On Vacation

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Global Warming, Schmobal Warming

Sure, climate change is scary, and this week's record-setting--not to say, insane--temperatures in the Pacific Northwest bode ill for continued human existence on the planet.  But look at it this way: We start to worry when we hear about temperatures "10 to 15 degrees" above normal.  If global warming continues, though, this normal will gradually increase as well.  In other words, before long, what we now consider record heat will just be average, and then we can look at the panting, sweating, gasping population of Juneau, Alaska, as a sign that all is right with the world.