Add another dimension to the debate over global warming. A National Geographic online
story is quoting a meteorologist saying we might be in line for a string of cold, snowy winters.
So much for global warming? No, says the meteorologist, Joe Bastardi, of AccuWeather. Warmer temperatures might be shifting
more moisture from earth into the atmosphere and, voila, we get more snow.
However, another meteorologist told National Geographic he thinks the deluge of snow this year was caused by El Nino.
What are your thoughts about climate change?
And how do you like our real winter this year? If you knew for certain we’re in for more winters like this, would you
move farther south?
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See, I told u Indyman and Dipsicle....this 8 days is overkill. It's barely worth a weekend....great job Tony George! Your dream has been fulfilled....he fans want the I r l back. Thats how good it was.....and that sucked.
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I have been in training for a short time now but right off I can see that safety and quality are the number one issues, my experience as of late has been a positive one, the employees along with Jeff the plant manager and the operation supervisor as well as the engineers are a highly motivated group of people, what an asset for the area to have and for company's in need of a quality metal products.
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While I understand the severity of their actions as well as everyones eagerness to hold them responsible for thier lost funds, these gentlemen did know how to make money. Dispite thier poor decisions over the ownership of Fair they had made several wise investments which paid them greatly. This proves they do have the potential to rebuild so they can repay. I do not feel they should live the life of luxuary but given an opportunity could they find ways of repaying the debts? They are doing nothing now but being a burden on tax payers. Just a thought!!!!!
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You guys have some "interesting" comments to say the least. I hope you will call in and share those opinions starting June 1. I'm looking forward to having you on the air.
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And no, I would not move south.
I'm all for taking care of our environment and I believe we can do many things better and should But those dipsticks are running on short crankshafts.
Facts are easy to skew. It all depends on how big of a sample you want to take. This past week has been colder than normal, therefore we are in global cooling. The last month has been warmer than normal, we must be global warming. The last year was colder than normal, we must be global cooling. The last decade was warmer than usual, global warming. The last century was colder, global cooling.
You get the idea. Statistics are made to twist and interpret any way you want to.
We should lookout for wildlife and not do unnecessary damage to the natural environment, but letâ??s not make up stories about how suddenly the world is warming. Just exactly what is the method for determining the entire planet is â??1 degreeâ?? warmer anyhow? Our planet is a mix of complex climate zones and microclimates that shift constantly as the world keeps changing. As well, there are cyclesâ?¦many of which are longer than our lifetimes so we donâ??t even notice them. Human kind is but a blip on the radar screen in comparison to how long this planet has existedâ?¦.how can we even think we know what the planetary cycles areâ?¦ we havenâ??t been alive to even study them. So we received more than average snow. We have had snow some wintersâ?¦ and sometimes not.
Funny how we donâ??t hear about that ominous ozone hole growing out of control anymore?... oh thatâ??s rightâ?¦because it has gotten smallerâ?¦â?¦ now why is it the news doesnâ??t cover that? Because it doesnâ??t cause panic and fear and itâ??s not useful to the agendas of the people who dictate what can be shared in the media to steer public support. I havenâ??t seen on NBC or ABC or CNN any stories focusing on how they have recently admitted the fraud that took place in the studies that Al Gore used to get his Nobel Prize claiming the world was melting away and killing all the baby polar bears. Nobel Prize for lying? What HAS this world come too. Does nothing mean anything anymore? No wonder Obama received one.
I put global warming and the tooth fairy in the same category...both made up. If we're going to blame it on something made up, then we should at least be creative with it. How about we blame it on the evil Easter Bunny? That sounds good. I can make up some statistic to support my claim.
BTW...this "nozone" stuff has been proven to be a bunch of made-up banter as well. Feel free to gas-up or mow your lawn anytime you please. It will do a lot less damage than the volcano that was actually causing ozone issues. Geez!
You guys just go ahead and swallow all of those lies hook, line, and sinker. Green ideas are good, but all that malarky about doomsday is for the Gorebirds.
Nobel Peace Prize for Gore - what a joke. Have you seen his home that eats up energy like it's going out of style (what a hypocrite) and yet George Bush's house is built to energy efficient standards. See a little double standard there? Not with your rose colored glasses on. Me thinks not!
Such a shame......
In fact, it's climate is slightly warmer than that of Indianapolis, and in February averages Highs & Lows that are greater than freezing. Vanc'y only averages 19in of snow a season...in the city. Vanc'y is a RAINY city, and that climate doesn't vary much in the foothills where a lot of this SNOW hubbub is being propagated by the uneducated. Just thought you should know.
Can you believe - cute, and you can be "Bloviate Boy"!
The 'Ring of Fire' is named aptly due to the fact that there are 19 currently active volcanoes spewing thousands of metric tons of all sorts of nice things for our atmosphere to either absorb or distribute. Mt St Helen's and Kilauea are just two of them that send up massive quantities of gasses and miniscule ash particles weekly.
An excerpt from the following is a clue into some of a volcano's effect on our atmosphere:
The massive ash cloud grew to 80,000 feet (18 kilometers) in 15 minutes and reached the east coast in 3 days. Although most of the ash fell within 300 miles of the mountain, finer ash circled the earth in 15 days and may continue to stay in the atmosphere for many years.
http://www.olywa.net/radu/valerie/StHelens.html
Hmmm...this certainly has to have some effect on our atmosphere as well as human and anthropogenic forces taking a hand in it. But no one seems to mention volcanoes - probably because we cannot control them.
I find it really hard to believe that people think that humans are the main cause of a climate change. I think we are a small, but growing faction. After all, there are more and more and more of us every year that goes by and all the waste (landfills), food (mass farming w/ genetically altered seeds and pesticides), power (need our lights, computers, etc), (I could go on), has to come from and go somewhere. I like the comforts of life, trust me - I am using a computer in a heated home here....but I do wonder just how much stress should be on humans when it comes to climate change.
How about this: take into effect what Mother Nature is doing and then what humans are doing. I would believe that Mother Nature would win hands down on pollutants. But unlike (most) humans...Mother Nature also can clean up her act and has done so many, many times over (think of all the balances in place - the fact that plants absolutely need CO2 to survive, etc). I do think that we humans should take a page from her book and try to do the same. Not for the sake of 'Climate Change' or some hyped political agenda, but just like picking up litter along a road and recycling everything that what we can...for a sense of pride in fact that we are here and can make it a better place than we found (inherited) it.
What say you?
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