In an age of Global Warming, particularly between 1980-2004 in which temperatures did lean warm, how long does it take to create and actually grow a brand new glacier in Washington State? Not millennia, and not even centuries - but only two decades as the Crater Glacier on Mt. St. Helens (which blew up in 1980) was formed that grew to be more than 600 feet thick by the mid 2000's. In reality there are two glaciers now formed that have wrapped around the lava dome. This is all the more remarkable because of the low elevation in which the Crater Glacier sits - between about +7,000 feet at the top and down to +6,000 feet at its terminus. The glacier is also about a mile long. Granted the glacier grew on the north side of the mountain as glaciers love the northern slopes the best in the the northern hemisphere. It is also true that the lava dome, not to mention lots of rocks, provide lots of extra shade and protection from melting. More than likely as well, the prevailing winds in the winter dump all kinds of extra snow into the the middle of Mt. St. Helen's crater - and the lava dome grew that squeezed the glacier so that it became significantly thicker than normal.

Yet such facts should be all over the news, but perish the thought. One recent article from a few years ago acknowledged the glacial growth, but said it would not last. That may or may not be, but I can verify that most of the warming that took place in the Cascades was between 1985-1996. Snowfalls since that time have returned to 'normal' levels for the most part with only two exceptionally dry winters since that time. And yet during the warmest time in the late 1980's and early to mid 1990's, glaciers on Mt. St. Helens still slowly grew.

There is too much apocalypticism in the environmental sciences these days to be taken seriously. They have been crying wolf for so many decades now that I don't even listen to it anymore. What used to be laughed at with the likes of date setters akin to Harold Camping among Christian circles about the end of the world, is now mainstream leftist politics as the green horseman of the apocalypse looms on the horizon. And yes, the fourth horseman of the apocalypse is a green horse in the original Greek. The better translation should read, "I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, 'Come.' And I looked, and behold, a green horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. And authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth (Revelation 6:7-8)." Much of the judgments connected to this horse are related to environmentalis m today. The Bible predicts that a time is coming when people will no longer be able to defend themselves from the wild animals who will devour a sizable portion of the earth's population. And yes, this will occur during a time of unprecedented global warming - but we are not there yet ....

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