Sampling of articles on recent record cold and snow from around the world in past few days - October 30, 2008
Alert: Prominent Geologist says 'Global Cooling is Here!' Cooling could 'plunge the Earth into another Little Ice Age!' - By Geologist Dr. Easterbrook - October 30, 2008
By Geologist Dr. Don J. Easterbrook, Emeritus Professor at Western Washington University, who has authored eight books and 150 journal publications. Full bio here: http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~dbunny
Excerpt: Rather than drastic global warming at a rate of 0.5C (1F) per decade, historic records of past natural cycles suggest global cooling for the first several decades of the 21st century to about 2030, followed by global warming from about 2030 to about 2060, and renewed global cooling from 2060 to 2090. [.] Recent solar changes suggest that it could be fairly severe, perhaps more like the 1880 to 1915 cool cycle than the more moderate 1945-1977 cool cycle. A more drastic cooling, similar to that during the Dalton and Maunder minimums, could plunge the Earth into another Little Ice Age, but only time will tell if that is likely.
http://icecap.us/index.php/go/joes-blog/global_cooling_is_here_evidence_for_predicting_global_cooling_for_the_next_
Another Global Cooling prediction: 'Sunspots are now predicting a 30-year cooling of the earth' - By Global warming co-author Dennis Avery, an environmental economist - October 27, 2008
Excerpt: The sunspots are now predicting a 30-year cooling of the earth. That would thicken the Alaskan glaciers somewhat, but probably wouldn't refill Glacier Bay with ice. That'll have to wait for the next icy age.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/5851
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U.S. breaks or ties hundreds of cold and 63 new snowfall records! (NOAA data)
U.S. breaks or ties 115 cold temperature records! (NOAA data for 'lowest minimum temperature' for October 29, 2008)
Excerpt: Total Number of Records for October 29, 2008 - (out of 5,420 stations with at least 30 years of data) - New: 83 + Tied: 32 = Total: 115 - U.S. Records - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - National Climatic Data Center
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint&month=10&day=29&year=2008&submitted=Get+Records
U.S. breaks or ties 139 cold temperature records! (NOAA data for 'lowest minimum temperature' for October 28, 2008)
Excerpt: Total Number of Records for October 28, 2008 - (out of 5,649 stations with at least 30 years of data) - New: 92 + Tied: 47 = Total: 139
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint&month=10&day=28&year=2008&submitted=Get+Records
U.S. sees 63 new snowfall records! (NOAA data for record snowfall for October 29, 2008)
Excerpt: Total Number of Records for October 29, 2008 - (out of 11,161 stations with at least 30 years of data) = New: 63 + Tied: 0 = Total: 63
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=snow&month=10&day=29&year=2008&submitted=Get+RecordsU.S. breaks or ties 168 cold temperature records! (NOAA data for 'lowest maximum temperature' for October 29, 2008
Excerpt: Total Number of Records for October 29, 2008 - (out of 5,364 stations with at least 30 years of data) - New: 120 + Tied: 48 = Total: 168
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=lomx&month=10&day=29&year=2008&submitted=Get+Records
Sportswriter: 'Al Gore is full of crap' -- Delayed World Series raises anger after frigid weather - October 29, 2008
Excerpt: Al Gore is full of crap. The predictor of global-warming doom and gloom is way off base, at least in late October in frigid eastern Pennsylvania. Consider that when Major League Baseball called off its first makeup date of the suspended Game 5 early yesterday, the weather conditions were far worse than they had been Monday. Rescheduled again for tonight at 8, the forecast is also bad. A cold rain continued all day yesterday with up to 30 centimetres of snow reported in an outlying area.
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/526445
NOAA: U.S. breaks or ties 115 cold and sets 63 new snowfall records - by Meteorologist Anthony Watts - October 30, 2008
Excerpt: Of course many of you that live in this weather already know this, but there is an early start to winter this year, not only in the USA, but also in London, where it snowed in October for the first time in over 70 years. So far, no mention of this nationwide record event in the mainstream media. There are a few individual mentions or record lows in Florida
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/10/30/chill-in-the-air-part-2-us-breaks-or-ties-115-of-cold-and-sets-63-new-snowfall-records
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Sampling of articles on recent record cold and snow from around the world
Record Low Temperatures in Cuba - October 30, 2008
Excerpt: The ephemeral winter of Cuba began with record low temperatures for October in several western regions. According to Cuban Meteorology Institute reports, the lowest temperature was registered in Guines, Havana where thermometers dropped to 9°C (48.2°F)
http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BC322765D-6074-48D1-BFDA-5AF80B6D56B8%7D)&language=EN
First October snow since 1922 blankets London as global warming bill debated - UK Register - October 29, 2008
Excerpt: Snow fell as the House of Commons debated Global Warming yesterday - the first October fall in the metropolis since 1922. The Mother of Parliaments was discussing the Mother of All Bills for the last time, in a marathon six hour session. In order to combat a projected two degree centigrade rise in global temperature, the Climate Change Bill pledges the UK to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/29/commons_climate_change_bill
Snow sweeps across the UK as temperatures plunge lower than Siberia - October 29, 2008
Excerpt: A blast of Arctic weather today saw snow showers sweep across the country leaving the UK shivering. A thick covering of snow was reported across Scotland and Northern Ireland, with heavy showers recorded as far south as Birmingham. Forecasters predicted blizzards may hit northern areas of Britain tonight and in some parts of Scotland the temperature may fall as low as -8C. The chilly forecast follows the revelation that hundreds of Bewick's swans, which were due to return to an English nature reserve for the 'warmer' winter, are staying put in Siberia because it is colder in the UK.
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/article-1081135/Snow-sweeps-UK-chilly-blast-sends-temperatures-plunging-lower-Siberia.html
Switzerland sees 'most snow for any October since records began' - October 30, 2008
Excerpt: A heavy, wet snow snapped trees, which fell across tracks. The most affected regions included Zurich, Schaffhausen in the north and the areas around the Gotthard pass in central Switzerland. Passengers moving between Spiez and Interlaken south of Bern were forced to take buses when rail service there was interrupted around 7am. Broken branches and trees blocked roads. Farmers in the Bernese Oberland also awoke to snow-related problems. Damaged fences allowed their cows to wander freely. According to MeteoNews, the Swiss lowlands received the most snow for any October since records began.
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news/travel/Record_snow_storm_triggers_delays.html?siteSect=414&sid=9908046&cKey=1225359314000&ty=nd'Worst snowstorm on record' in Tibet kills 7 -- strands 1300 people - October 30, 2008
Excerpt: The death toll has risen to seven, and one person remains missing, as a result of the worst snowstorm on record in Tibet, the local authority said on Thursday. About 144,400 heads of livestock died in the storm, which also knocked out telecommunications and traffic in parts of Shannan prefecture. Another 1,300 people remain stranded by damaged buildings or blocked roads in Lhunze, Cuona and Comai counties, an official from the Shannan prefecture government told Xinhua. The storm, which started on Sunday, dumped close to 64 cm of snow in one county.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/30/content_10282004.htm
Chill in the air: record low temps in 10 states - From Meteorologist Anthony Watts - October 26, 2008
Excerpt: As many readers know, we've had an earlier than normal start to fall weather in the USA, and the cold just keeps on coming. Here is a summary of record low temperatures seen recently, courtesy of this website called IceAgeNow.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/10/26/chill-in-the-air-record-low-temps-in-10-states/
Parts of Florida see coldest temps since 1850!
Excerpt: Though there was a reading of freezing or below throughout northwest Marion County, Wednesday morning's official low temperature was 33 degrees. It was a record for Oct. 29 and the second lowest temperature ever recorded in October since 1850. Ocala's official weather site is at the city water treatment plant on Southeast 24th Street. Until Wednesday, Oct. 29's record temperature was 37 in 1943 and a close second was 38 degrees in 1957. "It did hit 32 degrees in October 1989," said Mike McAllister, a National Weather Service meteorologist who spent Wednesday morning searching databases to gather official October weather records for Ocala.
http://www.ocala.com/article/20081030/NEWS/810301012/1001/NEWS01?Title=Record_cold_swept_over_the_region_Wednesday
Parts of Florida facing coldest temps since records began in 1902 - October 29, 2008
Excerpt: It has been colder before in Southwest Florida, but not in October. The record low for Oct. 29 in the Fort Myers area is 47 degrees, according to Charlie Paxton, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service - that was in 1910."That would be the coldest since (weather) records began in 1902," Paxton said.
http://www.cape-coral-daily-breeze.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=22316
Record-breaking cold snap creates crisis among homeless in Florida - October 30, 2008
Excerpt: The record-breaking cold snap in Gainesville this week has been uncomfortable for many while creating a crisis for some of society's most vulnerable, the homeless. On Wednesday a plea went out on behalf of the area's homeless for more blankets and other warming items like hats and gloves.
http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20081030/NEWS/810300259
Early snowfalls causing chaos in coldest October for 74 years in Ireland - October 20, 2008
Excerpt: THESE are the dramatic snow scenes from the Sallygap in Wicklow yesterday as the heavy snow caused a car to veer off the road. Tour buses ferrying sightseeing tourists across the mountain also got stuck in snow in our coldest October in over 70 years. Snow fell heavily in parts of the country as temperatures dropped to four degrees, the lowest daytime temperature in October since 1934.
http://www.herald.ie/national-news/early-snowfalls-causing-chaos-in-coldest-october-for-74-years-1513451.html
New Jersey's record snowfall causes power outages - October 30, 2008
Excerpt: The stupefying wintry blast Tuesday sparked 215 emergency calls in Hopatcong alone -- residents said live wires were on the road, the "trees were smoking," and one family's laundry room caught on fire when a transformer fired off an electrical surge. "We had to call in reinforcements because there was so much going on," Lt. Bob Brennan said, noting officers came in on their day off. The storm dumped a record amount for an October snowstorm in New Jersey, according to Nick Stefano of the Sussex County Weather Network.
http://www.njherald.com/story/news/30POWER-web2008-10-29T20-37-30
Broken watermains dot the Toronto following cold weather - October 30, 2008
Excerpt: Broken watermains are flooding the city with trouble Thursday morning as crews scramble to shut off water feeds and fix the leaks. More watermain breaks are expected as the temperature fluctuate and old pipes crack. But there was one pipe burst in the city overnight that wasn't caused by the cold. A truck turning onto Jamieson from King Street hit an exposed water pipe at a construction site overnight, sending water shooting into the air.
http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20081030/081030_watermain/20081030/?hub=CP24Home
'Coldest' Day In 51 Years Expected In Orlando; 2 Records Likely Broken
Excerpt: A cold front moving through Orlando is dropping temperatures to record lows for the end of October, likely breaking several 50-year "coldest day" marks. "If we don't hit 67 degrees, it will be the coldest we've ever been on Oct. 28," Local 6 meteorologist Eric Wilson said. "Sixty-seven degrees is the old, lowest maximum temperatures, meaning the coldest day 51 years ago." The lowest temperature for Orlando on Oct. 28 was 67 degrees in 1957.
http://www.local6.com/weather/17819728/detail.htmlGore's global warming speech at Harvard coincided with near 125-year record breaking low temps! - October 22, 2008
Excerpt: For tomorrow night, the temperature in Cambridge is forecast to drop below the freezing point to 28 °F which, if true, will beat the record low temperature set in 1883, which means exactly 125 years ago, when it was 29 °F. Not bad! Moreover, the phenomenon present in Cambridge in order to discuss global warming seems to be driving rain and hail, with the probability of rain indicated as 60%. ;-) At 1 p.m. local time, they report a cloudy weather with isolated showers. According to website of former Harvard Professor Dr. Lubos Motl:
http://motls.blogspot.com/2008/10/gore-effect-arrives-to-harvard.html
Letter from Harvard U on Gore's speech.: 'Today's weather will hardly remind us of the serious problem that is global warming' - October 22, 2008
Excerpt: Dear Members of the Harvard Community, Although today's weather will hardly remind us of the serious problem that is global warming, today's event - the Harvard Sustainability Celebration, with a keynote address by former Vice President Al Gore - will go on, as scheduled, in Tercentenary Theatre with a program beginning at 4 p.m. We very much hope that you will attend and enjoy the festivities. Starting at 3 p.m., we will be serving hot cider and soup to keep everyone warm; please dress for our changeable New England weather. Henry Longfellow, onetime Harvard professor and longtime Cantabrigian, once remarked, "The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain." We sincerely hope that, this afternoon, it won't rain. But even if it does, Harvard celebrates Sustainability with spirits undampened. Sincerely, The Sustainability Celebration Committee Office of the President
http://motls.blogspot.com/2008/10/gore-effect-arrives-to-harvard.html
No Joke! Cyclists 'braved freezing cold temps' to promote global warming awareness in New York - October 22, 2008
Excerpt: Student volunteers from colleges around New York State braved freezing cold temperatures on their bikes Wednesday to send a message to state and federal political candidates: pay attention to climate change. The New York Public Interest Research Group helped organize the ride. Environmentalists cheered on the bikers as they stopped in Utica around noon. They want candidates to let voters know what they plan to do about global warming and the energy crisis.
http://www.wktv.com/news/local/32477839.html
U.S. Gripped by Record Cold - October 29, 2008 - By Physicist Dr. Lubos Motl
Three days ago, Anthony Watts mentioned the record cold temperatures in 10 U.S. states, as a big snowstorm was going to close a major highway and schools in the Northeast, including PA, NY, NJ, and VT, catching everyone off-guard.
http://motls.blogspot.com/2008/10/snow-in-london-freezing-florida.html
'Temperatures at mid-January levels' -- Near-record cold and snow blankets the Carolinas - October 28, 2008
Excerpt: Welcome to winter ... well, a taste of it, at least. The coldest air of the season, with temperatures at mid-January levels, has blanketed the Carolinas. That will mean near-record daytime temperatures today in Charlotte, and possibly a few inches of snow in the mountains. The cold snap will relent in time for Halloween on Friday, but chilly air will return again later in the weekend. This morning's temperatures are in the low and middle 30s across the Piedmont and foothills. A strong upper-level storm system over the Great Lakes is pumping cold, unstable air across the Carolinas. That means we'll have chilly northwest winds accompanying today's cold.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/283717.html
Cold spring, summer stunts apple production in Washington state - October 27, 2008
Excerpt: As the apple season wraps up in Whatcom County, some local orchardists are having to cope with lower yields caused by a cold spring and summer. "The quality is there, however, there's going to be a lot (of apples) left hanging on the tree that we can normally pick" because they won't ripen in time, said Dorie Belisle. Belisle co-owns BelleWood Acres farm on Ten Mile Road between Bellingham and Lynden. The Belisles aren't the only apple farmers dealing with a disappointing harvest. Henry Bierlink, public policy director for Whatcom Farm Friends, estimates that apple yields for Whatcom County will be down about 13 percent from last year's 2 million pounds.
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/602/story/628109.html
Brrr. - Obama to global warming demonstrators: 'This is probably not the weather to hold up those signs...it's a little chilly today' - October 28, 2008
Excerpt: Obama paid tribute to thousands of hardy supporters who turned out for a rally in Chester, Pennsylvania despite the bone-chilling rain and driving winds. [...] A little bit of rain never hurt anybody," Obama said, "although I've got to say I saw (Pennsylvania Governor) Ed Rendell back stage and his teeth were chattering. "This is an unbelievable crowd for this kind of weather," he added, gently ribbing some supporters for holding up signs saying "stop global warming." "This is probably not the weather to hold up those signs. I'm not into global warming either but it's a little chilly today." http://www.spacedaily.com/2006/081028141942.0hrwev3w.html
Arctic sea ice almost 2 million square kilometers higher than a year ago! - 'Humiliating some would-be "predictions" of a new record low for 2008' - Physicist Dr. Lubos Motl
Excerpt: The total Arctic sea ice area is currently almost 2 million square kilometers higher than one year ago. It is near normal for the end of October, humiliating some would-be "predictions" (self-serving and ideologically driven, unsubstantiated lies) of a new record low for 2008.
http://motls.blogspot.com/2008/10/snow-in-london-freezing-florida.html
'Meteorologists track the latest cooling cycle to 1998' - October 29, 2008
Excerpt: Some folks in my home state of New Jersey woke up to a blanket of snow the same week as Halloween. The state's largest daily headlined the story as "October Surprise: Snowfall snarls traffic and cuts power to 62,000 homes." [.] Snow in October is, indeed, a surprise to most, but not to those of us who, for years now, have been both debunking the "global warming" hoax and warning about a coming ice age. It may be one of short duration as in the case of the Little Ice Age that gripped the northern hemisphere from around 1300 to 1850 or it could be another like previous, major ice ages that alter history. If you visit http://www.iceagenow.com/2008_Other_Parts_of_the_World.htm you can read about scores of weather events occurring right now that attest to the way the entire world has gotten much colder of late. Meteorologists track the latest cooling cycle to 1998, making it a decade old at this point with no end in sight for decades to come or longer. From Austria to Australia, in places like Costa Rica and New Zealand, all around the world the Earth is getting cold and snow is occurring. To ignore this is pure folly. To continue passing legislation to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2) or other "greenhouse gases" isn't just stupid, it is lethal. What people are going to need more of is the energy to heat their homes and workplaces. Thwarting the building of more coal-fired or nuclear plants to generate electricity is suicidal.
http://factsnotfantasy.blogspot.com/2008/10/snowy-halloween.html
Parts of North America have also been hit by wintry weather
Excerpt: Fargo, North Dakota, breaking its previous record for snowfall at this time of year. Around 1.4 inches (36mm) or snow fell in just 12 hours on Sunday.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/28102008news.shtml

Snow forecast in Ireland - "More suited for the first week of December, not the last week of October"Oct 26 -"An early blast of winter is set to hit Ireland early next week. This is quite unusual as Ireland on average gets her first air frost around October 23rd. The following forecast is from the national weather service (http://www.met.ie/) issued at 5am UTC on Sunday 26th October. This forecast would be more suited for the first week of December, not the last week of October.
FORECAST: Monday will be cold and blustery, with a mixture of sunshine and showers. . Some of the showers will fall as hail or sleet, with a risk of snow on high ground in northern areas. Highest temperatures will range from 6 to 9 degrees. http://iceagenow.com/2008_Other_Parts_of_the_World.htm

Brisbane has coldest October morning since 1976 - 23 Oct 08 -
Excerpt: Cold winds blowing up from the snow-capped Blue Mountains have given Brisbane its coldest October morning in 32 years. The mercury fell to 10.6 degrees in the City, more than five degrees below average for this time of year. The previous low for October was 7.3 degrees in 1976. Brisbane recorded 6.3 degrees in October in 1899 at a now-disused weather station.http://iceagenow.com/2008_Other_Parts_of_the_World.htm
Record cold snap brings snow to Australia - 22 Oct 08 -
Excerpt: Record cold temperatures have brought snow to the Blue Mountains and southern tablelands in NSW and wet and windy weather to the state's coast. Temperatures dipped to three degrees celsius near Blackheath, west of Sydney, early this morning and pockets of snow fell in Leura and west of Katoomba at Oberon. Snow was also reported in the southern tablelands at Cooma and in Bombala, near the Victorian border. Bureau of Merology (BoM) forecaster Jane Golding said average temperatures in the Blue Mountains for October ranged from seven to 18 degrees. In Sydney today, the temperature is forecast to be 15 degrees, an October temperature which has only been seen twice in the past 14 years, Ms Golding said. Average maximum temperatures for Sydney in October are around 22 degrees.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24534632-953,00.html
Start stocking up nuts? - This year has started like '93, but will it end like it? - October 20, 2008
Excerpt: The other day, some weather geek friends of mine and I were exchanging emails about the early snow that was happening in Ithaca, NY. [.] This year has started like '93, but will it end like it?
Meteorologists often forecast by analogy. What's that? Well, nothing more than looking at some pattern in the weather that happened sometime in the past, noticing that today's pattern is similar, and then forecasting what will happen as what did happen. Weather weenies-the affectionate nickname given to those who memorize every storm since their birth-often use this technique to good success. [.] I won't tell you my forecast. I will tell you I bought a brand new, thick overcoat.
http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/10/30/start-stocking-up-nuts
Cool days, frosty nights, chillier winter coming (Philly.com)
Excerpt: Looking further ahead, this winter is likely to be colder than it has been for years, according to AccuWeather. It has to be snowier in the Philadelphia area, since hardly any snow fell last year. Meteorologist Joe Bastardi predicts a rough December, followed by a January thaw, before another spell of bitter cold in late January and February. The woolly worms of Lewisburg, Pa., disagree, however. After checking a batch of the crawly creatures over the weekend, observers prognosticated a mild winter, with just two or three days of school canceled because of snow, according to the Milton Daily Standard.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/31001379.html
'Global warming believers are feeling a chill they never expected' - Australian Herald Sun - Andrew Bolt - October 31, 2008 12:00am
Excerpt: Brisbane, his home town, had just endured its coldest October morning in 32 years, yet here was Swan telling us to spend billions in the belief the planet was cooking instead. It's not only here that global warming believers are feeling a chill they never expected. [.] And, of course, the Government is spending $164,000 a day on ads to persuade us that this recent cooling should be called "climate change" - and proof of warming instead. Weird, yet it works. Cooling is warming, and not even snow can persuade politicians they're not frying.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24578374-5000117,00.html
Polar Bears Population Rising: 'Largest number of polar bears recorded in the history' of survey in Churchill area - October 20, 2008
Excerpt: This seems to have translated through the larger population with 266 polar bears being counted on the fall aerial survey in September. This is the largest number of bears recorded in the history of this survey. [.] Manitoba Conservation does an annual aerial survey from the Churchill area to the Manitoba/Ontario border, roughly the inland range of the polar bears of western Hudson Bay. In late July (the 22nd I believe), they flew the range and counted around 34 bears. Most were still out on the bay feasting on seals. In fact, there were still two little bits of ice floe in southwestern Hudson Bay on August 22nd...! This means that many of the bears stayed out on the ice until mid-August, almost a month later than usual (or at least, earlier than usual for the last decade, but simply similar to the 'glory days' of the early eighties). So, almost all of the bears visiting Churchill are in really good shape (around ten to twelve in buggyland right now).
http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2008/10/churchill-area-fall-aerial-survey-found.html - From October 20, 2008 entry from http://www.polarbearalley.com/index.html
Get the facts on Polar Bears - U.S. Senate Minority Report Debunks Polar Bear Extinction Fears - January 30, 2008
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.Facts&ContentRecord_id=CB2FAA9C-802A-23AD-4BCC-29BB94CEB993
Cold Old Days May not Have been as Cold As you Remember - October 23, 2008
Excerpt: COLD OLD DAYS Occasionally I hear some old-timer remark, "It doesn't seem as cold now as it did when I was a child!" Well, I guess not. Seventy years ago most people were living in uninsulated houses -- especially in the country -- and heaters (like radios) were extras on new vehicles. Everyone gathered around a wood stove in the kitchen for the only "central heat" in the house, and likely as not a dry snow would blow through the cracks around windows and pile up onto the sills. Now we turn the thermostat up to stay warm and walk 50 feet to our cars, some of which can be started and warmed while we are still in the house. Old-timers will also often swear, "When I was a boy the snows would come knee-deep early in December and be on the ground when March came!" Baloney! Maybe that happened in upstate New York or Winter Park, Colo., but not around here. Never since weather records have been kept is there documentation that snow -- even in patches -- stayed on the ground all the way from early December until the end of February. They are right about the knee-deep part, though. But we must keep that statement in perspective, too. When you are 5 or 6, your knees are barely a foot off the ground.
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews+articleid_2738019.html
Global Cooling? - 'Thirty years of warmer temperatures go poof' - National Post - October 20, 2008
Excerpt: In early September, I began noticing a string of news stories about scientists rejecting the orthodoxy on global warming. Actually, it was more like a string of guest columns and long letters to the editor since it is hard for skeptica l scientists to get published in the cabal of climate journals now controlled by the Great Sanhedrin of the environmental movement. Still, the number of climate change skeptics is growing rapidly. Because a funny thing is happening to global temperatures -- they're going down, not up. [.] It may be that more global warming doubters are surfacing because there just isn't any global warming.
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/20/lorne-gunter-thirty-years-of-warmer-temperatures-go-poof.aspx
Update: Ice Reality Check: Arctic Ice Now 31.3% Over Last Year, plus Scientists Counter Latest Arctic 'Record' Warmth Claims as 'Pseudoscience' - 10-18-08
Excerpt: 10/17/2007 5,663,125 square kilometers - 10/17/2008 7,436,406 square kilometers - Δice = 1,773,281 sqkm or 31.3% more than last year - Source data here: http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/seaice/extent/plot.csv (Excel file)
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/10/18/ice-reality-check-scientists-counter-latest-arctic-record-warmth-claims-as-pseudoscience/

Scientists Counter Latest Arctic 'Record' Warmth Claims as 'Pseudoscience' - Comprehensive Arctic Data Round Up - October 17, 2008
http://icecap.us/images/uploads/Scientists_Counter_Latest_Arctic.pdf
Roger Pielke Sr: Claims of 'Climate Control' are 'hubris' - October 23, 2008
(By Former Colorado State Climatologist Dr. Roger Pielke, Sr., presently senior scientist at the University of Colorado in Boulder)
Excerpt: At the last McCain/Obama debate, Bob Schieffer had the following question: "SCHIEFFER: Let's go to - let's go to a new topic. We're running a little behind. Let's talk about energy and climate control. Every president since Nixon has said what both of you.[.] This question illustrated the hubris that is driving the emphasis on major policy actions on climate. This is that humans can "control" climate (i.e. Schieffer said "Let's talk about ...climate control"). The IPCC's perspective, that the dominate human climate forcing is its addition of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and that natural fluctuations in climate are significantly smaller than this human climate forcing, perpetuates the erroneous perspective that we can control the climate. The news media, as exemplified by Bob Schieffer, is simply picking up this theme. [...] With the claims that we can control climate with such efforts as geoengineering (e.g. see), the IPCC scientists are falling into the same trap. Climate is an even more complex system than the weather by itself. http://climatesci.org/2008/10/23/climate-science-overstatement-by-bob-schieffer-in-the-final-presidential-debate/
Early snowfall across Ontario - 22 Oct 08 - \
Excerpt: "Torontonians should do their best not to curse out old man winter because he's here early. It's been one of those years. Spring was slow to leave, summer was late in arriving and now a taste of winter is here while it's still officially autumn. "If you can believe it, six centimetres of snow fell on the ground in Orillia. Meantime, snowfall was being reported across southern Ontario, flurries came down in parts of Toronto and York region and there were white-out conditions further north into the Barrie area and cottage." country.
http://www.680news.com/news/headlines/more.jsp?content=20081021_180748_24464
Prominent Climate Scientists: 'Variations in global temperatures since 1978 ... cannot be attributed to carbon dioxide' - October 20, 2008
Excerpt: While not stooping to such name-calling, weather-satellite scientists David Douglass of the University of Rochester and John Christy of the University of Alabama at Huntsville nonetheless dealt the True Believers a devastating blow last month. For nearly 30 years, Professor Christy has been in charge of NASA's eight weather satellites that take more than 300,000 temperature readings daily around the globe. In a paper co-written with Dr. Douglass, he concludes that while manmade emissions may be having a slight impact, "variations in global temperatures since 1978 ... cannot be attributed to carbon dioxide." Moreover, while the chart above was not produced by Douglass and Christy, it was produced using their data and it clearly shows that in the past four years -- the period corresponding to reduced solar activity -- all of the rise in global temperatures since 1979 has disappeared.
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/10/20/lorne-gunter-thirty-years-of-warmer-temperatures-go-poof.aspx
Cold Reality: 'Warm mongers are rapidly losing credibility' - Investor's Business Daily - October 17, 2008
Excerpt: But unlike climate projection models, which are often wrong but endlessly thrown in our faces as examples of hard science, they are real world events wholly contrary to the story the alarmists have been spreading. Global warm mongers are rapidly losing credibility. Mainstream journalists will still believe them because climate change fits the narrative they've so carefully nurtured. But eventually the error will have to admitted. It won't happen publicl y, though, because by the time they come to their senses, the issue will have been long forgotten by the public.http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=309135716919866
'We still have a blank sun' - AccuWeather.com - October 20, 2008
Excerpt: We still have a blank sun. Image from earlier today, courtesy of SOHO. As you can see from the image above, the sun remains very inactive in terms of sunspot activity. This has been a common image of the sun for quite some time now. The chart below shows the individual years over the past century with the highest total of spotless days. This particular chart was dated in late September, so 2008 in now solidly in fifth place all by itself.
http://global-warming.accuweather.com/2008/10/the_quiet_sun_and_some_great_p.html
Solar activity the primary driver of global temperature rise - By Dr. Kelvin Kemm, formerly a scientist at South Africa's Atomic Energy Corporation - October 17, 2008
Excerpt: The period of global warming that we have exper ienced on our planet over the last century, which has seen a rise in temperature of some 0,6 oC, does not correlate at all with a rise in the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), but is does correlate with solar activity. Indications are that solar activity is the primary driver of the variation in global temperature. Even more compelling is the fact that there exists a well-documented Roman Warm period from the time of the Roman Caesars, and a Medieval Warm Period, both of which correlate with solar activity, but certainly can have nothing whatever to do with CO2 produced by any human industrial activities.
http://co2sceptics.com/news.php?id=1965
US last 115 years show cooling in 5 of the last 7 decades starting the post WWII boom - By Meteorologist Joe D'Aleo
Excerpt: (Click on link to see temp charts) Temperature changes US last 115 years show cooling in 5 of the last 7 decades starting the post WWII boom. Data sets in last 7 years shows cooling which again bucks increasing CO2 - Sea levels have leveled off/fallen last two years as the oceans have cooled and contracted. The sun is the quietest it has been in at least 100 years (possibly since the late 1700s and early 1800s). NASA this week reported te solar wind was the weakest in the satellite era. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation reached its coldest level recorded this summer and another La Nina is likely on the way. While the earth cools, Gore and his environmental friends are blocking access to the energy we need.
http://icecap.us/index.php/go/political-climate/P9/
Four prominent scientists warn 'global warming out, global cooling in'- 'Potential for a significant decline in the average mean temperature' - July 12, 2008 (LINK) & (LINK)
Australian astronomical Society warns of global COOLING as Sun's activity 'significantly diminishes' - June 29, 2008 - (LINK) & (LINK)
Top Ivy League Forecasting expert Dr. Scott Armstrong says polar bear models critically flawed - Bear populations increased in recent decades - May 8, 2008 - (LINK)

Swedish scientists: 'No concrete global warming proof in polar region' - June 21, 2008 - (LINK)
Why have the oceans been cooling for 5 years? - July 2008 (LINK)
Update: June 15, 2008: More Signs of the Sun Slowing Down - 'We continue to slide into a deeper than normal solar minima, one not seen in decades' By Meteorologist Anthony Watts - (LINK)
National Post: Global Cooling! 'Spotless Sun' prompts scientists to fear 'dramatic turn for the worse' - May 31, 2008 - (LINK)
Sea Level Falling? - By Meteorologist Joe D'Aleo of IceCap.US - (LINK)
No Joke! Aussie government says word 'drought' makes farmers feel bad -- want switch to word 'dryness' instead - October, 23 2008
Excerpt: GOVERNMENT experts say the word "drought" is making farmers feel bad and want people to use the word "dryness" instead. Farmers also needed to accept that drier weather was here to stay, said a report by the Government's hand-picked Drought Policy Review Expert Social Panel. "Words like drought ... have negative connotations for farm families," the report said. "There needs to be a new national approach to living with dryness, as we prefer to call it, rather than dealing with drought."
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24540872-662,00.html