The Meltdown We Really Can't Afford
Hey, ho, where's the cash flow? Wasn't the bailout supposed to get those streams of credit flowing again? But while the titans of trickle-down and the free-reign rainmakers pray for new rivers of revenue to float their boats, some venerable bodies of water beyond the canyons of Wall Street are in danger of literally evaporating--and all the money in the world won't bring them back once we pass that terrible tipping point. London Bridge isn't falling down, but the river it spans may be drying up, according to the Guardian:
And, to get truly biblical, the BBC reports that years of drought have helped decimate the Sea of Galilee. Should Jesus decide to revisit his old stomping grounds anytime soon (as Sarah Palin reportedly expects him to), the miracle worker who fed the multitudes will be hard pressed to find even two fish in the dregs of this ancient sea, doggone it.
But while rivers and lakes all over the world are simply vanishing into the ether, something really insidious is bubbling up from the Arctic seabed. Scientists have just discovered that "massive deposits of sub-sea methane are bubbling to the surface as the Arctic region becomes warmer and its ice retreats." This could speed up climate change to an unprecedented degree, as the Independent reports:
Nevermind the "negative feedback loop" that's strangling Wall Street. If we don't get a handle on this positive feedback loop--which, let's be clear, is not a positive development--it's going to hang us all, and the future of our financial markets won't matter one molecule.
Yes, it's awful that our nation's debt has ballooned so badly that, as of September 30, we passed the $10 trillion mark and the National Debt Clock ran out of room. The Durst Organization, which maintains the billboard, had to bump the dollar sign to accommodate all those zeroes.
But the figure we need to focus on now is not measured in trillions, or billions--it's parts per million (ppm), the way we measure the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. If we had a billboard tracking that figure (maybe the Durst Organization would care to donate one?), it would currently read "385 ppm." Unfortunately, James Hansen and his climatologist colleagues have concluded that if we hope to escape catastrophic climate change, we've got to get back to 350 ppm ASAP.
That's why Bill McKibben, the environmental activist and author, founded 350.org, a website devoted to getting the word out about how our collective goose is getting cooked. There's still time to pull ourselves out of the fryer--but just barely. McKibben, who's been sounding the alarm on global warming for nearly two decades (see The End of Nature), told a group of bloggers the other day that the scientists he's been talking to for the past several decades about climate change are "just panicking," at this point. By the year 2012, these experts say, it will be too late to avoid the most dire consequences of global warming, at the rate we're going.
The carbon cabal that's held our country captive these past eight years has cost us precious time in the fight to reduce the world's greenhouse gases. It may have been a Freudian slip when John McCain addressed the crowd at a Pennsylvania rally on Wednesday as "my fellow prisoners," but he inadvertently evoked the feeling of helplessness so many of us have had as the Bush administration stubbornly refused, for years, to even admit that climate change was a problem, and then--having grudgingly conceded that it was real--made virtually no meaningful effort to address this crisis. But now, with the promise of a new administration, there's hope that the next U.S. president will stop stalling and start being the leader that the world needs now, more than ever. And he--be it McCain or Obama (well, OK, please let it be Obama)--doesn't even have to wait till he moves into the White House. There's a party the president-elect should elect to attend even before the Inaugural Ball: The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland this December. And 350.org's got a new campaign calling on us all to invite our president-elect to show up and tell the world that "Team America is ready to get back in the game."
350.org's goal is to send 35,000 invitations to McCain and Obama. They've collected 16,000 signatures already in less than one week, so they're nearly halfway there. And they're calling on folks all over the world to submit videos inviting the candidates to come to Poland; send in your own spin for possible inclusion on 350.org's nifty revolving globe, if you're cinematically inclined. And 350.org's calling on folks all over the world to submit videos inviting the candidates to come to Poland; send in your own spin for possible inclusion on 350.org's nifty revolving globe, if you're cinematically inclined.
The goal of this gathering of world leaders is to hammer out the details of the Copenhagen Treaty, the successor to the Kyoto Protocol--i.e., an international accord to help the world find solutions to this dilemma before it becomes a disaster. Imagine what a powerful statement it would be to have our president-elect choose to attend this critical meeting. It would send the message that when it comes to fighting climate change, Americans are no longer AWOL, or MIA.
And come January, we'll no longer be POWs held hostage by pro-petroleum politicians claiming that the U.S. simply can't afford to incur the costs of dealing with climate change because it will destroy our whole economy. Yeah, and higher fuel efficiency standards were going to ruin America's auto industry. Hey, good thing Chrysler dodged that bullet!
Those arguments are kind of moot, now, so can we please move on and show the world that we're through with tricks and ready for a treaty? Go to 350.org and tell our next president that the U.S. has got to be part of the equation if we're going to get the world's greenhouse gas emissions down to 350 ppm. Because it really doesn't matter how low our financial fortunes sink; if temperatures keep rising, there'll be no bailing anyone out.
Originally published on Alternet.org
- FILED UNDER: All Things Green, Environment
- October 14, 2008
Speaking of Meltdowns.... bout to go to work but...
Just occurred to me what it was bout the Right Wings Meltdown that the Right wing is having right now, that's making the Right Wing melt down. Yeah its an anti-black thing. But thats a given. We were going to have that no matter what.
But its also projection. They took their negative feelings about themselves and transferred them to Obama even though he nor his campaign ever had or could have had anything to do with this issue.
-The right wing really never liked McSame as a canidate anyway. So you had an entire voting block, say half or more of the Republicans all feeling sorry for themselves, and being all self-pitying because they feel so bad about whom their choice of canidate was. So then, slow to react, this group of self loathing poor me Republicans suddonly comes to their senses and realizes the reality of the situation is not only, are they about to lose the election. But also their racist worst nightmares of a Black President are about to come true. So they take all that frustration over their suck canidate McSame/Mooseburger, and transfer it to the McCains campaign too-too late in the game as this monsterous zealotrious ferver. So it comes out as this merciless barbaric savageness. On the other side of the coin it's also making some Right Wingers run screaming to get away from their own party as fast as humanly possible.
I hope I didnt get too far off point, or ramble too much there. It's literally a case of Republican Neocons looking at each other and all around for answers to their failings and concluding; then saying to themselves and one another,"It must be Obama's fault our canidate sucks!".
And off onto the Warpath they go.
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By MadgardnerOctober 13, 2008 - 4:15pmOK - So Your Next Steps Are.....
1. Letter writing campaign to Sen. Ted Kennedy to stop his fighting wind turbise off of Martha's Vineyard (would produce 75% of electricity for Cape Cod, Nantucket & Martha's Vineyard)
2. Letter writing campaign to Congress to promote immediate start of construction of nuclear power plants to replace oldest and dirtiest coal power plants
3. Requirement that all new construction of federal buildings include a rooftop garden (15% energy save annually).
4. Letter writing campaign and demonstrations at emabassies of Chine, India and Korea who are currently producing massive amounts of CO2 with no environmental controls in place. 50% of current San Francisco air pollution originates in China.
And by the way, which is it - Ice Caps are melting or major water sheds evaporating?
Both?
Oh that's right - it's our fault.
Lunatic fringe doesn't begin to describe you people.
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By houndogOctober 13, 2008 - 4:21pmBy houndogOctober 13, 2008 - 5:21pm
Glad to see you support wind power.
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By f u bush2October 13, 2008 - 4:41pmYeah, yeah, yeah, weren't
Yeah, yeah, yeah, weren't the oceans suppose to die off a few years back? Oh, and glaciers were going to wipe out NYC. The lunatic environmentalists are the boy that cried wolf. "No, but we're super serious this time!"
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By 96815October 13, 2008 - 4:27pmWithin the next fifty years
Within the next fifty years does not translate into "a few years back."
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By MichtouOctober 13, 2008 - 6:54pmIt gets a little difficult
It gets a little difficult to keep all of the liberals' "the world is coming to and end and we are to blame" scenarios straight. Now was it the hole in the ozone or the clearcutting of the rainforrests that was going to give us all cancer? Or were they killing the coral reef?
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By 96815October 13, 2008 - 7:14pmIt's only difficult if you
It's only difficult if you have ADD. You just don't give a shit. You think you are immortal. You will learn otherwise.
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By MichtouOctober 13, 2008 - 7:19pmYou don't fall for that ADD
You don't fall for that ADD hoax, too, do you Mich? The only thing wrong with those kids you educators (teachers for those that are government educated) is they need some discipline in their lives. ADD was created as a way to drug your children so they will somehow be mind numbed good little comrades so the teacher won't have to exercise any discipline in their classes.
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By bebeholmesOctober 20, 2008 - 12:29pmMy daughter has ADD. It's
My daughter has ADD. It's not a matter of discipline. She never was drugged, and she had, and still has, a hell of a time. You think that hitting a kid is the solution to all problems. Well, it has been shown time and again that most of the people in prison were abused kids.
You don't know what the hell you are talking about.
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By MichtouOctober 20, 2008 - 7:27pmBy Michtou October 20, 2008 - 8:27pm
With all the crap that we've been putting into our food supply in order to increase yields, it's no WONDER we've got so many relatively new disorders. The possible down sides of these growth hormones, fertilizing methods, genetically engineered seeds, etc. have not been given enough consideration, and could quite conceivably be factors.
Kind of makes one question the diet of trolls...
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By roadgoddessOctober 20, 2008 - 8:18pm96815= dumbass
1) I did some research into where to retire. Chile looked good.Just stay away from Tierra del Fuego. Apparently you are in great danger from skin cancer if you walk about in daylight.
2) clearcutting rainforests doesn't cause cancer, but does increase the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere. Trees breathe CO2 and give off oxygen as a waste product. CO2 is a greenhouse gas. I hope your kids look forward to 130 F temps in Hawaii, moron.
3) Coral reefs are already dying. Just go diving in the Gulf of Mexico and check out the dead coral. Or Hawaii for that matter.
Just stick your head in the sand, ostrich.
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By thaelmann37October 14, 2008 - 1:27amYo Thaelman or whatever you
Yo Thaelman or whatever you call yourself, here are a few things to consider while you freak out worrying about that global warming bullshit hoax.
Lorne Gunter: Thirty years of warmer temperatures go poof
Posted: October 20, 2008, 10:26 AM by Kelly McParland
Lorne Gunter, Ful Comment
In early September, I began noticing a string of news stories about scientists rejecting the orthodoxy on global warming. Actually, it was more like a string of guest columns and long letters to the editor since it is hard for skeptical scientists to get published in the cabal of climate journals now controlled by the Great Sanhedrin of the environmental movement.
Still, the number of climate change skeptics is growing rapidly. Because a funny thing is happening to global temperatures -- they're going down, not up.
On the same day (Sept. 5) that areas of southern Brazil were recording one of their latest winter snowfalls ever and entering what turned out to be their coldest September in a century, Brazilian meteorologist Eugenio Hackbart explained that extreme cold or snowfall events in his country have always been tied to "a negative PDO" or Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Positive PDOs -- El Ninos -- produce above-average temperatures in South America while negative ones -- La Ninas -- produce below average ones.
Dr. Hackbart also pointed out that periods of solar inactivity known as "solar minimums" magnify cold spells on his continent. So, given that August was the first month since 1913 in which no sunspot activity was recorded -- none -- and during which solar winds were at a 50-year low, he was not surprised that Brazilians were suffering (for them) a brutal cold snap. "This is no coincidence," he said as he scoffed at the notion that manmade carbon emissions had more impact than the sun and oceans on global climate.
Also in September, American Craig Loehle, a scientist who conducts computer modelling on global climate change, confirmed his earlier findings that the so-called Medieval Warm Period (MWP) of about 1,000 years ago did in fact exist and was even warmer than 20th-century temperatures.
Prior to the past decade of climate hysteria and Kyoto hype, the MWP was a given in the scientific community. Several hundred studies of tree rings, lake and ocean floor sediment, ice cores and early written records of weather -- even harvest totals and censuses --confirmed that the period from 800 AD to 1300 AD was unusually warm, particularly in Northern Europe.
But in order to prove the climate scaremongers' claim that 20th-century warming had been dangerous and unprecedented -- a result of human, not natural factors -- the MWP had to be made to disappear. So studies such as Michael Mann's "hockey stick," in which there is no MWP and global temperatures rise gradually until they jump up in the industrial age, have been adopted by the UN as proof that recent climate change necessitates a reordering of human economies and societies.
Dr. Loehle's work helps end this deception.
Don Easterbrook, a geologist at Western Washington University, says, "It's practically a slam dunk that we are in for about 30 years of global cooling," as the sun enters a particularly inactive phase. His examination of warming and cooling trends over the past four centuries shows an "almost exact correlation" between climate fluctuations and solar energy received on Earth, while showing almost "no correlation at all with CO2."
An analytical chemist who works in spectroscopy and atmospheric sensing, Michael J. Myers of Hilton Head, S. C., declared, "Man-made global warming is junk science," explaining that worldwide manmade CO2 emission each year "equals about 0.0168% of the atmosphere's CO2 concentration ... This results in a 0.00064% increase in the absorption of the sun's radiation. This is an insignificantly small number."
Other international scientists have called the manmade warming theory a "hoax," a "fraud" and simply "not credible."
While not stooping to such name-calling, weather-satellite scientists David Douglass of the University of Rochester and John Christy of the University of Alabama at Huntsville nonetheless dealt the True Believers a devastating blow last month.
For nearly 30 years, Professor Christy has been in charge of NASA's eight weather satellites that take more than 300,000 temperature readings daily around the globe. In a paper co-written with Dr. Douglass, he concludes that while manmade emissions may be having a slight impact, "variations in global temperatures since 1978 ... cannot be attributed to carbon dioxide."
Moreover, while the chart below was not produced by Douglass and Christy, it was produced using their data and it clearly shows that in the past four years -- the period corresponding to reduced solar activity -- all of the rise in global temperatures since 1979 has disappeared.
It may be that more global warming doubters are surfacing because there just isn't any global warming.
lgunter@shaw.ca
National Post
Frost 'one more thing' for grape growers
By GLENDA ANDERSON
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Published: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 4:41 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 5:26 a.m.
A record cold snap in Mendocino County over the weekend caused little damage to wine grapes but chilled the hearts of farmers who already have suffered huge losses this year.
"It's just one more thing on top of one more thing. You kind of hold your breath," said Potter Valley wine grape grower Bill Pauli.
Temperatures dropped to 31 degrees in the Ukiah Valley on Saturday night and early Sunday morning, the coldest Oct. 12 morning since record keeping began in Ukiah in 1893, said Troy Nicolini, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Eureka. The previous record was 34 degrees in 1916.
Temperatures were milder in Sonoma County, and there were no reports of frost-related problems, county officials said.
Farmers in Redwood Valley and other cooler regions in Mendocino County reported temperatures as low as 27 degrees.
An estimated 30 percent to 50 percent of that county's wine grape crop had yet to be harvested when the frost hit, killing the tops of unprotected vines and effectively freezing the ripening process.
Most unprotected wine grape crops already had adequate sugar content, so they were unharmed, said Mendocino County Agricultural Commissioner Dave Bengston.
Farmers either sprayed water or turned on wind machines for crops that were not quite ready to harvest, said Redwood Valley farmer Peter Johnson. He said he took frost-protection measures for his cabernet and merlot grapes and expects the return of sunny weather to bump up their sugar content over the next week or two.
Mendocino County wine-grape growers were fearful because they already had lost an estimated 30 percent of their crop to frost in the early spring. The crop also was hit by an early rain that threatened to cause rot, and the region endured a wildfire-choked summer that had the potential to cause smoke damage.
"It'll be nice to get this one put in the barn and put behind us," Pauli said.
Despite the hazardous conditions, Mendocino County's wine-grape crop is looking good, said Paige Poulos, president of the Mendocino Winegrape and Wine Commission.
"We had wonderful fruit, just not enough of it," she said.
Area grape growers are expect to finish harvesting in the next two weeks, sooner if the weather turns cold again.
You can reach Staff Writer Glenda Anderson at 462-6473 or glenda.anderson@pressdemocrat.com
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By bebeholmesOctober 20, 2008 - 12:35pmConservatives hate the planet
They hate everything.
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By f u bush2October 13, 2008 - 4:42pmWow: another sex scandal.
Wow: another sex scandal.
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By DustOctober 13, 2008 - 6:12pmBy DustOctober 13, 2008 - 7:12pm
Jeeze? What's in the water down there in West Palm Beach, anyways? At least she was a consenting adult....but one should not run a campaign on 'family values' if they are cheating on their spouse.
Fuera te!
(FIVE pages dedicated to this story, ABC? Whew...FLOG that horse!)
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By roadgoddessOctober 13, 2008 - 8:04pmWhy did Obama pull his
Why did Obama pull his denial of involvement with ACORN (which paid a man in cigarettes to register 70 times) off of his website?
Hmm, if that denial was a lie, how many of his other denials were lies? Americans don't like cheaters and they don't like liars, when this shit is exposed it will cost Barry the election. Praise Allah!
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By 96815October 13, 2008 - 7:03pmOh, look! A distraction!
Nothing to answer with, so you're trotting out the "fear" card again, huh?
We already figured out the reason you hate ACORN. They got people to register to vote, and increased voter turnout hurts the g0p. QED.
Now go back to bed before you hurt yourself again.
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ~~~John Kenneth Galbraith
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By nonexistent manOctober 13, 2008 - 7:05pmWas he lying when he denied
Was he lying when he denied his involvement? Why did he pull the denial?
And ACORN registers dead people, children, felons, and the same people over and over. They are cheating, and Obama lied about his involvement with the cheaters. This is not good for Barry.
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By 96815October 13, 2008 - 7:19pmWhen you repeat lies, you
When you repeat lies, you become a liar.
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By MichtouOctober 13, 2008 - 8:06pmWell, that bodes ill for McJukebox too, doesn't it, Skippy?
Consider the story published elsewhere that he was the featured speaker at a Miami ACORN event.
OOPS...he did it again...
McCain/Palin '08: the also-rans.
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By nonexistent manOctober 14, 2008 - 12:36amACORN is cheating and is in
ACORN is cheating and is in the tank for Obama, that is obvious.
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By 96815October 15, 2008 - 1:49amIt's only obvious to the Fool-Aid sippers like yourself
...but to everyone else, what's obvious is that ACORN has registered hundreds of thousands of new legitimate voters, and increased voter turnout hurts the g0p, which is why the g0p is so anxious to smear ACORN.
QED.
McCain/Palin '08: the also-rans.
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By nonexistent manOctober 15, 2008 - 3:11amBy nonexistent manOctober 15, 2008 - 4:11am
The g0p can't purge people from voter rolls fast enough to keep up!
The funny thing is, that ACORN itself flags suspicious registration forms and turns them over as such. So because ACORN reports those registration forms to election officials, they are somehow guilty of trying to register illegal votes?
That's the bass ackward world that those nut-cases live in.
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By roadgoddessOctober 15, 2008 - 6:27amBS with no proof. He
BS with no proof.
He didn't.
You never check your facts before you repeat lies, do you.
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By MichtouOctober 13, 2008 - 7:17pmI guess the denial
I guess the denial disappeared all by itself.
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By 96815October 13, 2008 - 7:55pmYou have no proof it ever
You have no proof it ever was there.
Just because someone told you so doesn't mean it was so.
Like usual, you repeat lies.
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By MichtouOctober 13, 2008 - 8:05pmThis is indeed the meltdown we cannot afford
Greenland's ice is melting very fast now. In a few years there will be a north west passage.
Polar bears are becoming cannibalistic because they cannot reach food.
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By f u bush2October 13, 2008 - 7:18pmCanada, the US and Russia
Canada, the US and Russia are all posturing in the area where the Northwest Passage will soon become reality. They all want control of the area.
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By MichtouOctober 13, 2008 - 7:43pmCanadian posturing is quite scary.
Last time they postured we lost a white house. The US and Russia would be wise to throw in the towel.
Let's impeach the president for lying-Neil Young
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By bill-clinton69October 15, 2008 - 12:13amBy bill-clinton69October 15, 2008 - 1:13am
Bwwaaaahahahaha! Watch out for those Canucks. :-D
Support the Troops.
End the Occupation.
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By Guy FawkesOctober 15, 2008 - 12:22amWhen the Canadians figure
When the Canadians figure out how to turn maple syrup into jet fuel we are all fucked.
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By 96815October 15, 2008 - 1:47amGreenland Ice
Caption: Scientists have traced the retreat of the Sermilik glacier
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By f u bush2October 13, 2008 - 7:20pmIt's scary that the 15 years
It's scary that the 15 years between 1985 and 2000 saw more melting than the 95 previous years.
I think it's pretty obvious that climate change started with the industrial era, and we did not become aware of it until the 1980s. Only in the last couple of years have most people started to take it seriously. What worries me is that it might be too late.
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By MichtouOctober 13, 2008 - 7:42pmOcean currents conveyor
Ocean currents conveyor belt--warm surface waters from Pacfic and Indian oceans head north to Iceland, where they would cool and drop deeper back south to repeat journey
As the polar regions warm, the North Atlantic becomes all "warm/red surface current...the whole Atlantic turns "Sargasso duldrums."
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By aaazzz111October 13, 2008 - 9:32pmThat's crazy talk to a neocon.
They believe that ocean currents are the result of god running his bath.
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By thaelmann37October 14, 2008 - 9:31amThats one biga*s rubberducky
The end of some coming summer will look like a total North Pole melting...All the cold water in the North Atlantic will be forced through the Arctic to the Pacific, as the entire Atlantic becomes a collection of the world's warmest bathtub water.
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By aaazzz111October 14, 2008 - 1:58pmHere's some more for you
Here's some more for you global warming freaks to chew on.
Boise gets earliest snow on record
Valley shivers as winter weather makes a premature appearance
Shawn Raecke/ Idaho Statesman
Big snow flakes fell from the sky early Friday evening turning downtown Boise into one giant snow globe for those people on their way home from work. The snow caught most people of guard like this bicyclist heading down Idaho Street downtown between 8th Street and 9th Street around 5:45 pm.
Statesman staff - Idaho Statesman
Edition Date: 10/11/08
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Big snow flakes fell early Friday evening, turning Downtown Boise into a giant snow globe for people on their way home from work. The snow caught many people off guard, including this bicyclist heading down Idaho Street between 8th and 9th around 5:45 p.m. Across the Treasure Valley, tree branches heavy with wet, snow-covered leaves fell on power lines, causing scattered power outages. This is the earliest measurable snowfall in Boise since recordkeeping began in 1898, according to the National Weather Service. At 10 p.m., the Weather Service said 1.7 inches of snow had fallen. The previous earliest recorded snowfall was Oct. 12, 1969, when a little more than an inch fell. And if the snow wasn't enough, meteorologists say winds across southwestern Idaho will average 25 to 40 mph through Saturday afternoon, with gusts up to 55 mph. Sustained winds of 30 to 40 mph are expected, which can make driving difficult.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Weekend cold set new record lows
Pendleton breaks 118-year-old record
The East Oregonian
Monday, October 13, 2008
Cold temperatures set several new record lows this weekend, including a low of 22 Saturday in downtown Pendleton that broke a 118 year-old record of 24.
Record lows started falling Thursday with a new low of 20 for Meacham, four degrees cooler than the previous record from 2006, according to information from the Web site for the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Pendleton.
Heppner and Long Creek then set new low temperatures Friday. Heppner hit 29, the coldest that date has seen since 1960 when it was 30; and Long Creek was 21, besting the 1987 record by four degrees.
Saturday set multiple new lows, including the record 22 in downtown Pendleton. John Day dropped to 21, breaking the 1990 record of 23; Meacham's 15 broke the previous low of 20 from 2002; and Mitchell set a record with 21, five degrees cooler than the 2002 record.
Additionally, the top of Airport Hill in Pendleton set a new low of 25; the previous record was 33. And the agricultural experimental station north of Pendleton recorded a low of 18, five degrees cooler than the previous record from 1990.
The cold continued to set records Sunday. Meacham, for the third time in four days, set a record with a low of 15, one degree cooler than the 2002 record. Long Creek and Mitchell again set new records as well Long Creek's low of 21 broke with 1969 record of 25, and Mitchell's 21 broke the 1949 record of 24.
The top of Airport Hill in Pendleton also set another record with 24; the previous record was 28 from 2002. And downtown Pendleton's 21 chilled past the previous record of 25 from 1931.
Also Sunday, two-miles north of Hermiston cooled to 18, breaking the 1953 record of 20.
Weather this week, however, won't be so chilly as the past few days. Eastern Oregon will have partly sunny to mostly sunny days and high temperatures in the 60s. Overnight lows this week will be primarily in the upper-30s and lower-40s.
Today's highs will be in the mid-60s and overnight lows in the mid-40s. High temperatures will drop to about the lower-60s Tuesday and then to around the mid-50s Wednesday.
Thursday, however, will warm and some cities will have highs in the upper-60s. Temperatures will cool a little going into the weekend, but most area highs will remain in the mid-60s.
Pendleton today will be partly sunny with a high near 66. There also will be a 7 mph southeast wind that will change to west-southwest. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low near 43 and southwest wind 8-13 mph.
Tuesday will be partly sunny with a high near 61 and west southwest wind between 8-11 mph. Tuesday night will be mostly cloudy with a low around 36 and west-southwest wind around 6 mph.
Wednesday also will be partly sunny but the high will be around 56. There also will be a south wind around 5 mph becoming west. The overnight low will be near 33.
Thursday and Friday will be mostly sunny with a highs 67-67 and overnight lows around 38. Saturday will be partly sunny with a high near 65 and a low around 34. Sunday will be similar, with a high near 64.
Hermiston will be partly sunny today with a high near 66 and a 5-8 mph southwest wind. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low around 45 and a 9-13 mph west-southwest wind.
Tuesday will be mostly sunny with a high near 62 and an 8-11 mph west-southwest wind. Tuesday night will be partly cloud with a low around 39 and a 6 mph west-southwest wind.
Wednesday will be partly sunny, but the high will be near 59 and there will be a west- southwest wind around 6 mph. Wednesday night will be partly cloudy with a low around 38.
Thursday will warm to about 68 and be mostly sunny. The overnight low will be around 39.
Friday also will be mostly sunny with a high near 65. The night will be mostly cloudy with a low around 43.
Saturday will be partly sunny and the temperature will reach about 67. The night will be mostly cloudy and the low about 38. Sunday will be partly sunny and have a high around 66.
Pilot Rock will be partly sunny today with a high near 63 and a 7 mph south-southeast wind changing to west-southwest. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low around 42 and west- southwest wind 7-10 mph.
Tuesday will be partly sunny with a high near 58 and 7-9 mph west wind. The night will be mostly cloudy with a low around 41 and a 5 mph west-southwest wind.
Wednesday also will be partly sunny but the high will be near 55 with a south wind at 5 mph becoming west-northwest. Wednesday night will be partly cloudy with a low around 38.
Thursday will be mostly sunny with a high near 65, and that night will be partly cloudy with a low around 38.
Friday will be mostly sunny with a high near 63 and an overnight low around 42. Saturday will be partly sunny with a high around 62 and a nighttime low near 38. Sunday will be partly sunny and reach about 62.
Milton-Freewater will be partly sunny today with a high near 64 and an 8 mph south-southwest wind. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low around 46 and southwest wind 8-11 mph.
Tuesday will be mostly sunny and reach about 60 with a 7-10 mph southwest wind. Tuesday night will be partly cloudy with a low near 41 and a 6 mph southwest wind.
Wednesday will be partly sunny with a high near 57 and a 5 mph west-southwest wind. That night will be partly cloudy with a low around 39.
Thursday through Saturday will be mostly sunny. Thursday will reach about 67 with an overnight low around 41. Friday will be about 62 and have an overnight low near 44. Saturday will hit about 65 and cool overnight to about 38. Sunday will be partly sunny with a high near 64.
Heppner will be partly sunny today with a high near 64 and an 8 mph southwest wind. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low around 44 and 9-11 mph west wind.
Tuesday will be partly sunny with a high around 59 and west wind 8-10 mph. Tuesday night will be mostly cloudy with a low around 39 and a 7 mph west-southwest wind.
Wednesday will be partly sunny with a high near 56 and a 6 mph west-southwest wind. Wednesday night will be partly cloudy with a low around 39.
Thursday and Friday will be mostly sunny. Thursday's high will be about 66 and have an overnight low near 39. Friday will hit about 63 and have a nighttime low near 43.
Saturday will be partly sunny with a high near 62 and an overnight low near 36. Sunday will be partly sunny with a low around 36.
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By bebeholmesOctober 20, 2008 - 12:37pmWeather is not climate.
Weather is not climate.
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By MichtouOctober 20, 2008 - 7:24pm.
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By aaazzz111October 13, 2008 - 9:38pmRecord Warm Summers Cause Extreme Ice Melt In Greenland
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By f u bush2October 13, 2008 - 7:23pmThemselves most of all...
As the seed is planted so grows the tree
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By DemiOctober 13, 2008 - 8:45pmMcCain said,"We got them right where we want them,"
You know, I think Ive heard that before. But Im not sure McCain was talking about us.... Compared against this clip, this would suggest McCain was talking about his own supporters. Maybe just all Americans in general....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxYSsxpAfq0
Sorry the clip is of the whole end of UHF..... But you can't beat a good Kevin McCarthy as "R.J. Fletcher", or "Caddyshack" rant. Unless you're John McSame.
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By MadgardnerOctober 14, 2008 - 12:24amAnd if anyone wondered....
I figure Sara Palin is a hardcore secessionist. And if thats true than, her true intentions would be something like, insight social and cultural instability to the point, something really bad happened.... then Alaska could secede in the confusion. If anyone wonders why it appears shes "performing against her own interest". It could be, she's not. Get the nutbags riled up, couple of bad incidents occur, country comes close to a Civil War where secession is not a driving factor of the conflict, and then her "Alaskan Independence Party" tries to slip Alaska out the back door as if they thought they were Jack rescueing the Golden Goose from the Giant from the fable Jack and the Beanstalk . I wouldn't make much about it in news, I wouldnt even mention it on air.... that could backfire and they'll just say its a crazy conspiracy theory. Just wanted you to know the thought was in the back of my mind. Not looking to win any Nostradomus awards or nothing.
"Ray" from "Ghostbusters"..."It just, just, popped in there,"
Venkman,"What? What, just, "popped" in there?".
Ray,"I tried not to think..."
Venkman,"Think of what Ray?"
Egon,"Loooook!".
Winston,"What the Hell did you do Ray?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plhXgz-52pQ
Damn clip I wanted is in French or Itailian or something....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2GiVRQGTCE&feature=related
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By MadgardnerOctober 14, 2008 - 1:04amWhen I was a child we used
When I was a child we used to camp along the banks of the Loire river in France in summer. The river was deep, and wide, and fast. What a shock when I saw it in 2006! It could have been a river in the Southwestern US. It had two rivulets of water and a huge sandbank in the middle. This is the river where boats used to run in summer up past Orleans. I also saw banana trees in gardens in Normandy. I'm sorry, you climate change doubters. I've seen the proof for myself. You're idiots.
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By MichtouOctober 14, 2008 - 7:03pmI believe we should find out who these people are
Just who are all the people that pretend to deny climate change out of personal greed and laziness? Then when the refugees start migrating because their land is now a desert or under water, these people should be the ones to fork over some of their land first. They are part of the problem. Make them pay for it when the time comes.
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By f u bush2October 20, 2008 - 1:17pm