Posted by
Average Voter on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 9:11:36 PM
It seems that the number of wasps in Alaska have increased ten fold.
Wasps used to be an uncommon sight in Fairbanks until two years ago. Then huge numbers of them swarmed on the city, ten times more than normal. The number of stings grew so bad that outdoor school events were cancelled, 178 patients were treated in hospital for stings and two people died.
A study now reveals that wasp stings across northern Alaska have increased sevenfold over the past few years.
So, a town with the population of 83,000 or so has 178 cases of wasp stings that need hospital attention? Maybe all those people had allergic reactions to the sting. But I am thinking that .002% of the population having severe reactions to wasp stings and sadly two people dying from them doesn't constitute an article in the London Times or any kind of scientific study to suggest that global warming is to blame.
We don't need a study to blame it on global warming! It's not even up for debate anymore, right?
I like this guys response to the article:
Another unfounded "climate change" charge. I live in Fairbanks. The wasps were bad two years ago because the wasp population follows the gnat population. The gnat population ballooned, subsequently the wasp population boomed. This year, the Arctic hare is booming!
ACF, Fairbanks, USA
I would buy that long before man-made global warming.