It's about those 8 years that global warming has been bandied about, and the massive argument among those that think it is man-made trying to stop it. It is more productive to stop wasting money and political hot air and just relax to the inevitable natural climate change and the changes to the planet it is causing that we must adapt to. Last night I was lying in bed thinking about the Great Flood and earthquakes that released the waters under the Earth, that actually should be spelt earth lower case, adding to rain for 40 days. "They say" the Sphinx was carved out of a great sandstone formation by a civilization predating Egypt, probably true considering the water worn condition of its base.

Now we have rising sea levels greater than be accounted for by retreating glaciers and a melting Arctic ice cap when you consider how the Antarctic ice cap is actually growing. In effect ice is moving south, not global warming but climate change. How about this, Man is pumping water and oil from underground like there is no tomorrow, and in many cases there IS no tomorrow as we know it. When hydrostatic pressure is relieved the tremendous weight above responds to gravity and the land sinks, it is called subsidence. Irrigation wells not only cause crops to grow, but oddly few have given thought to where the water goes. Yep, evaporation causing rain that mainly flows into the same rivers carrying the excess, both are runoff that ends up... you guessed it... in the ocean, and regardless of the rain cycle ultimately causes rising sea levels. It's like the days of Noah on a smaller scale, after all Man is smaller than God.

See what you did COR? I was going to say how there was more snow in Europe in years past and how designers of the Eurostar Express forgot to account for it. Air intakes for cooling the traction motors and control gear were wide open and they sucked in fine snow stirred up by the fast moving train and shorted out the electrics. Oh no, here we have a high speed train stopped dead in its tracks (sic) by a few inches of snow! Trainsets went back for a design overhaul, the next year's snow didn't bother them. After all that about Noah it occurs to me entire rail systems will have to be redesigned, a century and a half overdue, the Thames already has a flood gate, The Clash were right when they recorded London Calling (at the top of the dial and I live by the river)... glug glug glug. As for the Dutch, higher dikes and more windmills are in order, and not those damnable wind turbines either. Oh yeah, they attract birds too.