Dear GLIMS book authors, Dear GLIMS authors:This is a last-call (72-hour notice) for ONLY identification of potentially inflammatory text that either you wrote or that was inserted during copy editing, and which upon rechecking you think should not be in the published book. If you were sleepy when you proof read your chapter, please have a cup of tea or coffee and read your chapter one final time. I WILL NOT ACCEPT FURTHER GENERAL EDITORIAL CORRECTIONS-- YOU HAVE DONE THAT ALREADY, AND WE ARE FINISHED WITH THAT STAGE. (Except for 1 or 2 chapter teams remaining to deliver.) Overall, I am impressed with the copy editor's thoroughness and intellect in making a better book. What follows is not to be construed as overall criticism of the copy editor, because so many other things were done well. But please read this one example of a copy editor mis-step-- the only one I have found in the entire book that is of this magnitude. You may note that the copy-edited paragraph reads much better than what I submitted in the Prologue. You will also pick out one added phrase that will shock you. If I had been sleepy during my proof reading and missed this, it would have been a disastrous mistake. You can just imagine what some powerful people-- knowing the volatile recent history of Kashmir-- would have made of this single phrase if it came to their attention. So please, if there is anything you wrote or that was inserted during proof production, then somehow passed through your proof reading and which is ill-advised, this is your last chance to remove it. I am not looking for ANY other edits (except those 1 or 2 chapters--please get corrections in now). If you need to recheck your chapter, please do so now. If you are happy with the thoroughness of the proof-reading, then there is nothing more for you to do.Sincerely,Jeff Kargel Submitted in Prologue:Recent deadly glacier-related disasters in the Himalayan-Karakoram region, including the Attabad landslide and formation of glacier meltwater-fed Lake Gojal (Kargel et al. 2010), the Gayari ice avalanche/landslide and burial of a Pakistani Army base, and the Seti River outburst disaster—raise the question of whether these types of disasters may be on the rise in that region, and perhaps globally. Science is not yet ready to offer a full answer to this question, but it is an important one to address and resolve, because much future land-use planning and protective measures in each glacierized region may be affected. Returned from the publisher in proof (attached also, in case you cannot read the following inserted image):
