steelish, thanks for the interesting links.

I got a kick out the one that said Glacier's glaciers were on the 'verge' of regrowing just because of a little snowstorm. In an average year that area can measure snow depth in yards.

As of yesterday we in the Bitterroot Mountains are at 55% normal snow pack for this season. I can stand in my backyard (in the sunshine) and easily see a lot of bare soil at 8,000' and lots of bare patches over 9,000'. We are in the area of 150 miles south of Glacier Park.

About the local media here EVER reporting something accurate and timely will just not happen if there is even the slightest possibility that something about may not be politically correct. Thanks to the internet we can grab papers and university departments and on and on all over the world.

End of soap box.