Rain, not glacier melt
The Associated Press article carried by the Rocky Mountain News on Jan. 23, “Alps glaciers will slip away by year 2050, scientists say,” was interesting. In it, the AP flatly stated, “Runoff from melting glaciers caused severe flooding that devastated parts of Switzerland in the summer of 2005.”
In fact, much of southeastern Europe — particularly Romania, but also including Switzerland — was hit hard by flooding in the summer of 2005.
Romania has no glaciers. The cause of the flooding was unrelenting rains in August, not melting glaciers.
William Knudson, Boulder
William - Keep that in mind next time you see any article that starts out "AP." Their truthfulness hovers somewhere beneath the level of Dan Rather. Matter of fact, I doubt it even reaches that high.
Posted by KW on January 30, 2007 08:05 AM