Feb 22, 2005 05:22 pm Ive never had a white christmas in my life. We dont get much snow here, apart from on the mountains but hey, I dont live on a mountain :(
Jeez...GLOBAL Warming or what!!!
Posted on Feb 22, 2005 05:17 pm
cocofromscotland
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Member Since: Jan 12, 2004
Man, I just looked oot ma windae to see about 1.5 inches of snow!!! And its almost MARCH!!!
Geez...its like a real Xmas scene ootside right now and its POURING DOON!!!! How mad is that...crazy I tell ye.
Dunno aboot you guys but we get snow in Nov, Dec (if we're lucky) maybe Jan at a push!! NOT, almost march!
Its truly a sign of the times and nae doubt.
Coco
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Feb 22, 2005 05:22 pm Ive never had a white christmas in my life. We dont get much snow here, apart from on the mountains but hey, I dont live on a mountain :(
Feb 22, 2005 05:38 pm i could be happy without ever seein' snow again....*dreams of Florida*
Feb 22, 2005 05:57 pm Though the bastards wishing for a white cristmas got us 1-2 inches of ice and 3 days to a week without power in my area we seem to be a bit warmer I think... though we are at about 200% normal rainfall for the month. Maybe I can clean the yard up from christmas damage in the next week or so...
Feb 22, 2005 05:58 pm WYD, you're nuts!
nuts!
as for the global warming thing, i remain skeptical of the greenhouse gas link, ever since i saw ice core data that would seem to suggest a link between cosmic rays, cloud cover, and the solar wind, the output of which may vary across centuries-long timescales. surely, the greenhouse effect is a real phenomenon, but there may be self-limiting processes at work, and overall, right now, the solar wind hypothesis makes more sense to me for a few different reasons. one reason is that it explains recorded, well-known climate changes in the past, including the maunder minimum, aka 'the little ice age' in the 1700s.
this hypothesis is never really talked about, for a few different reasons.
Feb 22, 2005 06:20 pm Forty
Are ye talking of global diming?? I heard of this, and its mad!! Means we'll all suffocate and have an ice age rather than burn to death!!
Mad it was...but seemed plausible!
Coco
P.S. The kids love the snow!!! NEver mind the folk goin to work trying NOT to break a leg!
Feb 22, 2005 11:21 pm snow sux in Raleigh, we got one inch on a wed afternoon back in mid january, and a normal 1 hour commute took 10+hours. a coworker left at 7pm and got home at 4am. what in the Hell is that all about. i think it made headline news, like one inch of snow cripples north carolinas capital. :)
Feb 23, 2005 02:39 pm www.agu.org/sci_soc/prrl/prrl0226a.html
www.scienceagogo.com/news...trunc_sys.shtml
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2333133.stm
here are some (unexamined) links.
shortly after i heard about this i started to think that there might be a big difference between a 'run away' greenhouse effect like what you have on venus, versus a greenhouse effect on earth, where you have trees and plants to remove excess co2 (as long as we dont cut too many down). i think there has even been evidence to the idea that increased co2 in the atmosphere means increased foliage on plants. that could be a limiting cycle right there: it may be really difficult for earth to experience anything like a runaway greenhouse effect.
im kind of keeping my eye on this to see how the cosmic ray hypothesis turns out--its more elegant, and it explains more. environmentalists might have to open thier minds to this if it seems to be possibly true, or else they will be accused of playing loose with the facts just to get things they want.
i dont know of any recent evidence disproving these ideas--it just hasnt been in the news that much, but i understand there's a a general controversy about it. excuse me...aboot it.
Feb 23, 2005 07:05 pm Snow sucks.
Never want to be in it again, thank you.
However, we in southern California have just gone through another tropical storm (about five so far). Tornados - yes, on the west coast, wind, and rain. And rain. And rain. And rain....
Los Angeles has had nearly 34" this season (seasonal average is about 10"), and we're close to that. Floods, mudslides, rock-falls, car accidents, river erosion, rain, rain, rain. Nasty.
Oh, look. It's raining now.
If I wanted to live in the rain, I'd move to Ireland (or back to Wandsworth)!
Feb 23, 2005 07:09 pm Well...we now have almost 2 ft of snow!!!
Darn mutznutz to it all....drivin me nuts for sure. Had to take the bus today which is WAY bad.
Still, I hope they clear it up soon....ma car awaits!
Coco.
Feb 24, 2005 07:25 am Hey Forty
Just read some of those articles, specially the BBC one.
Aye, it has credence and definite possibility, tho it does say our use of CFC's etc does the clouds no favours!
Still, what can ye dae if the clouds are against ye!! Gives a whole new meaning to "clouds havin a silver lining!"....bloody clouds!
Still...there is nowt we can do to change clouds...maybe we can nuke the clouds :-p !!
Coco.
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