If you think speculating about the effects of global warming is something interesting to read on a blog, you probably don’t live on an island. Because, if you do, these effects are the real deal, right now. In this rant, scientist Gerry Connelly, a resident of Bermuda, gives a clear and frightening evaluation of what those island dwellers are looking at right now: the potential loss of the Gulf Stream and its moderating effects, loss of fishing, extreme weather (Katrina) and the possibility that they could be facing evacuation within a few years- extreme but entirely probable.