Global Warming

Is it me, or is global warming a misnomer? I was talking to a friend the other day about the fact that the weather is mental at the moment, and the deluge of rain is far-east-esque, and he shrugged and went 'global warming mate'.

How is rain part of global warming, shouldn't it be called global soaking? It is however, a real worry for all of us if this is a sign of things to come. If the weather keeps up these extremes, and gets worse, where does it end? A tsunami racing through clapham common? A typhoon sucking up a branch of foxtons? Hmmm, actually that sounds pretty good. 

And why do we still not get a proper summer? I thought at least we'd get that finally!