Posted by Robert Hill on July 13, 2005 at 20:05:38 from 195.92.168.174 user eclrh.
In Reply to: Re: Gulf Stream was Hurricane Dennis versus Ed Kiser posted by Owen Roberts on July 12, 2005 at 11:20:53:
Owen Roberts writes: This last happened in the 17th/18th Century - remember tales of Christmas' of old where there is much snow and also the Thames freezing over.
I'm no expert but I believe that the "little ice age" in the 17th/18th century was caused by a very small temporary reduction in the energy output of the sun, known as the Maunder Minimum. I think its effects were much smaller than would be the effects of switching off the Atlantic Conveyor. The last time that happened was much longer ago, as Peter Ceresole says.