Extremes

I keep telling people, global warming isn't just about warm weather. It's about more and more weather extremes as we lose the delicate balance of our temperate world. Witness, the past few days in Europe:

LATimes:
Huge waves lash into the port of Wimereux, northern France.
(AFP/Getty Images)

LATimes: 27 die in fierce European storms
High winds and heavy rain damage buildings and cancel flights.


It snowed in Malibu this week -- yep, that Malibu, surf city, Malibu Beach, sunny southern California: LATimes: Expected thunderstorm becomes snow and hail


Icicles cover oranges in a grove along Victoria Avenue in Riverside.
(Irfan Khan / LATimes) Jan 17, 2007