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To: c.hinton who wrote (250356)	12/2/2007 3:30:30 PM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 281500

Dec 2, 07 WEATHER ALERT!! GLOBAL WARMING ALERT!! AL, WHAT SHOULD WE DO? The storm system has moved to the Northeast, dropping snow on New York's Central Park. (AP Photo) DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Highways were still slippery in parts of the Midwest on Sunday as utility crews restored power knocked out by a snow and ice blamed for at least seven traffic deaths. art.winter.storm.ap.jpg A few light flurries lingered over Nebraska, Iowa and southeastern Minnesota on Sunday as the core of the storm was sliding through the Northeast. Less than 3 inches of snow had fallen by midday in New Jersey, with little more than a dusting in other areas, but the National Weather Service said a foot of snow was possible in the mountains of northern New England, with up to 20 inches in northern Maine. With snowfall that light in New Jersey, and a changeover to rain expected later Sunday in places, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority salted its roads Sunday and didn't bother to plow. "It's not a bad way to start the season," said Joe Orlando, a spokesman for the authority. "Compared to what's happening in the Midwest, we've kind of got it easy right now." Airlines at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport worked to move travelers stranded when hundreds of flights were canceled during the storm Saturday. Flights also were canceled Saturday at airports in Des Moines and Milwaukee as blowing snow reduced visibility. Video Watch how ice made roads, power lines treacherous » Des Moines International Airport was closed for several hours after an airliner slid off a taxiway as it headed to a runway for a flight to O'Hare. None of the 44 passengers was injured and the airport reopened by mid-afternoon. A regional jet slid off pavement when it turned onto a taxiway after landing at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin, but no injuries were reported among the 25 passengers. The storm also complicated plans for some presidential hopefuls drumming up support for the January 3 caucuses that kick off the nomination process. Republican Mitt Romney canceled three campaign stops planned Saturday in southern Iowa, and former President Clinton canceled a rally for his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, scheduled Saturday afternoon outside Des Moines. Don't Miss * Storm triggers travel nightmares The weather service had posted winter storm and ice warnings Saturday across parts of Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, the eastern Dakotas, Illinois and northern Michigan. Nearly 8 inches of snow fell at Duluth, Minnesota. Driving was still hazardous Sunday in much of Michigan as snow and ice coated roads, but planes were landing and taking off from Detroit Metropolitan Airport without delay Sunday, said spokesman Mike Conway. Utility companies in Illinois said the lights are back on for most people who lost electricity as ice weighed down power lines. About 14,000 customers were still waiting for service Sunday, down from nearly 140,000 that were blacked out Sunday, utilities said. Photo See how the storm iced down the Midwest » Before the storm hit the Midwest, it dumped up to 2 feet of snow in the mountains of western Colorado. A half foot of snow at Beaver Creek forced organizers to postpone a men's World Cup super-G skiing event from Saturday to Monday. advertisement One member of the Purdue University ice hockey team was killed Saturday when a team van overturned on a slippery highway about 20 miles southwest of West Lafayette, Indiana, school officials said. Seven others were injured. Three people were killed in separate traffic accidents blamed on the weather in Wisconsin, a 13-year-old girl died in a two-car wreck in Illinois, one person was killed in an overturned van in Michigan and one person died in a Colorado traffic accident. E-mail to a friend E-mail to a friend Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

To: c.hinton who wrote (250356)	12/2/2007 5:44:47 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Yes, methane is a potent greenhouse gas, but it is in very small supply. Even after you adjust for its potency, its effect is small: Role of Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases (man-made and natural) as a % of Relative Contribution to the "Greenhouse Effect" Based on concentrations (ppb) adjusted for heat retention characteristics Percent of Total Percent of Total --adjusted for water vapor Water vapor ----- 95.000% Carbon Dioxide (CO2) 72.369% 3.618% Methane (CH4) 7.100% 0.360% Nitrous oxide (N2O) 19.000% 0.950% CFC's (and other misc. gases) 1.432% 0.072% Total 100.000% 100.000% mysite.verizon.net note: I don't know much about this source, but the numbers look consistent with what I've seen elsewhere. Nobody disputes that by far the preponderant greenhouse gas is water vapour; it just tends not be discussed very much.