(More digression):
[QUOTE] Essex, the data shows that hardly a 2 to 3 degree difference in the average temperature has been apparent in the past few generations. Given, if it does occur, which I don't believe it will (to the extent the media claims), it would be an exponential growth. But taken with the variable temperature already existing, and the self-correcting climate, it won't make much trouble for a long time. [QUOTE]
I'm afraid Mister Bilbo_Baggins (of Bagend?) is in denial. The evidence is
already firighteningly clear of melting ice at both antipods, as is clear concerning
high temperatures in the last decade or so. Had this happened during
the Third Age even the Hill of Himnring would be under water (and perhaps
even the vicinity of Bagend)!
