Katrina bashed New Orleans
and is hailed as the "worst"
natural disaster this country
(USA) has suffered.

But, the press also compares
this event to one in the early
1900s, the storm that hit
Galveston, Texas (?) and killed
10,000 (?).

The point here, is, that the
weather is _not_ worse
than it was 100 years ago
(a tenuous suggestion, given
the change in building codes
and probable lack of any
order to evacuate; but ya
gotta deal with the data
dat ya got :-)

Wasn't 'til after WWII or so that
the human population curve
started to "J" (maybe due to
growth, or an artifact caused
by better surveys?); there
ought to be a plot available
on the Web somewhere, like:

http://www.prb.org/Content/Navigatio...ion_Growth.htm

This growth and timing is
supported by my personal
research -- counting the
number of articles in the
New York TImes indices
at the library related to
"pollution" -- it plots out as
a "J-curve" as well, beginning
to rise dramatically in the
20s or 30s IIRC, maybe later.

So ...? Global warming as a
function of human activity
has affected climate change?

If ice is melting at the poles,
then there's more water vapor
in the air, and potentially more
rainfall, or at the least, higher
humidity. And that water should
be widely distributed, even to
the interiors of continents.

Is the Gobi or Sahara growing or
shrinking? Are water tables rising or
dropping? Montana's been claiming
drought conditions for years. like
it's some sort of dramatic change
from earlier times (dependency upon
snow pack, measured, could get
useful info there about increases
or decreases in the annual snow-
fall).


Atty (The planet is falling, into the sun.
More peanuts, for anyone? 17 :-)