Point taken coughlin. I also recall back in the 70's them saying we were headed for a "deep freeze". Hmmmm.... That never materialized either. Look, we all know the Media tries to dramatise everything. That's mostly what I see happening.

You wrote: " Last summer was the coolest summer Ive seen in 12 years in Cleveland. Now the west is having a cool summer. How much of what these people have to say can we really believe?" 1) It's not one or two or ten Summer's or Winters. It's the trend that we should be looking at, a 50 or 60 year trend. 2) Climate Change is a much better term since the overall climate CAN be going in 2 directions. For instance: More Co2 causes glaciers to melt, putting fresh water into the ocean, creating havoc with the underwater rivers that carry warm water North to England + Ireland and cold water South to get warmed up. It that 'conveyor belt' ever shut down, it could 'spark' another Ice Age.