Evidence indeed
It is completely appropriate that the issue of climate change should arise at this time of the year, as the evidence will soon be clear for all to see.
When I was young, especially during the 1950s and 1960s, we could guarantee heavy snowfalls every winter.
Snowfalls were typically at least six inches deep. Sometimes up to eight, or even 12 inches in a severe winter. We would build snowmen five or six feet tall.
During the past 30 years or so, I have noticed a significant change. Snowfall has diminished to the point that it is no longer guaranteed.
What little snow we get now is barely enough to make snowballs, much less a snowman. If that is not evidence of significant climatic change, I would like the sceptics to tell us what more evidence they require.
Michael Cliff, Dudley
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