IS THIS THE END OF THE WORLD ?

Everyday we hear conflicting information about climate change. Floods, fire, winds, are these extremes really new? Are we collectively suffering from memory loss? Do we have enough information to view seasonal change with clear vision. At this moment I am shivering in a shed, it is windy and wet and very cold outside. We need all three of these elements, it is the middle of Winter in the Southern hemisphere. Some years it is Spring like in July, just a week ago we had a record warm day for June. Keep in mind we have only kept continuous records for slightly over 150 years. I have thirty plus years of temp and rain figures for my small plot. In the last decade we have applied computer power to these old records and daily inputs to map the past and the future. The world is millions of years old, mankind maybe at record numbers and creating huge demands, but volcanoes and storms have raged since the dawn of time. Don't think I am against reducing our footprint while we are here. But maybe we should stop having a collective hysteria and get on with improving the world and leaving it a little bit better than when we arrived.