[ale] Disappointed in the recent climate research hack

[Brian Stanaland]

Not to defend him per se but I think Greg was being facetious. My reading
was that people will ignore the physical and historical records of events in
order to further their own agenda. That goes every which way on every issue
you can think of. From climate change to the Holocaust.

The commonly accepted "year without a summer" was 1816. Mary and her friends
were supposed to go enjoy the summer but it was too cold. Instead they
stayed inside and made up stories. Frankenstein was the result. But it was
freezing cold before and after that year. The little ice age has
been variously dated anywhere from 1150 to 1850.

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:06 PM, drifter <drifter at oppositelock.org> wrote:

> With all due respect, Greg, European history is very clear about the
> effects
> of the mini-ice age. There are too many reports of years without summer.
> I think your "sacred models" need to be retired to the Dark Ages from
> whence they almost certainly came.
> Scientists have documented (via tree-ring dating) the same climatic cooling
> in North America as well. The Anasazi (the PC designation is now Ancestral
> Puebloans) left the area around Mesa Verde about 1300 a.d., driven out by
> the double whammy of colder and longer winters (which shortened the growing
> season) and reduced rainfall.  Obviously >something< happened in the 13th
> century that caused the climate in the Nrthern Hemisphere to dramatically
> cool. And before that cool-down began, it was much warmer.
> Why; damned if I know.
> But it happened.
>
> Sean
>
>
>
> On Tuesday 24 November 2009 13:19:42 Greg Freemyer wrote:
> > As to the Little Ice Age, the sacred models clearly show this never
> > happened, so it has been agreed by all concerned to disregard this
> > legend from the past.
> >
> > Greg
> >
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