Gelbspan's article has been widely criticized for a lack of fidelity to the
facts.  There was no two-foot snowfall in LA this year.  (There was snow in
the mountains, where it belongs.)  There was no 42-inch snow storm in Boston
in January -- rather, that was the total (more or less) for the entire month.  

More to the point, meteorologists see little connection between global
warming and Katrina in particular, or hurricanes in general.  The current
issue of Discover magazine carries an interview with Dr. William Gray, in
which he explains it as a natural cycle.

http://www.discover.com/issues/sep-05/departments/discover-dialogue/

(Gray was also interviewed recently by the NY Times, but their links require
registration.)

Perhaps even more to the point, global warming is about averages and trends,
and is neither proven nor disproven by single events.

No doubt about it, global warming is real, and museums must do a better job
of educating the public.  But that education needs to be based on facts,
rather than hysteria.

Eugene Dillenburg

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