[spokeshave]

PBS is getting us warmed up (no pun intended) for the coming ice age.....as the Gulf Loop was turned off by the BP oil spill.

Film at 11 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXUifNpnpfQ

[blueplum]

before I’d blame BP, I’d look at a combination of exceptionally low sunspot activity (theoretically, we’re supposed to be at a maximum right now, not a minimum as we are), La Nina effect and the general erratic behavior of the Gulf Loop for the past several years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76sS7bqw9Z8
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5x8dJ57xkk