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| Northern Hemisphere Snow Extent Second Highest On Record |
| 2010-02-17 |
 According to Rutgers University Global Snow Lab, last week’s Northern Hemisphere snow extent was the second highest on record, at 52,166,840 km2. This was only topped by the second week in February, 1978 at 53,647,305 km2. Rutgers has kept records continuously for the last 2,227 weeks, so being #2 is quite an accomplishment. |
| Posted by:crosspatch |
| #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 |
| #8 The value of keeping such records through the weeks of July and August is? |
| Posted by: Skunky Glins**** 2010-02-17 22:25 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #5 Winter isn't over yet... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-02-17 19:06 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #2 This is exactly as the global warming crowd predicted. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2010-02-17 17:54 |
| #1 Does kind of look like Al is depressed |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2010-02-17 16:56 |