Over the last few years, to the chagrin of James Hansen and the people who support the anthropogenic global warming hypothesis, the earth has been getting cooler. Most of the heat stored in the earth system is in the oceans. Data from the Argos sea buoys clearly shows that the ocean's temperature has been falling recently. This shows that the earth is cooling, as the air temperature data has also shown recently. But Obama and his science advisers don't appear to be impressed by actual data; they prefer to rely on computer projections. Recently I heard Obama imply that flooding of the Red River in North Dakota was due to global warming. He mentioned something about a 2 degree temperature increase. I can't figure out what he was talking about. The temperature of earth is about the same as it was 75 years ago, about the time when I was born. Oh, and the Red River flows from south to north, and floods because it is cold in the north and the river is still frozen. Politicians are not much interested in facts, particularly if they don't support their agenda.

Actually, some experts say global warming is the cause of the icing that causes the flooding.

Kate White is a civil engineer at the Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, N.H., and one of the nation’s leading experts on ice jams.

White said climate change caused by global warming likely is changing ice conditions and adding to the unpredictability.

As a lot of people have observed, global warming is the cause of all unusual weather events, be it heat, cold, drought, or floods.