Extreme weather is likely on tap for West

[NVMojo]

The climate globally is changing, mostly getting hotter, and the bad news for the West is that the "worst and first" impacts are already here, scientists reported Thursday at a Las Vegas conference.

A parade of researchers presented evidence that they believe shows that not only is global warming due to the burning of fossil fuels a reality, but that the impact of the process has huge variations over even neighboring regions.

For the West, water agencies will have to deal with more extreme weather events such as floods and droughts, potentially drier summers and wetter winters,

The results came as climatologists met with managers from regional water agencies in an effort to bridge an information gap.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-other/2005/sep/23/519404291.html

[shance]

1. Why is Kay Bailey Hutchison sponsoring a bill on Weather manipulation?

Its called the Weather "Modification" bill.

Google it to get more information about it.

[Skink]

2. Everything is fine..

they sent the first one to New Orleans and then the second one to the other refinaries. Business couldn't be better.

[bemildred]

3. Chaos looms ... nt