Posted on 12/24/2009 3:44:23 PM PST by raptor22
Climate Change: A peer-reviewed study by a respected Canadian physicist blames the interplay of cosmic rays and chlorofluorocarbons for 20th-century warming. The CFCs are now gone, and so is warming perhaps for the next 50 years.
Much of the nation got a white Christmas this year, some in unprecedented quantities. A record-breaking storm deposited 12 to 30 inches of snow in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. Many places set records for the most snow in a single December day as more than 50% of the U.S. was covered by the white stuff.
Scientists (and here we use the word loosely) at Britain's Climate Research Unit may have tried to "hide the decline" in global temperatures, but it's hard to hide two feet of snow. Their motto seems to be the immortal words of Groucho Marx: "Who are you going to believe, me or your own lying eyes?"
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Zip it, you breather.
(nothing personal, just thought of calling people "breathers" since we produce nasty vile CO2.)
You're welcome...I had the opportunity to follow the CFC saga since the start, and it has always been based on shaky science. Actually, jet streams distort the ozone concentration, something pointed out in about 87-88. It was promptly ignored, even though it appeared in Scientific American. (That was before they went PC.)
In a now familiar pattern, the big winners in Ozone depletion were research scientists and DuPont.
Merry Christmas!
11C or 11F?
Your home page says you are in the UK. I guess this cold isn’t the norm for you over there.
We have lost all our snow to ugly frozen slush (the temps dropped to 16F for the overnight, here in Wisconsin)because it has rained between brief snows for several days. We normally are 27F day/10F night here and snow is ubiquitous, but usually dry and relatively easy to shovel or move w/a snow blower. The snow we had the 22-23 was heavy and very wet. The snow blower couldn’t handle it. Miserable stuff to shovel by hand and we are in the country with a driveway to match. The damp is worse than the cold, IMO. Cold and dry isn’t that bad. Cold and damp just gets into the bones. The winds were moderate, although usually we can expect them at about 25-35mph or higher during a blizzard.
Poor guys! I know what it’s like, so you have my sympathy. Take what pride that you can for surviving it. We usually brag on our miserable winters. What else can anyone do?
Christmas Blessings to you and yours.
But my goofy brother in law is sure we are all going to fry from Gorbal Warming.
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Thanks.
No need to worry...with the new definition of “decade,” this new ice age will last only 45 years.
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