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Rick our conversation got cuttoff yesterday sorry my phones battery went dead:-( I ll call you later bro,ok? cheers Luis P.S. did u recover from your overdose already? --- "loop.pool" <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote: > This is so off topic as to defy rational > justification > except that it affects many of the live loopers > in Western Europe and the British Isles: > > I was talking with Luis Angulo (who is here visiting > his family > in San Diego from Northern Europe) and he told me > that > they had 3 solid weeks without seeing the sunshine > in Radolfzell > (by the Boden Zee). I had also heard from Andy > Butler mentioning > that England was having a particularly severe winter > this year. > > Anyway, my wife found this fascinating flash > demonstration of > why global warming is having the effect of much > colder winters > for Western Europe and the British Isles. > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/gulf_stream_climate.swf > > The Gulf Stream coming up from the equator actually > raises the > air temperature of those regions by an astonishing > 18 degrees Farhenheit > and 10 degrees Celsius. > > Researchers have discovered that the circulation of > the currents have slowed > a dismaying 30% over the last 12 years due to global > warming trends. > > Maybe this can lead to a discussion of how weather > effects our creativity. > > I've often wondered if Per Boysen, as an example, > is more or less > creative/prolific > when there is very little sun in the winter or when > there is a lot of sun in > the summer. > > I know I write much, much more in the winter than in > the summer. > > www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/