Reply #42: I used to live in Berlin in the 80's and 90's. [View All]

It always snowed on my birthday in mid-November. But even back then, the residents would describe winters when they were younger that were much colder than the ones I experienced.

The germans have been much better informed of global warming. I remember reading articles about it all the time in Der Spiegel magazine. Then I would come home to America and talk about it and people had no clue what I was talking about. I would tell them all about what was in the german press regarding global warming and mad cow disease (400 cows a day were being burned in England and Americans didn't have a clue. Jeez.) Somehow, though, telling them these stories got me branded as a nut who latches onto end-of-world scenarios. I don't know. I call it proper journalism.