On Saturday, 31 January 2015 20:26:14 UTC, wrote:
Lawrence

Message for your good self and some of the other assorted flat-earthers, fruitcakes, loonies and "severe onanists" (copyright Tory party) who post to this newsgroup.

Point one. We have seven thousand million human beings on the planet. Although some (such as yourself, Lawrence) spout hot air front and back, in general an average person emits the same energy as a (continuously burning) 100 watt lightbulb. Multiply that out, and there's a huge amount of warmth being generated. Obviously only a person of superior intellect has the wisdom to deny a link to rising global temperature, rising sea-levels, glaciers thawing, etc.

Point two. Read my lips Mr Lawyer. There is no link whatsoever between weather and volcanoes. And neither can you somehow extrapolate those two things to forecast tornadoes. Please stick to horoscopes and tealeaves.

Point three. This posting is admittedly an example of how personal abuse has diminished this newsgroup. Is it possible to keep comments such as "idiot" and "moron" to yourself? And can we block people like Joe, our esteemed Wolverhampton member for the National Front? Is there a moderator?

Point four. What this NG could be very useful for is a campaign against the hyperbole and outright stupidity of modern media weather reporting. Let's face it, young journalists are just plain thick. They can't help it, it's a generational thing, and they're sadly goaded on by Madden & associates. But if they can be encouraged to put today's "massive MINUS THREE severe 1cm blizzards of death, colder than ANTARCTICA" in historical context by people who remember the 1980s...

Cheers to all, despite the rant

Dave J
Preston

No weather link to volcanoes? They spew out dust which obscures the sunlight. The best example of this is the year 1816, the "year without a summer" after some big volcanoe or other blew its top. That assertion of yours rather spoilt your post which otherwise contains good points.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.