From Al Gore’s blog:

Last week on his show Bill O’Reilly asked, “Why has southern New York turned into the tundra?” and then said he had a call into me. I appreciate the question.

As it turns out, the scientific community has been addressing this particular question for some time now and they say that increased heavy snowfalls are completely consistent with what they have been predicting as a consequence of man-made global warming:

“In fact, scientists have been warning for at least two decades that global warming could make snowstorms more severe. Snow has two simple ingredients: cold and moisture. Warmer air collects moisture like a sponge until it hits a patch of cold air. When temperatures dip below freezing, a lot of moisture creates a lot of snow.”

“A rise in global temperature can create all sorts of havoc, ranging from hotter dry spells to colder winters, along with increasingly violent storms, flooding, forest fires and loss of endangered species.”

At least he didn’t blame the weather on George Bush.

When I started this blog, I did so anonymously because I was still a federal employee.  I didn’t want any perceived conflicts or insinuations that might cause problems.  So there was a bit of a mysterious nature to the posts, though, not too many people really cared.

But in August 2008, one of my articles went national and there came the question “Who is the Garnet Spy?”  I’ve since answered that basic question, but there is more – oh, so much more. Continue reading →