Muenkel 0 #1 January 22, 2003 Man it is f@#$%^ freezing in the Northeast. This morning it was -10 degrees, windchill minus God knows what. You peeps out in the west SUCK!!! _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladyskydiver 0 #2 January 22, 2003 Global warming missed Wisconsin as well. It was -18F with windchill this morning and we're looking at -25F with windchill tonight. ARG!!!! Oh, well....only 22 more days until I'm in Texas for a weekend.Life is short! Break the rules! Forgive quickly! Kiss slowly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably. And never regret anything that made you smile. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #3 January 22, 2003 It's here in Fl....75 for the high today. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #4 January 22, 2003 Quote It's here in Fl....75 for the high today. It is a good thing for you that you are cute, nice and a greenie. Otherwise, you'd get pitchforked for that comment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #5 January 22, 2003 She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #6 January 22, 2003 Hopefully you understand that GLOBAL warming means more severe weather -- perhaps more mild in some places, but generally more severe in most.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #7 January 22, 2003 Quote Still wanna poke me? nevermind.....too obvious. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #8 January 22, 2003 QuoteHopefully you understand that GLOBAL warming means more severe weather -- perhaps more mild in some places, but generally more severe in most. I SEVERELY need warm weather. 50 degrees sounds oh so tropical to me right about now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #9 January 22, 2003 Quote Still wanna poke me? We talking pitchforks, or... not? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #10 January 22, 2003 Quote Hopefully you understand that GLOBAL warming means more severe weather -- perhaps more mild in some places, but generally more severe in most. Yeah, I do understand the concept of Global Warming. In fact I've been busy working on some ideas on how to install some sort of methane filter on all the cows asses. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #11 January 22, 2003 Quote methane filter on all the cows asses. Did you have to move Clay out of the way first? Where the hell are you, Clay? We are making fun of you! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #12 January 22, 2003 Quote We talking pitchforks, or... not? ME write something on purpose that could possibly have a double meaning? She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #13 January 22, 2003 And hopefully we understand that it is a very slow process - on the order of 1 degree over the past 150 years. I plan to raise genius children that will be able to solve these problems when they become more of real problems. Until then, my plan is to migrate south during the winter.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miked10270 0 #14 January 22, 2003 One "Glesc'a" wifey to another... In a queue for a bus...: "Greenhouse effect? - More like the Fridge-Freezer effect!" Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkySlut 0 #15 January 22, 2003 You can always go outside and let your car run for a few hours while you start spraying aerosol cans into the air... Just kidding God, I love Florida...I have the A/C cranked in the office at the DZ. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #16 January 22, 2003 Well it's really not that warm out here today either. It's like 60 degrees outside with some ominuos looking clouds blocking out the sun... -10 degrees for you guys is like 50 degrees for us. You see folks running around in parkas and stuff. Shit I remeber growing up in NH and when the temps hit 50 for the first time after a long winter it was shorts and t-shirts. 50 out here means start the fire, throw on the parka, etc... Crank up the heat in your house to 85 degrees, throw on some shorts, buy a couple of bags of sand, fill a little kiddie pool with some water, make some margaritta's or mai tai's, and whammo!! You got a little beach resort in your house Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkySlut 0 #17 January 22, 2003 Hey, I grew up in NH too...I dont miss it much! It can get raging cold up there! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #18 January 22, 2003 Raging cold is an understatement... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #19 January 22, 2003 Our winters in New England seem to vary each year. Last year, we barely had any snow and it was quite mild, relatively speaking. The year before, we had record breaking snowfall accumulation. This kind of backs up what Quade states above. _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #20 January 22, 2003 QuoteAnd hopefully we understand that it is a very slow process - on the order of 1 degree over the past 150 years. Do you have any idea of how much energy you just talked about on a planetary scale? It's mind boggling. Sure, it doesn't seem like all that much sitting in your living room, but imagine trying to raise the temperature of the ENTIRE PLANET by 1 degree. Further, imagine what consequences that would have. No, wait, you don't have to imagine it, just look around at how hurricanes and winters have changed in the last 30 or so years.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #21 January 22, 2003 Just did a quick search, but couldn't find it. I recently read an article that was explaining that North America goes through a meteorlogical cycle of approximately 200 years. Basically, there is a period of about 50 years of relatively calm weather patterns, followed by the more normal 150 years of violent weather. We're supposedly at the beginning of the 150 year cycle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkySlut 0 #22 January 22, 2003 I have seen shows on discovery about volcanos and what those do to damage the environment. A single eruption puts out more toxic gases & crap than what humans have ever put out. Think of all the eruptions that have happened since this rock was created...I dont know how much of all that tree hugging crap I follow. I will agree that we shouldnt be blatantly trashing the planet though. Everything is good in moderate excess. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #23 January 22, 2003 QuoteNo, wait, you don't have to imagine it, just look around at how hurricanes and winters have changed in the last 30 or so years. Have they really, or is this just a common perception? Were the analysis and testing methods for hurricanes and winters the same 30 years ago as they are now? Or could it be that people's perceptions change as they get older - leading to many older people claiming that the weather has changed. Isn't it also possible that other factors, such as a depleted ozone increasing radiation to the earth's surface have had a bigger impact on temperature? I have a lot of doubts, but that may just be my ignorance. The effects of greenhouse gases do effect us, but not in the course of one lieftime - this is something that happens over the course of many generations of people. This biggest impact so far has been glacial melting. It will take several hundred more years to have a significant impact on the envronment. Believe me, the air pollution will kill us all long before the climate changes do. I'm not proposing we do nothing - i just think we have bigger fish to fry, like achieving world peace before we kill ourselves the old-fashioned way. Environmentalism doesn't begin to have an impact until it is done on a global scale, and we won't do this until issues of poverty and peace are solved.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhillyKev 0 #24 January 22, 2003 Stop making sense, damnit!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jasmin 0 #25 January 22, 2003 I know where global warming is: its downunder. Drought and fires, you gotta love it.xj "I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with the earth...but then I wouldn't recommend picking a fight with a car either, and that's having tried both." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
