Global Warming Oogedy-Boogedy

It's that time of year when we start seeing list after list of the most amazing, disappointing, surprising, [fill-in-the-blank]ing things of 2008. One list, in particular, is worth pointing out (h/t The Jawa Report):

Global warming preachers have had a shocking 2008. So many of their predictions this year went splat.

Here's their problem: they've been scaring us for so long that it's now possible to check if things are turning out as hot as they warned.

Here are just some of the dire, world-ending predictions made by global warming fanatics that somehow failed to happen despite the authoritative certainty of the prognosticators:

1. Our cities will die of thirst
2. Our [Australia's] reef will die
3. Goodbye, north pole
4. Beware huge winds
5. Giant hailstones will smash through your roof
6. No more skiing
7. Perth will bake dry
8. Islands will drown
9. Britain will swelter
10. We'll be hotter

Visit the link for the actual data used to bust these myths (yes, we use real data on this side of the argument). The other side, naturally, doesn't need data because they have the certainty of their convictions. For example, these are a few of the things in the past year which they say were caused by -- or soon will be -- global warming...without any clear or convincing data:

1. Cannibalism
2. The Death of the Loch Ness Monster
3. Beer Gets More Expensive
4. Pythons Take Over America
5. Kidney Stones
6. Skinny Whales
7. Shark Attacks
8. Black Hawk Down
9. Frozen Penguin Babies
10. Killer Stingray Invasion

Again, visit the link for the data.

Ignoranceville must be a nice place to live, because these global warming nutballs rarely leave it. When they do, they always make sure to wrap themselves in a nice, warm blanket of obliviousness to ward off the cold of reality.

There's my two cents.