An Inconvenient Spring?

Went for a walk in Pennsylvania yesterday (1/6/07). It was 70 degrees. There was nothing inconvenient about that, except perhaps for the swarming insects and the fact that I could not take the normal shortcut across the frozen pond. I photographed some Cherry and Witch Hazel trees in bloom. I never saw that in early January, then again, I never looked before. Is it “growing” evidence of global warming? I must say that many of the other trees looked completely normal for this time of year. I imagine that if we have a big blizzard in a couple of weeks it will be evidence that a new ice age is coming. This post shows that I am one of those people who have no clue as to what is happening, if anything, with our climate. There are people on both sides of the global warming issue that are totally sure of their point of view. How convenient truth is for such people, and how inconvenient the future might be for those who follow them. - Korba