Hi Terence, hey, I'm with you. Even if we could find out who or what caused the problems, it's probably too late to undo them. I'm sitting in the sun today at 33c. It's going to be 42c tomorrow. Who caused all this heat? I'll have to cover some of my plants. Lovely. I haven't had a Pimms for years!! regards, Bill Richardson, Ixia King Summer 16c-42c. at present West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia ixia@dcsi.net.au Ixia Website: http://www.angelfire.com/ri/ixia/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Hernstrom" <gardenersview@earthlink.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 10:00 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] OT - Global Warming > This talk is all hypothetical rubbish, and frankly its getting a little > tiresome. In my youth, the 1960's, Erlich and his ilk were predicting a new > ice age and we were all going to freeze to death. Global models are changing > on a daily basis. There is no consensus no matter how loud extremists > holler. What if, just what if the sun is getting hotter and ready to > explode??? Not much we can do about that is there? In the meantime I'm going > appreciate the warm winters and get to grow those exotic crinims, eucharis, > etc. > > A Pimm Cup to all, > > Terence Hernstrom