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2010-02-17 Science & Technology

Northern Hemisphere Snow Extent Second Highest On Record

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Posted by crosspatch 2010-02-17 14:44|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Does kind of look like Al is depressed

Posted by Cheaderhead 2010-02-17 16:56|| 2010-02-17 16:56|| Front Page Top

#2 This is exactly as the global warming crowd predicted.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-02-17 17:54|| 2010-02-17 17:54|| Front Page Top

#3 "Northern Hemisphere Snow Extent Second Highest On Record"

2227 week = 43 years.

2010 - 43 = 1967

So, the "second highest on record" really means "the second highest in the past 43 years" or "the second highest since I was in college."

Howzabout the "snow extent" during The Little Ice Age? Howzabout the "snow extent" during The Year Without a Summer?

Oh, that's right - we don't know what the "snow extent" was a few hundred years ago, because we only recently started keeping records.

So, whether you tell me the records you do have mean it's getting warmer or cooler doesn't mean jack, because the records don't go back very far and don't cover much of the world's land area.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-02-17 18:22|| 2010-02-17 18:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Barb, ya're nitpicking. It is settled. I compared all the known scams in the past and... this is the hockey stick for real!

Posted by twobyfour 2010-02-17 18:38|| 2010-02-17 18:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Winter isn't over yet...

Posted by trailing wife 2010-02-17 19:06|| 2010-02-17 19:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Remember weather is NOT climate. Use the following handy chart:

Extreme cold - NOT climate
Record snowfall - NOT climate
Hurricanes - climate
Tsunamis - climate
Earthquakes - climate
$$$ for UN bureaucrats - climate

Posted by DMFD 2010-02-17 19:59|| 2010-02-17 19:59|| Front Page Top

#7 That's it! I am buying a Snow Ice Cream Truck! Can I put a pic of Al on the side? Should I use different music than ice cream trucks?

Posted by Beau 2010-02-17 21:56|| 2010-02-17 21:56|| Front Page Top

#8 The value of keeping such records through the weeks of July and August is?

Posted by Skunky Glins**** 2010-02-17 22:25|| 2010-02-17 22:25|| Front Page Top

#9 the way Gaia is jacking with the AGW/Gore crowd, we might be getting freeze-overs in July and August just for perverse pleasure.

Posted by Frank G 2010-02-17 22:30|| 2010-02-17 22:30|| Front Page Top

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