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I'm waiting for Global Warming to kick here in Southern Alberta. It started snowing here in mid October and it pretty much hasn't stopped since. Sure we've had the occasional warm day, but other than that it's pretty much snowed here once a week since October (on average) and right now we're dealing with -10 degree temps with snowy, icy roads and poor visibility. It's fine and dandy for someone to be located in Southern California to send their Chicken Little warnings that the world is coming to an end thanks to humans and the CO2. But for those of us who actually live up north, we don't see much of this waming weather trend the Chicken Littles speak of. But what would we know? It's only natural that someone from Southern Cal would know more about the north than those of us who actually live here in the cold. After all if Al Gore says it's true, it's true isn't it. Now if you'll all excuse me, I have several inches of snow in the drive way to shovel ... in April. I am so ready for Winter to end ... the calendar says it's Spring ... but we're still very much stuck in Winter right now.
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Try not to worry about the things you have no control over
billvon 2,991
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>But what would we know? It's only natural that someone from Southern
>Cal would know more about the north than those of us who actually live
>here in the cold.
So Canadians know all about the cold, but native Alaskans do not? I know a few Alaskans who would gladly trade a freezing cold Vancouver day for even an average Fairbanks day.
>Cal would know more about the north than those of us who actually live
>here in the cold.
So Canadians know all about the cold, but native Alaskans do not? I know a few Alaskans who would gladly trade a freezing cold Vancouver day for even an average Fairbanks day.
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DUDE.. I woke up to 2" of SNOW in my yard here in the foothills of the Cascades... and all the morons who already do not know how to drive on snow... had to have their snow tires with STUDS on them removed YESTERDAY or get a $101 ticket.... I worked from home so I did not have to play bumper tag with them.
Quote>But what would we know? It's only natural that someone from Southern
>Cal would know more about the north than those of us who actually live
>here in the cold.
So Canadians know all about the cold, but native Alaskans do not? I know a few Alaskans who would gladly trade a freezing cold Vancouver day for even an average Fairbanks day.
Shows us how little you know about Canada if you consider Vancouver to be one of our cold spots in the country.
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QuoteSo Canadians know all about the cold, but native Alaskans do not? I know a few Alaskans who would gladly trade a freezing cold Vancouver day for even an average Fairbanks day.
Perhaps you and Amy can go for a camping trip outside of Fairbanks in... oh say.. January... I have.. did it for one whole winter outside of Eilson AFB.... IT only got to -60 below zero F a few times..... BUT the AURORA is AWSUM to watch... in the cold and dark.. just dont take a nap while watcing them.
billvon 2,991
>Shows us how little you know about Canada if you consider Vancouver
>to be one of our cold spots in the country.
Didn't claim that. Why do you bring it up?
I do find it funny that Canadians claim they know more about north american climate than native americans who have been in alaska a few thousand years, living in climates a lot worse than most canadians ever see.
>to be one of our cold spots in the country.
Didn't claim that. Why do you bring it up?
I do find it funny that Canadians claim they know more about north american climate than native americans who have been in alaska a few thousand years, living in climates a lot worse than most canadians ever see.
QuoteI do find it funny that Canadians claim they know more about north american climate than native americans who have been in alaska a few thousand years, living in climates a lot worse than most canadians ever see.
You mean like the people who live in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut? Dang I've got it easy here in Alberta compared to them.
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billvon 2,991
>You mean like the people who live in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut?
Yep. The people currently having a hard time because the ice they've depended on for centuries isn't forming any more. Heck, they're losing their villages to erosion. Used to never bother them; a frozen sea doesn't erode the shore.
Yep. The people currently having a hard time because the ice they've depended on for centuries isn't forming any more. Heck, they're losing their villages to erosion. Used to never bother them; a frozen sea doesn't erode the shore.
Wow how did the people in Whitehorse Yukon and Yellowknife NWT get beach front ocean properties. The last time I checked the globe, both those places were land locked far far away from the ocean (well Yellowknife does border the Great Slave Lake). And in case you were curious about today's weather in Iqaluit Nunavut the high was -26 and tomorrow the high will be -27. Yup sure is warm in Iqaluit.
Try not to worry about the things you have no control over
Try not to worry about the things you have no control over
DSE 5
Global warming has as much to do with ocean currents as it does with air currents.
Maybe spend a little time talking to the folks up north; they'll be the first to tell you the weather patterns have changed. Whether you agree or not. the Inupiat are politically active for the first time in their history. The Saami's of norther Sweden, Finland, Russia are also very politically active on this issue, whereas they've never been much involved in the past. Mayvbe check out the Inuit Global Council website. They had a great series in Indian Country Today a while back. Or maybe the people living there just aren't educated enough to know what's happening.
Maybe spend a little time talking to the folks up north; they'll be the first to tell you the weather patterns have changed. Whether you agree or not. the Inupiat are politically active for the first time in their history. The Saami's of norther Sweden, Finland, Russia are also very politically active on this issue, whereas they've never been much involved in the past. Mayvbe check out the Inuit Global Council website. They had a great series in Indian Country Today a while back. Or maybe the people living there just aren't educated enough to know what's happening.
billvon 2,991
>And in case you were curious about today's weather in Iqaluit Nunavut the
>high was -26 and tomorrow the high will be -27. Yup sure is warm in Iqaluit.
Does sound cold. Heck, Socal lost most of its citrus crop due to a hard freeze; we saw temps in the teens here for a week, which is really rare. Still the warmest winter on record, on average of course. (And ice cares about average temperatures, not cold snaps.)
>high was -26 and tomorrow the high will be -27. Yup sure is warm in Iqaluit.
Does sound cold. Heck, Socal lost most of its citrus crop due to a hard freeze; we saw temps in the teens here for a week, which is really rare. Still the warmest winter on record, on average of course. (And ice cares about average temperatures, not cold snaps.)
I don't dispute that humans have caused damage to this planet. But we should be concerning ourselves with the toxins just as much as a massive warming trend. But the "in" thing now-a-days is GW. It's what all the tree huggers are horny about. Toxins just aren't cool anymore.
My original point was just to say the we here in Southern Alberta have been predominately buried in snow since October. Just when you think it's warming and Spring is ready to sprout, another round of snow blasts in. Then it warms up, and more snow. Warms ... snow, etc, etc, etc. It's been doing this every week for the ... I lost count and I'm sure we haven't seen the last of the white stuff.
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My original point was just to say the we here in Southern Alberta have been predominately buried in snow since October. Just when you think it's warming and Spring is ready to sprout, another round of snow blasts in. Then it warms up, and more snow. Warms ... snow, etc, etc, etc. It's been doing this every week for the ... I lost count and I'm sure we haven't seen the last of the white stuff.
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DSE 5
No different here, bud...Supposed to be mid/upper 50's this time of year. I've still got 5 feet of snow under my eves, and nearly a foot of snow across the lawn. Weatherman says balmy 66 tomorrow. he's also 2500' lower than I am.
Toxins are bad, but cleanable. Global warming isn't so easy, not even after "An Inconvenient Truth."
Toxins are bad, but cleanable. Global warming isn't so easy, not even after "An Inconvenient Truth."
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QuoteStill the warmest winter on record, on average of course. (And ice cares about average temperatures, not cold snaps.)
The coldest it has EVER been in Seattle since they started record keeping is 29..... its going to break that tonight...there goes the peach blossoms on my trees
rehmwa 2
Quote>native americans who have been in alaska a few thousand years,
I bet most of their vision is gone and they have a lot of arthritis and other old age issues that Gold Bond Powder doesn't alleviate.
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billvon 2,991
>I bet most of their vision is gone and they have a lot of arthritis
>and other old age issues that Gold Bond Powder doesn't alleviate.
The older ones are REALLY skinny.
>and other old age issues that Gold Bond Powder doesn't alleviate.
The older ones are REALLY skinny.
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QuoteQuoteI agree with your reasoning in general execpt for one point. Global Warming (as in man made GW) is not science. To sue to stop or slow something that, as of right now, has no solid sceintific proof, puts this purely into a political arena, not law.
I am on your side with Global Warming now.. I intend to burn all the fucking diesel fuel I can in my lifetime in my big ass 4x4 diesel truck... Cause I live in a place that will benefit from Global warmiing. Most Red states on the other hand.. will not fare well and will not be able to do squat about it because there is no solution found in their Jewish Book of Fables that deals with Global Warming. By all means enjoy your desert.. I will enjoy basking in the sun here in Seattle when the San Francisco weather is our norm up here.
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you can join Al Gore"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
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ExAFO 0
Love him or hate him, Scalia is a brilliant legal mind.
Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW.
Zipp0 1
QuoteLove him or hate him, Scalia is a brilliant legal mind.
My cat eats his own excrement.
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ExAFO 0
QuoteQuoteLove him or hate him, Scalia is a brilliant legal mind.
My cat eats his own excrement.
That must explain the bad breath.
Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW.
I am on your side with Global Warming now.. I intend to burn all the fucking diesel fuel I can in my lifetime in my big ass 4x4 diesel truck... Cause I live in a place that will benefit from Global warmiing. Most Red states on the other hand.. will not fare well and will not be able to do squat about it because there is no solution found in their Jewish Book of Fables that deals with Global Warming. By all means enjoy your desert.. I will enjoy basking in the sun here in Seattle when the San Francisco weather is our norm up here.
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