wow people really 1 days is 10 out then next 40 just because the snowfall/rain happens when its 30-40 doesn't mean the world is ending in the north and east.
The seasons have changed little from what i was used to as a little boy but doesn't everything else i remember when gas was 1.50 a gallon 5 years ago should i go blow my head now its 4.
The seasons have changed little from what i was used to as a little boy but doesn't everything else i remember when gas was 1.50 a gallon 5 years ago should i go blow my head now its 4.
When I agree with your posts, there's a handful of skeptics who insist I'm not serious
But seriously...Here in central Florida as a residential gardener I am obviously very tuned into the weather patterns. And this February has been almost precisely what I normally see in the month of March. That is, warmer patterns are a full four to five weeks ahead of "schedule", compared to at least the past 14 years.
Total fun to read the nutzo deniers (they deny global warming based on the bible, or their clear short term business interest " I don't really care about any future or the health of my grandchildren, I just want my profits to continue for another few years,") But the real reason for irrational reasoning of RX scientist deniers is that it is a political campaign. Look at the list of deniers in this thread. It is the same list that would show up for any anti-abortion thread, or any anti-gov't campaign. Only a few of these nutty political wack deniers ever write anything worth reading. If you are not a brain dead old school 'mad at the world' bible thumper who confuses dogs with ideas while shouting 'get off my lawn' then you should join the rest of the world's intelligent scientists in being extremely concerned about the immediate climate changes which might lower the odds of you and your families survival.
Great post AL, on the note of "accurate" readings ask yourself how accurate those tempurature readings were back in 1875, 1902....and how were those records kept/taken? Were they taken at the same time of day? The same location? How accurate was the equipment in 1865? A thermometor back then could have been off + or - 3 to 6 degrees...or more!
Climate change and global warming are among my biggest pet peeves. Those who believe in the theory beat their chest like they are going to save the world. They think the 310 million people here being regulated to death is going to make an impact on the "global" atmosphere....while the 1.4 BILLION people in China and the 1.1 BILLION people in India don't give a fuck and are doing whatever they like without the bullshit regulations we have here in the USA.
And people want to know why gas cost so much here in the states.....
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it doesnt take a supercomputer to design pretty accurate thermometers, scientists want accurate readings so they normally "figure this things out" you know, I would drop the accuracy of the thermometers from this discussion, the accuracy of the instruments would be the least of my concerns (unless people try to simply say "its an old instrument it has to be inaccurate" that is flat out WRONG)
Example out of wikipedia,
"According to British Standards, correctly calibrated, used and maintained liquid-in-glass thermometers can achieve a measurement uncertainty of ±0.01 °C in the range 0 to 100 °C, and a larger uncertainty outside this range: ±0.05 °C up to 200 or down to −40 °C, ±0.2 °C up to 450 or down to −80 °"
Lately the trend I see on this discussion is to acknowledge global warming but deny that its man made or say that its hard to say
Richard Muller, an US physicist recently reversed his position on global warming (from no to yes)
take a few curses in fluid mechanics as to pressure/temperature /condensation etc .........OR read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemtrail_conspiracy_theory (Take a look at the picture of the planes a340 versus an old boeing 707)
Experts on atmospheric phenomena deny the existence of chemtrails, asserting that the characteristics attributed to them are simply features of contrails responding differently in diverse conditions in terms of the sunlight, temperature, horizontal and vertical wind shear, and humidity levels present at the aircraft's altitude.[1][3][4][8][18] Experts explain that what appears as patterns such as grids formed by contrails result from increased air traffic traveling through the gridlike United States National Airspace System's north-south and east-west oriented flight lanes, and that it is difficult for observers to judge the differences in altitudes between these contrails from the ground.[4] The jointly published fact sheet produced by NASA, the EPA, the FAA, and NOAA in 2000 in response to alarms over chemtrails details the science of contrail formation, and outlines both the known and potential impacts contrails have on temperature and climate.[12] The USAF produced a fact sheet as well that described these contrail phenomena as observed and analyzed since at least 1953. It also rebutted chemtrail theories more directly by identifying the theories as a hoax and denying the existence of chemtrails
Since we here have so much in common I consider us all friends even though we dont always agree. So I mean no offense when I say that those who don't believe global warming exists are living in a closet and only see their same daily routine around them...
