Posted on 12/31/2010 6:16:37 AM PST by Delacon
The cooling from volcanoes is primarily the ash, which reaches the upper atmosphere, above the zone of weather. At this high altitude, the ash particles reflect and absorb sunlight before it reaches the lower atmosphere or surface, which is the critical element for even producing the greenhouse effect in the first place, thereby cooling the temperatures, and altering weather. As far as future super volcanic eruptions go, they are utterly stochastic, with the exception of a few short, general warnings. Hopefully, one does not explode in Idaho, because frankly, the entire state is one big bed of lava, and potentially powerful volcanic action as well.
However, and I will admit this is purely speculation from myself, but the smog over Siberia and Eastern Asia is similar to the particulate polution in reducing sunlight by approximately 20 percent in relation to the United States. Much of the developing world follows a similar pattern. If the developing world continues in its emission of smoke and ash, we may have to worry about a global cooling, because so much of the Earth’s surface and lower atmosphere is receiving less sunlight.
Hey, it’s also doing it out on the East Coast too. In NYC, they’ve built a two story snow pile just to keep the New Year’s Rockin’ Eve from getting cancelled. We’re talking about -10 degrees Fahrenheit and 20+ “ of snow in NYC last week, Atlanta got its first snow in years.
You couldn’t get me to Times Square for all the money in the world. I just know some idiot terrorist has a million people on his mind.
Have you ever noticed that they NEVER mention how much of the world's water evaporates into the air and falls to ground as snow or rain anywhere, while they are whining about this. So one cubic meter in the entire world's supply of makes its way back to the ocean. How much goes back to the mountains to start the process all over again in that same year?
Towns in Alaska that receive a lot of snow (Valdez, Whittier, etc.) preserve a large empty space in a central location for the storage of snow. These mountains are taller than the lightstandards around them, and are PRIMO playgrounds for the kids. (After the thaw, there are mittens, scarves, hats, boots, and all kinds of stuff revealed by the melting snow.)
Point is... NYC is not Alaska, and blizzards do not usually happen this time of year, they usually hit after the New Year, between late January/Early February
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