I'm not so sure about the other parts of the world but the Mt. Hood pictures kind of negate any effect that article had on me. If you compair pictures from last winter with this winter (let alone last summer vr what it'll look like this summer), they'll look a lot like the ones from 1985 vr 2002.
We're all gonna be dead by then. But you could cancel the appointment if you wish to go to Heaven with nothing left to deal with in your then-ended life.