re: Some of the coldest temperatures on the planet
Tuesday, August 1, 2006; Posted: 3:49 p.m. EDT (19:49 GMT)
HOBART, Australia (AP) -- Some of the coldest temperatures on the planet brought a rare cloud formation to the skies over Antarctica, scientists said Tuesday.
Amazingly, the winds at this height were blowing at nearly 230 kilometers (143 miles) per hour," Baker said on the Australian government's Antarctic Division's Web site. .
From: http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/08/01/antarctica.clouds.ap/index.html
Then there is this:
A heat wave was blamed for as many as 164 deaths last month in California, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Wednesday that he asked the federal government for loans to farmers who suffered more than $1 billion in losses.
From: http://www.cnn.com/2006/WEATHER/08/03/heat.wave.ap/index.html
This information seems to confirm my suspicions. It is not the "greenhouse effect" that is causing the problem.