[deserth3]

The docs I used to work for had a medicle term that applys real well here. FOS!

Fact 1800's and earlier the earth was slowly comming out of an Ice age. In the mid 1800's an astroid or something hit Siberia. That sent us into a "mini ice age". Now these yahoo's look at numbers and say we are having global warming.
Maybe we are... Fact is they don't know how warm the earth is supposed to be.
Intensity of forest fires increases in 1980's.... Here again they don't look at the facts.
In ancient times to when the white man came the American Indian used to manage the forest by doing controled burns. (What a concept). Two of the reasons for this are; It made hunting easier, and it cleared out the underbrush which has been proven to intesify a forest fire. Whic wouuld be a bad thing if all you can do is run away from a fire. American Indians didn't get horses until the white man started showing up.

From the late 1800's to about 1946. The west is pretty much empty. Nature takes care of the forests. But after WWII the Americans prosper and spread. Some naturalists see forest fires and decide that a burning forest is not natural. So we using our supperior intelect start sending fire fighters in to stop the fires.
The undregrowth becomes thick has years to clog the forests. Things become dry. In the 1980 forest fires become worse. In the late 90's the forest service finaly figure out that the underbrush doesn't halp matters. Why? Because the forest that burned several years ago and doesn't have much underbrush doesn't burn as fierce as the forest that has more underbrush. So that's why they let Yellowstoone burn several years ago. Guess what, the forests are in better shape along with the wildlife.
It has been known for manay years that cities are warmer than the country, forest, open land with no concrete. Now it's the year 2000 and something. Americans are doing really well. Something new occurs. Urban sprawl. Tempurature goes up in these areas. Not as bad as the city but it still occurs. So some scientist says we have global warming.
Why? Because the forest fires have gotten worse. Huricanes are getting worse. Gee they didn't say much when the predictions for this year have been lowered and the early promised hurricanes didn't arrive.

I think I've ranted enough. Global warming? posibly, Probubly... Have they given any reasonable choices? I'm still waiting.