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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Joker on January 04, 2007, 10:20:44 AM
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I\'m not usually one to buy into hype with things such as global warming. Not that I didn\'t believe in it, but it was never really a major issue with me.
Until now.
I live in Canada, Selkirk Ontario. We have had 1 SINGLE day of snow in November which promptly melted in less than 24 hours.
We didn\'t get a white christmas and now its January and it is alarmingly warm. I saw on the news last night that squirrels and some other animals are mating already because they think its spring.
I look outside in my backyard and not only did the trees not lose all their leaves this year, but they are already growing new ones and coming in green.
For a guy who has grown up all his life with snow at one part of the year its actually quite shocking. I go for a drive around town and it is the weirdest thing to see all these houses done up in Christmas lights with fake reindeer, santa, frosty and all that and not a single flake of snow.
I\'m still hoping we get at least some snow, but it is ceartinly taking its sweet ass time this year.
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It\'s coz Canadians stopped believing in Santa Claus. The less you believe, the less there will be snow.
Or maybe the Easter Bunny has something to do with this.
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Yeah, it\'s the same here. We haven\'t had snow one single time and the temps are at a record high. :(
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We have had strong winds for over a month on and off. No snow or ice to speak of either.
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Same here. Right now in Jersey its 60 degrees. Damn you Global Warming and Al Gore :mad:
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we need to give Bush AIDS so it will snow again.
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we need to give Bush AIDS so it will snow again.
Sssssh! He\'s monitoring the Intarweb and you\'re now going to Guantanamo Bay. :(
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Sssssh! He\'s monitoring the Intarweb and you\'re now going to Guantanamo Bay. :(
Sorry. Al Gore IS the internet. I heard he also invented the Sun.
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Isn\'t El Nino due this year? I remember the last time it happened I was in 8th grade. It comes like every 6 years or something, doesn\'t it?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibo40FQjG40
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So El Nino is a fat guy?
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Colorado stole all the snow
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any effect of the so called "global warming" effect will never be felt in our lifetimes, if at all.
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The weather is so screwy as of late, especially here in Australia. its been one of the coldest Summers ever, It was actually snowing \'winter sized\' amounts here on Christmas day in parts of NSW and VIC and outskirts of Melbourne which is just totally fuct considering its the middle of Summer.
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there are such things as... \'warm winters\' and \'bad hurricane seasons\' and \'heavy snowfall\' and \'wildfires\' ... not everything is attributed to global warming.. the sound of \'global warming\' is funny to me. it\'s like a species is trying to stop a natural process from occurring. granted the excess CO2 in the atmosphere doesn\'t help, but history shows the earth goes through warming and cooling periods.
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it\'s 50 here in Buffalo today...it should be 15...
I almost barbecued, but it got dark at 5:00 PM...
I\'m not complaining, my house was built in 1936 and has no insulation (yet) my heat bills have been a breeze....
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there are such things as... \'warm winters\' and \'bad hurricane seasons\' and \'heavy snowfall\' and \'wildfires\' ... not everything is attributed to global warming.. the sound of \'global warming\' is funny to me. it\'s like a species is trying to stop a natural process from occurring. granted the excess CO2 in the atmosphere doesn\'t help, but history shows the earth goes through warming and cooling periods.
There were two during the middle ages. One which got Europe out of the dark ages then one during I think then an ice age hit during the 16-1700s.
EDIT: Straight from wikipedia: "As of September 2006, El Niño is currently active, and is expected to continue into 2007." So it isn\'t global warming ;)
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Yea, I just read a whole article about how people are getting global warming confused with El Nino. That El Nino is causing record highs in the NE US and parts of Canada. Meanwhile places like Colorado are getting pounded with record snow.
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Okay well if it is El Nino, which didn\'t even strike me as the reason that could very well be the answer. Like Titan, the last one happend when I was a youngster about the same grade and I didn\'t know it was coming again this year.
and MM i\'d have to respectfully disagree. I believe I will see a major change due to global warming in my lifetime in one form of another. Perhaps not global warming itself, but I think i\'ll live to see it be addressed in a major way by some country :) No i\'m not interested in a "is it real?" debate.
My reasoning for thinking it is an issue at hand is based only off what I see now in my area, and what I remember as a child. Snow in particular has simply been coming later every year here and leaving earlier. This year being the latest by far.
I know everything seems bigger when your just a kiddie, but I remember intense winters as a child. Every year. Tons of snow, tons of wind, ice, typical Canadian winter. Since I was 15 my mother would always say "I wonder if we will have a white christmas" and eventually we would get a light snow on christmas morning or the day before. Last year it came later than christmas but it still made it here inside December. I can honestly say not once in my life, and i\'ve never moved from this area, can I remember not having snow in January.
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EDIT: double post >_<
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i really can\'t comment on the weather down here,..cause generally i\'m told that our winters are generally in the 50\'s, not really cold at all, latelt tho we\'ve been in the 60\'s and even mid 70\'s on occasion...but our summer thunderstorms are 10 times more vicious than what i was used to up in jersey....it actually feels like somebody is rollin\' bowling balls on the roof..:ohnoes:
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Here we go, a short article on it
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WEATHER/01/04/warm.winter.ap/index.html
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ha, either way, i\'m diggin this weather. i hope it keeps up. i\'ll be out in shorts by march... !
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it\'s been a warmer than average winter here as well, we rarely get any snow these days, when we do, it\'s only a thin covering that lasts for an hour or so.
we do (or did) get temperatures below freezing very often, but I can\'t recall having a single night that was below freezing so far.
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been the same winter here. Warm in the sun, cool in the shade, cold nights, random couple rainy days. It was last summer that was a little warmer than normal.
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Here we go, a short article on it
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WEATHER/01/04/warm.winter.ap/index.html
Interesting stuff, thanks Boz :) so I guess this means summer will be hotter than usual? Hopefully winter is normal next year. I like my winters cold and miserable ;)
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ditto
nothing pleases me more than other people complaining about how cold it is
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Nothing pleases me more to see people sweating like....well...pigs don\'t sweat. But nothing pleases me more than to see someone feeling like they\'re gonna die at 100 degree temps with 90% humidity! I love hot humid weather! I also love bone chilling temps! I love snow and ice!
I don\'t like the stupid drivers who can\'t drive in the snow, though.
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this is what i currently have to deal with...:ohnoes:...with the possiblity of tornadoes!
http://www.weather.com/outlook/homeandgarden/schoolday/local/USGA0028?from=footer#
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Hey Joker, I just googled selkirk, you\'re like 45 minutes away from me.. is Pleasant Beach near you? I used to go there a lot a few years ago... nice place.
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wow...the storm that just came thru here was scary....the winds just picked up outta nowhere....i looked outside my window and normally when the wind blows the trees would blow in one direction,...i have three tall pine trees in front of my house and all of them was spinning around viciously at the top in a circular motion, wind gusts had to be about at least 60 mph...i truly thought there was a tornado in my area...as soon as i get some extra cash, those trees are comin down....waaay to close for comfort.
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We\'re getting pouring rain here. As long as the mountains have powder on them, I don\'t really care. Damn you El Nino. I remember back when it hit last getting warmth like this and complaining about not having winters. That winter sucked majorly :(
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Well, i hate cold. The older i get, the more my genes \'want\' to go back to my warm country of origin.
Really, cold weather\'s bad for me. I notice my sports performance is always best at hot and dry sunny weather while all other native Euro\'s bog down in their sweat.
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Hey Joker, I just googled selkirk, you\'re like 45 minutes away from me.. is Pleasant Beach near you? I used to go there a lot a few years ago... nice place.
Yes it is :D I live directly on the tip of lake erie and I believe Pleasant Beach is just across the lake. Not too far, I personally have never been but I have a buddy who goes up there every summer. I\'ll probably make my way around that area this summer as well for some fishing :)
Clips, I haven\'t spent a lot of time in Atlanta besides two layovers during a flight to and from Nevada. But both times I was there for a layover it was quite the thunderstorm. It was my first flight, so needless to say the weather in Atlanta had me a little on edge. I\'ll never forget flying through it and being above it or watching bolts of lightning reaching the ground far in the distance while waiting before take off.
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Yes, the world gets warmer and colder. It generally does this in a pattern. According to all recorded data, the world should be getting colder now - not warmer. This does not prove that global warming exists, as we do not have enough knowledge or enough recorded temperature data to say with 100% accuracy.
Then again, there is no evidence to suggest the warming is natural other than humans lack of information, so I\'d go with the more likely scenario.
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its not really that we dont have enough knowledge about the past, its that we dont know what the future will bring
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Hey Joker, I just googled selkirk, you\'re like 45 minutes away from me.. is Pleasant Beach near you? I used to go there a lot a few years ago... nice place.
Google, making stalking easy since 1998.
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*stares through Titan\'s window*
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*stares through Titan\'s window*
*hides behind couch*
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Its here now finally. Currently in the middle of a large snowstorm.
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Its here now finally. Currently in the middle of a large snowstorm.
I would :( :cry:
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Ah joker i hate the winter i hate the snow, i cant wait to get out of here. Head someplace warm year round.
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I\'m glad winter is finally here in Jersey. Its 30 degrees now and its supposed to drop into the 20s with wind chill. But then again, in 2 days its going back to the 50s :-/
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it was 22 this morning...
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The snow that we got has melted :P But it sure is cold
current temp
14 °F / -10 °C
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Lived in the mountains a few years ago after living in California all my life. Walked outside...it was -12. Freaking cold. =\\
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Lived in the mountains a few years ago after living in California all my life. Walked outside...it was -12. Freaking cold. =\\
Yes Evi. -12 is cold ;)
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Ottawa, the third coldest capital in the world, had the warmest November and December in recorded history. The ground was soft and unfrozen right up until Jan 8 (when we finally got snow). This was my first ever non-white Christmas.
End of the day, one of the \'effects\' of global warming isn\'t just warmer weather, but more unpredictable and severe weather patterns, as well as changing precipitation patterns. I looked at the mountains of snow dumped on BC this year, and us getting their rain all through December as a warning. The other day they actually started mentioning tornadoes becoming the norm as a possibility in Ottawa (we\'ve had two small ones in my lifetime, until this year).
We are going to feel the effects of global warming in our lifetime, the \'natural\' heating/cooling cycles of the earth normally take millennia, but we\'re doing it to the planet in record time with GH emissions, deforestation, and pollution.
My prediction - Massive (unprecedented scale massive) depopulation of the earth in about 35 years due to famine, drought, and disease brought about by climate change. North America and Europe will be spared the worst of it, with the elderly and very young feeling the brunt. This will be the final wakeup call and lead to a shift in lifestyles away from consumerism and a massive reduction in emissions per person.
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My prediction - you\'re full of shit ;)
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They cited 2006 as one of the hottest years ever for the US and it was an average temperature of 55. They then stated thats 1 degree hotter than normal, *gasp*. Granted global warming is a problem, but it\'s not going to wipe out tons of people any time soon.
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They cited 2006 as one of the hottest years ever for the US and it was an average temperature of 55. They then stated thats 1 degree hotter than normal, *gasp*. Granted global warming is a problem, but it\'s not going to wipe out tons of people any time soon.
I do agree it is happening to a degree but he earth goes through climate changes all the time. Anyone remember that during the revolutionary war, the earth was going through a natural cooling period as a result of global warming then? It was called the Little Ice Age. There were two warming periods during the middle ages where global temperatures were comparable to today. The ice in Greenland melted, changing the salinity of the ocean, slowing down the currents that warm the earth. With those shut down, the earth went into an ice age which lasted a hundred years or so then recovered. I feel this is a natural change in addition to our own interference with increased CO2 levels. Plus, I think I saw that CO2 levels have dropped in recent years. Don\'t quote me on that though. It definitely is better than during the Industrial Revolution and Industrial Age. In the Information Age, I feel that we will have many advancements that will fix global warming. I do not feel it will be as big of a problem as they predict. Plus, human beings are made to adapt to change in temperatures. And with technology, it can be 110 degrees all year round and we can adapt. Thats what I love about the human species.
EDIT: Heres an article about climate change on wikipedia. Arrive at your own conclusions. I do admit I didn\'t read it, lol. Got good evidence for both sides though. Best thing for my case is to see the examples of climate change.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change
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I still say you guys can keep it. send me a picture, I will take a photo any day, seriously.
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It\'s snowing here. :D But our lil trip to Shenandoah got canned because of the road conditions there :\\
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it\'s forecast to kick in here in the next few days, temperatures are set to plummit, they have even said snow could be on the way for most parts of the uk.
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Yea, we got railed by 4 inches of snow in Columbus today. People get spoiled, then they forget how to drive in snow.
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I love the snow. I was driving back to school and it started falling and sticking to the roads. It was a fun drive back :D But the roads weren\'t that bad at all. They probably suck now.
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it\'s forecast to kick in here in the next few days, temperatures are set to plummit, they have even said snow could be on the way for most parts of the uk.
Well what do you know... it\'s snowing here right now! Damn, I was just getting used to the mild weather. :D
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It was 8 degrees F here yesterday morning... damn that\'s cold.
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I\'m trapped in the closet. Looks like 4 inches outside and it\'s not stopping. 0_o
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trapped in the closet?
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snow?....it\'s like 65 down here!....:fro: