The “Siberian” climate was predicted just four years after the London Independent assured its readers that “Snowfalls are now a thing of the past.”

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:

● Shot:

—The Grauniad, yesterday.

● Chaser: “President Obama ‘has four years to save Earth.’”

—Headline, The Grauniad, January 18, 2009.

● Hangover:

The “Siberian” climate was predicted just four years after the London Independent assured its readers that “Snowfalls are now a thing of the past.”

h/t ED