None Dare Call It Global Waming

A nice spread in the Seattle Times today gives a nice overview of what is happening this winter (spring?) with the much higher than average temperatures. There are pictures of folks sunning themselves on the beach, the phenomenon of daffodils blooming in January and of birds chirping and frogs croaking. Cliff Mass explains the details of "El Nino" (ENSO) which is a driver of these conditions. But nowhere does the article mention global warming, as if this was a subject best left hidden. There has been plenty of wacky weather here in early 2010, and the only average el nino doesn't seem like the only cause. Climate is weather over time, and my prediction is that we'll see more and more of these strange weather patterns in the future. When will the general public see this as global warming? It might take five, possibly ten years.