When the world gives us lemons we should make lemonade. In this case the world has lost a very large ice shelf in the artic. There is only one solution. We need to make margaritas with that ice and enjoy the time here while we can. For those of you who do not believe global warming is for real well I feel sorry for your existence. I do hope that karma has kicked you in the ass with the rise in gas prices (enjoy your SUV's).

For those of you who feel global warming is happening I can suggest on thing. Buy as much land in central Pennsylvania as you can. The rates are cheap now, but when it becomes beach front property the prices are sure to rise.


Massive ice shelf on verge of breakup

Story Highlights

• A large chunk of the Wilkins ice shelf in Antarctica broke away last month

• Only a narrow strip of ice is protecting the shelf from further breakup

• "I didn't expect to see things happen this quickly," scientist says

• Ice shelves are floating ice sheets attached to the coast

(CNN) -- Some 220 square miles of ice has collapsed in Antarctica and an ice shelf about seven times the size of Manhattan is "hanging by a thread," the British Antarctic Survey said Tuesday, blaming global warming.

"We are in for a lot more events like this," said professor Ted Scambos, a glaciologist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Scambos alerted the British Antarctic Survey after he noticed part of the Wilkins ice shelf disintegrating on February 28, when he was looking at NASA satellite images.

Late February marks the end of summer at the South Pole and is the time when such events are most likely, he said. Watch aerial footage of the area