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To: Ilaine who wrote (17286)	4/28/2006 2:02:15 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541477

In the new book I am reading, the Great Mortality, the author mentions the little optimum during the middle ages, when Earth was warmer than it is now- this time was a period of abundance and population explosion (vineyards in Poland, extended growing seasons, etc). As we see today, the climate was probably not optimum all over the planet (I believe there were problems in Asia)- but for the folks in Europe it was a pretty good time. I think climatic change will probably do the same today. Some places- especially coastal areas- will be adversely affected by higher storm surges, and more numerous and more powerful storms, thanks to warmer higher oceans, and there will be droughts and floods, depending on where you happen to have the bad luck to live. On the other hand some places will experience much improved conditions. The major problem for humans is that we are not so adaptable as to be able to relocate at the drop of the climatic hat. If we were able to move and adapt quickly, it wouldn't matter quite so much. JMO, of coruse.