I think you've hit upon one of the more salient facts of life about "educated" people, that they think because they are "educated" they KNOW EVERYTHING! :)
So what do you think we should be taking away from the weather conditions in California and Australia, if anything? It's certainly an eye opener! Is Mother Nature going to straighten it out?
The use of words to the effect of "you people come here and benefit from the 'milk and honey'", is NOT phaseology one would use, to refer to the permanent residents of the country.
Interesting stuff for sure (mainly for trivia fans) but do records generally achieved in a few hours on a single day have any real bearing on the subject of climate change?
Does anyone really and completely know the full purpose, cause and extent of Climate change? Maybe if we hang tight for a little longer, Mother Nature might provide some answers. Haven't we been in and out of these trends before?
You really dig into this stuff, eh Pete? I'm a bit of a trivia freak, but I think you have it worse. :) I'm going to have to look up where Newgate is. E. Kootenays?