Hint: it's run its course.

I go out of town for one week and I come back to this... Sheesh. I have moved the topic to a private location that I can review in the future anytime I begin to forget just why global warming is (once again) not a topic appropriate for DCSki. Consider my editorial control exercised, and this topic closed. Time to get back to other things -- such as engaging in family-appropriate, courteous, and respectful discussion related to Mid-Atlantic winter sports.