Re: OT: Wild Weather

"Nico Coesel" <nico@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:41e17b49.1749756256@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> I've got a great idea to get rid of extra water: pump it on top of the
> Himalaya mountains, it will stay there as ice. Problem solved.

Nice try but the ice there won't last long.. It's already melting....

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0409/feature2/

Quote: Glaciers in the Garhwal Himalaya in India are retreating so fast
that
researchers believe that most central and eastern Himalayan glaciers could
virtually disappear by 2035.

http://www.glims.org/News/

Quote: Tibet's glaciers heading for meltdown
10/5/2004 - An "ecological catastrophe" is developing in Tibet because of
global warming, and most glaciers in the region could have melted away by
2100 if no efficient measures are taken, Beijing state media said on
Tuesday.

Quote: Melting glaciers threaten Peru
10/9/2003 - Thousands of people in the Andes mountains of Peru are having
their lives affected in both a practical and cultural way by climate
change...