The melting ice caps are shifting the flow of the gulf stream... for one thing... as I understand it. That in itself disrupts the weather systems and is, I think I read at least, a core factor behind the seeming paradox of global warming resulting in more wintry weather.

But I guess weather is so complex. It's a conjunction of a multitude of things... many of them not man made. But I think the consensus is that we're the straw on the back of the camel.

I have my fingers crossed that the camel is healthy enough to keep standing. But we could be in for a bumpy ride through the desert, I would guess, at best.

It may only be a matter of time now before we have to strap star of Moonlighting, Bruce Willis to a rocket and fire him into space. Or back in time. Whichever looks more statistically probable to succeed... or just provide the best entertainment, as we ponder the apocalypse.