On Jan 6, 2:05*am, Tudor Hughes wrote:

* * *Everybody seems to be now jumping on the bandwagon that cold
winters, at least in some sectors of the N Hemisphere, are caused by
the circulation changes that come about with global warming. *This has
a certain plausibility to it but why did no-one mention it a few years
ago and say that this was something we might expect? *Instead, we were
told that winters would be stormy and wet with an increased risk of
flooding and that snow was a thing of the past.

It does seem all a bit reactionary doesn't it. I suspect the buzz word
of the 2010s will be "regional climate change" no doubt...

Richard