When I was a boy back before WWII everyone relied on the Farmer's Almanac for the coming years weather prediction. Experience had shown it to be more reliable than the long range weather forecasts of that time. Some folks still rely on it. If it is correct we are in for some cold times in the coming years. There are some smart scientists (whose funding does not come from the UN IPCC or the US, and who are not impressed by Al Gore) who also predict that colder weather is coming. Here is an article on this from American Thinker:

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/09/consensus_on_global_cooling.html