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Date Posted：01/19/2017 7:11 AMCopy HTML In the early nineties, Alaska warmed up dramatically in the winters. The weeks of -30 and below gave way to periodic episodes of maybe as low as 10F followed by chinook winds bringing heat up from the tropics, raising temps across all of Alaska and in much of Alaska, above freezing, quite often.
It's been hell on the snow plowing companies and snow machine dealerships. Since, oh... around 2011 or so... it seems like the winters have been getting cooler and the chinook winds more rare. This winter, we've had no chinook winds thus far and it is currently -20F outside and dropping. Alaska serves, I think, as a bellwether for global climate. We are the lid on top of the largest heat sink on this world, the Pacific ocean. We saw warming trends in the early nineties while the rest of the world didn't notice much until algore released his propaganda flick in 2006. Of course, tomorrow or next week, the Pacific could send us a few gazillion BTU's but so far it hasn't and it's already mid January. If another month and a half passes without a chinook wind, I'm going to declare AGW to be over. Come to the Dark Side.
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：01/19/2017 6:09 PMCopy HTML
Did man cause the climate change that killed the dinosaurs? Seems as if it's been around for a long time eh?
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：01/20/2017 1:51 AMCopy HTML
I believe the current accepted theory regarding that particular extinction event was an asteroid strike in the gulf of mexico.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：01/20/2017 4:24 AMCopy HTML
Perhaps if they had a meteorologist to warn them, they could have saved themselves?
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：01/20/2017 5:22 PMCopy HTML
I want to think you are punning me... please tell me you're punning me.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：01/20/2017 6:37 PMCopy HTML  Live respected, die regretted
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：03/14/2017 10:23 PMCopy HTML Thank goodness for global warming!Snowstorm strikes north-eastern United States14 March 2017  Ploughs work to clear the runways at Newark International Airport |
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：03/15/2017 3:56 AMCopy HTML Mid March has arrived and thus far, only 1 chinook wind... a sad, weak one that barely lasted a day, melting hardly any snow.
The trend continues back toward the bad old days. Come to the Dark Side.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：03/02/2018 8:38 PMCopy HTML Yesterday was the coldest March day on record with temperatures not rising above -5.8C in Okehampton
Europe severe weather: Death toll rises amid freeze2 March 2018 The death toll from severe weather has risen across Europe, with at least 23 casualties in Poland alone amid sub-zero temperatures, officials say. Shelters have been opened as the plight of rough sleepers is a major concern. Some 59 people have died across the continent, AFP news agency reports. Meanwhile most transport and flights have been suspended in Ireland where thousands were left without power. Several countries continued to face disruption caused by snow and ice. The unusually cold spell brought by a Siberian weather system was being felt as far south as the Mediterranean.........> https://www.nationalreview.com/photos/s ... e/#slide-1 |
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：03/04/2018 5:39 AMCopy HTML pennsylvania has had amazingly mild winters for the last 7 years. But 8 years ago the city of Pittsburgh was fined by the federal government for dumping snow in the river when it ran out of places to put it.
Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：03/07/2018 3:11 AMCopy HTML the winters in MN used to be cold enough to kill some nasty bugs. now that is getting warmer here, those nasty bugs are beginning to get a foothold here.
the weather here changed around 1992. used to be really cold like minus 20 and really warm over 100 in the sumner. the weather is milder. less cold in the winter and less warm in the summer. not bad except for having to fear tropical diseases. thinking is a dangerous thing
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：03/09/2018 5:41 AMCopy HTML Similar has happened in Alaska, starting in about 1991.
I've seen grasshoppers, didn't used to have them here. Paper wasps have gotten bad. Spruce trees migrated north quite a ways. The winters became milder but the summers remained about the same. Over the last 5 years or so, winters have been becoming a little colder and the snow a little deeper. If we ever go back to the bad old days of minus 40 degrees for weeks at a time, the death toll among wildlife will be severe, I'm afraid. Several generations of critters have never experienced anything like it... they may have forgotten how to survive it. Come to the Dark Side.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：10/27/2018 6:47 AMCopy HTML Our nearby mountain glacier is gone; it’s cave was used to keep the beer cool for a restaurant and bar for the summer campers. We’ve had record setting 100+ temperatures and more days of them this past summer. Had record snow last winter, but the temperatures weren’t that low. I can remember a freeze in October that didn’t thaw until March. Black ice related accidents rose dramatically then, but hardly any last winter. We borrow plows from neighboring communities at higher elevations because snow rarely falls in the valley.
If we want it, we just drive up the Hill. Ski resorts aren’t too far away, but they have had a string of bad years for lack of snow. Opening days have shifted from around Thanksgiving to around Christmas.
Aside from the glacier disappearing, the climate seems the same, the weather is what it always has been and if you don’t like it, wait 5 minutes for it will change. Son1 recently said, I really like four seasons, but not all in the same day!
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：11/17/2018 3:56 AMCopy HTML A very good case for the worst year in human history; Come to the Dark Side.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：04/07/2019 9:20 AMCopy HTML We can now safely go back to sleep; Climate change: 'Magic bullet' carbon solution takes big stephttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47638586
A technology that removes carbon dioxide from the air has received significant backing from major fossil fuel companies. British Columbia-based Carbon Engineering has shown that it can extract CO2 in a cost-effective way. It has now been boosted by $68m in new investment from Chevron, Occidental and coal giant BHP...........> |
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：05/08/2019 8:44 PMCopy HTML https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-weather-forecast-coldest-6-14999288 Britain's May bank holiday temperatures are lower than Moscow's with Monday set to be the coldest May 6 for 178 years. A 2,000 mile wide North Pole chill is bringing -6C, snow and widespread frosts - and 50mph storms will follow.
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：07/12/2019 2:35 AMCopy HTML Warming spell is back. A couple weeks of freakishly high temps generating thunderstorms have set quite large portions of Alaska on fire. Due to our low population, most of these fires are not being addressed except for some harsh language by a few homesteaders and recreational cabin owners.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：07/30/2019 6:56 PMCopy HTML That’s the way with most of ours. The hill across the river burned for a week .....no one bothered with it. The stock had been moved and there’s more danger in trying to get equipment in there than the fire presented.
One year, our city fire chief finally got his way and provided services to homes up there. When he blocked the road to fight a fire, residents accustomed to such events were furious that access to their property was denied and they were unable to protect it themselves. The service was by subscription and those newbies dumb enough to pay for it were schooled publicly by their prepared neighbors.
He left our city for a job back in California not too long after that.
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：07/30/2019 7:00 PMCopy HTML I’m reminded of how much I miss TommyTallDog. His posts just about always made me laugh out loud, sometimes for quite awhile.
I’m afraid to ask....
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：08/01/2019 3:59 AMCopy HTML Yeah, I've run this place into the ground. Want to take over?
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：08/03/2019 5:29 AMCopy HTML What possible difference would that make?
You’ve seen my discussion threads drift off to page infinity.
Seven of ten were just deleted by bones who replied that I should have consolidated them into one multicultural discussion of ten cities....shades of Sam from MSN.....
Who’d a thunk it of bones?
Noticed many aimoo forums have just one or two members, and you have way more than that checking in from time to time as I do.
I don’t see you posting on FSA. You and govols got me confused posting the same topics on both, but the replies were different, so for a full range of ideas......
I’m terribly bored with the same old topics, but my attempts at refreshments have been futile......boring to others.
Anyway, I like being able to come here. You always have a fresh angle on everything.......
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：08/08/2019 8:21 AMCopy HTML I abandon FSA as I grew bored with their nonsense. To borrow a phrase, too many of them are possessed by a pathological ideology. I generally knew what the worst half dozen of them would say about any given thing. So... no, eh? Well, nutz. :-) Come to the Dark Side.
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：10/17/2019 2:23 PMCopy HTML Climate change activists carry out London-wide protests in defiance of a police ban as leaders try to get the ban lifted.
You can watch a 43 second video in which you can see the pre-dawn commuters engage in a deeply philosophical debate as to whether disrupting an electric train service (only push bikes are more energy efficient) is a good idea or not when trying to save the planet; https://news.sky.com/story/furious-comm ... GwodaNIMsA Thursday 17 October 2019 |
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Re：The end of the warming spell Date Posted：10/18/2019 4:26 AMCopy HTML How DARE you!
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The advantage of insinuations over hard arguments is that they bypass critical thought. No one can respond precisely to a charge that is utterly vague or to accusers who will envelope any reply in a poisonous fog of further insinuations. ~ David Warren, The Guardian
There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time and that captures an important point. The more powerful the government becomes, the more people are willing to do in order to seize the prize, and the more afraid they become when someone else has control. ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve.”
― H.L. Mencken
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