Migration

Today's USA Today dedicated a full page to, "Population Change in States' Top Urban Areas", complete with numerous charts showing the population gains and losses in US cities in 2000 and 2006.

The Fastest Growing Metro Areas were located in these states:

Utah
Colorado
Florida
Oregon
Nevada
Utah
Florida
North Carolina
Georgia
Arizona

and

The Fastest Shrinking Metro Areas were located in these states:

Louisiana
Mississippi
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Illinois
New Jersey
Texas
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Arkansas

Now if Al Gore is correct about global warming (now called "climate change" since that gives people like him more freedom to comment on ANY temperature fluctuations not just warming trends) when he says the earth's temperature is raising to dangerous levels then we humans should migrate like our ancestors did when temperatures changed dramatically. The web-based map from the Bradshaw Foundation is very educational on this point since it shows how humans migrated NORTH when the various ice ages ended --

http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/

The section focused on the explosion of the volcano, Mt. Topa, on Bradshaw's slide show is of most interest since it caused a "nuclear ice age" -- clearly more damaging then my SUV :-)

As the list of states mentioned above shows from 2000 to 2006 Americans migrated to SOUTHERN states not NORTHERN states (northern states are shown in bold typeface above) thus if human instincts are accurate we collectively sense a cooling trend is developing so humans are seeking warmer (southern) climates.

Oversimplification or plausible?? You tell me Al.


Todd