to notice the date of the article:
[b]Friday, February 13, 1998 Published at 19:25 GMT[/b]
Good heavens ! The sea level may have risen several inches since the article was published, or on the other hand we may have survived an ice age. :^0
But I am still waiting for an explanation -- scientific or otherwise -- as to why weather patterns have become increasingly erratic around the world over the last few years.
Because of God's foresight -- many billions of years ago -- he arranged the seasons so that I would be born right in the middle of the most agreeable season, autumn. It is supposed to be sunny and mild, but already it is cold -- well at least on every alternate day.