What's New In The Conspiracy Zone?

Uh oh, they're watching the Weather Channel again, and they don't like what they see!

Just because storms are advancing westward across Canada rather than the more-usual eastward is not a sign that the system has broken down. This can happen, especially during winter, when the jet stream swings south. If you keep watching, over time, you'll see it happen again. And again.

Because weather is just like that.

And no conspiracy is involved.

People have been apprehensive about the Gulf Stream ever since the BP oil disaster last April, but the effects there are likely to be toxic and insidious rather than blatant and obvious. There is great worry that the food chain will start fragmenting and collapse several years from now, in a way similar to what happened in Prince William Sound in Alaska several years after the oil disaster there. But the basic dynamics of weather and current flows were not affected there, and they're not likely to be affected here either. You need something bigger for that.

Global Warming might suffice to stop the Gulf Stream, but not yet - it's still a bit too early to really notice any change (I'll be dead before it's really clear). Global Warming gets a boost every time you start your car - no need for a conspiracy for that. When The Warming really kicks in, you'll notice the changes.

Because weather is just like that.