72 F in Philly

[Al]

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Lots of temp variables on Earth the past few billion years!!!!

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Thanks for the link..

And I agree with the variable cycles. The problem is they have all taken place over 10's of thousands of years..not 20 years. And the cycle is only going up. To say it is a natural cycle is like saying that water on a stove is heating up even though the burner is off.

 

[Gary Allan]

Everyone relax. There's nothing that can be sensibly done about it. Now if you can reduce the population to pre-primeval numbers ..and develop a few cool technologies ...

Otherwise ...let the good times roll

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

Yep, must be global 'warming': Record Low temps in India

 

[Patman]

It was only 38F here this morning, and raining, but I saw one moron who was driving with the top down on his Mustang convertible! Someone needs to tell the guy that it's no longer sunny and warm here in Toronto!

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

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It was only 38F here this morning, and raining, but I saw one moron who was driving with the top down on his Mustang convertible! Someone needs to tell the guy that it's no longer sunny and warm here in Toronto!

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LOL...moron is right! And give him some G.C. while we're at it. At least he'll be informed about oil even if he's unable to correctly discern the weather.

 

[Al]

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Yep, must be global 'warming': Record Low temps in India

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Too bad that the Himalayan Mountains don't know about it. One always look at a record temp somewhere as a means of ignoring the big picture.

"Climate change and warming are causing a decline in snow cover over the Eurasian region, especially over the Himalayas," said Goes. "The associated shifts in winds, and increased phytoplankton levels in the Arabian Sea, could have far reaching consequences for the ecosystem of the region."

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/eurasian_melt.html

Don't take it too seriously though, its only NASA.

 

[Benzadmiral]

Yesterday and Saturday in The Swamp we hit 77 F. -- not a fresh crisp 77, mind you, but a nasty sticky stew of thick air and moisture. For cryin' out loud, it's *January*! If we don't have the cold for comparison, how can we appreciate a warm spring day?

It's gonna be one vicious summer, people. Remember my words when your mercury hits 90+ Fahrenheit every day from March 1 to November 15, and your yearly A/C bill resembles the national debt of a small South American country.

Time for me to move farther north and west, for sure.
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[Mystic]

I live in Colorado and for those who say this is global warming take a drive to Colorado and check out the snow drifts. There were drifts in some places (with the wind blowing) over 15 feet high. Unusually warm in the East but more snow than normal in the West. Just the usual changing weather.

An Ice Age is probably more likely than super warm temperatures. There have been a lot of ice ages in the past including the Little Ice Age of only a few centuries ago which took place quickly. Just wait until the next Solar variation. There is increasing evidence that it is Solar radiation variations that cause Ice Ages.

 

[Drew99GT]

Many scientists have indicated a brief warming period precedes an ice age............and essentially causes them.

Speaking of Colorado snow drifts:

Check out the rest of the pics here

Hey mystic, get ready, another potential whopper is coming in for the weekend. Looks a bit farther north now so less snow perhaps, but temps in the teens below 0 looks to be in the offering with wind chills to 30 below.

Waste Management literally can't get to my house. I may have to start burning my trash.............fire fire fire!!!

 

[Mystic]

A few more storms like this and we will be out of the drought! Global wamring talk is just a fad. One of the guys who likes to talk about that a lot is Al Gore (you know, the guy who invented the internet-LOL).

Over the past several tens of thousands of years there have been numerous Ice Ages. There is a good possibility that there are occasional slight variations in Solar output that can cause the Ice Ages. Over the long term the Sun is getting brighter but it will be a long time before the Sun increases a dangerous amount in total output. Over the relatively short term an Ice Age is more likely.

 

[MarkC]

There have been numerous Ice Ages for a lot longer than several tens of thousands of years, more like hundreds of thousands. We're technically still in the last one one. Not only variations in solar output are responsible for Ice Ages, there are many possible factors. If anyone cares to be bored, I'll break out my textbooks again, but maybe not.
To think that all we spew into the atmosphere and oceans is not having any effect is a bit of a stretch.
As Al indicated above, it's "global" warming. That means the average global temps rise.

 

[Mystic]

Drew99GT, I live in the part of Colorado known among weather people as the 'Brown Spot' because of the relatively limited precipitation that takes place here. But even here we have probably already received about as much snow as we normally get in an entire winter. Temperatures over all have not been too bad but heck it is still early January.

I went to my brother's house for Christmas in Denver and there was a lot of snow even then in the side streets. One of my sisters in Longmont said that they are down to one lane of traffic which has been successfully cleared. Hay is being airdropped by the Colorado National Guard to cattle in southeastern Colorado.

There is supposed to be another storm coming on Friday and Saturday of this week. We are getting a major snowstorm every week. Let internet wizzard Al Gore talk about global warming.