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<DIV>In a message dated 9/10/2004 12:07:53 PM Pacific Standard Time,
james466@bellsouth.net writes:</DIV>
<DIV> James </DIV>
<DIV> Thanks for the non- alarmist reply. It's easy to be chicke=
n
little.</DIV>
<DIV> I agree. In fact I've heard recently that such turns=
of
natural events could easily come from recent increase in sun spot activity. =
Even
Galileo noted increased solar flares & storms & specualted on how th=
ey
might effect things here.</DIV>
<DIV> Dale</DIV>
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=2>Have any
of the world's leaders heard that it is generally accepted, at<BR>> lea=
st
within the scientific community, that there is a relationship<BR>> betw=
een
excessive and increasing world carbon emissions, global warming,<BR>> a=
nd
the INCREASED FREQUENCY AND INTENSITY OF TROPICAL STORM SYSTEMS. Any<BR>&g=
t;
clue at all?<BR><BR>While they are probably wrong, I do agree that many
scientists do put a<BR>connection as listed above. Howver, as a hurricane
Frances victim who only<BR>just now got power and phone back up and as a l=
ong
time, sixth-generation<BR>Floridan, I can also tell you that it is a fact =
that
multiple storms have<BR>hit Florida in the past. It is in recent memory th=
at
storms have not come<BR>this way but take a look at the historical tracks =
of
storms and you will<BR>see many years that storms either hit Florida or ca=
me
very close. So,<BR>while it is very tempting to try and blame government a=
nd
industry for the<BR>storms, it is more likely that we are just returning t=
o
the norm for<BR>Atlantic based storms at this time of year. There is still=
far
too much<BR>scientific investigation needed in order to definitively prove=
or
even<BR>stronly suggest that there is a connection between pollution and
global<BR>warming. The evidence just simply is not there, in spite of
terrible<BR>movies that try to suggest otherwise.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV=
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