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2010-12-09 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

47 inches of Global Warming hit Syracuse, NY

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Posted by Frozen Al 2010-12-09 12:43|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Where the hell's that Gerbil Worming they promised us down here in Virginia, too?

It was down near 10F on my deck this morning; we're rejoicing because it's supposed to reach into the 40's tomorrow. And we're not in the mountains, either - this is flat land, before even the Piedmont.

Y'all Yankees can laugh all you like, but this is the Sunny South - it's not supposed to be this cold this soon (or basically at all) down here.

There goes my heating bill. I can't even set up the kerosene heater until I move all that fleece out of the living room. :-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-12-09 16:14|| 2010-12-09 16:14|| Front Page Top

#2 On the (no doubt false) assumption that misery loves company - Florida has the coldest weather in nearly 150 years and England just broke a record going back to 1659.

Posted by Mercutio 2010-12-09 16:23|| 2010-12-09 16:23|| Front Page Top

#3 NY fossils proves NY used to be tropical and underwater! According to the USGS Fossils of ancient marine animals are found in Cambrian to Devonian rocks in New York. Layman's terms it was home to some really gnarly looking extinct sea creatures. I think from my point of view, humans need to come to grips with we're just tiny fractions of geologic time, so its not anything we control nor should worry about.

How about Virginia?

Posted by Fire and Ice 2010-12-09 16:27|| 2010-12-09 16:27|| Front Page Top

#4 La Nina is really kicking in this year.

Posted by DarthVader 2010-12-09 17:54|| 2010-12-09 17:54|| Front Page Top

#5 At least in Arizona they know it's the dead of winter because in the early morning, you can drive your car with the a/c on low.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-12-09 18:00|| 2010-12-09 18:00|| Front Page Top

#6 In case iy can be a consolation for you in the plains of la Douce France we have had snow falls in November. First time in several decades snow falls so soon. It held for several days. Yesterday Paris was paralyzed by severe (by French standards) snow storm.

While we are at it the British didn't buy gas last spring when prices where at their lowest because the minister's experts told him that this winter would be mild and dry... Now they are short on heating fuels and pay them at premium prices.

Posted by JFM 2010-12-09 18:17|| 2010-12-09 18:17|| Front Page Top

#7 sounds like AlGore has franchised his Gore Effect. He can't be everywhere...

Posted by Frank G 2010-12-09 20:38|| 2010-12-09 20:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Fire and Ice, New York also used to be under a mile or so of ice - the Great Lakes were created as the glaciers retreated.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-12-09 22:30|| 2010-12-09 22:30|| Front Page Top

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