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2008-07-21 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Steve White 2008-07-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 In climate circles when the problems of the surface temperature record are brought up, global warming believers tend to switch their argument to 'but the ice is melting'.

This has been rather sarcastically called, 'The retreat to the ice'.

So a large increase in both northern and southern hemisphere sea ice this year over last year is particularly embarassing for the warming believers.

BTW, the southern hemisphere increase is probably more significant

Posted by phil_b 2008-07-21 03:00|| 2008-07-21 03:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Perhaps the Arctic volcanoes have quieted down?

Posted by Bobby 2008-07-21 06:28|| 2008-07-21 06:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Perhaps Al Gore hasn't visited the Polar Bears.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-07-21 08:08|| 2008-07-21 08:08|| Front Page Top

#4 I have suggested to a friend in Cleveland that he have a special small "warm room" in his house, so if next winter is arctic cold, and the price of home heating oil is sky high, or worse, in shortage, he and his son will have a warm place to sleep for eight hours a day and hang out, even if they can't heat the rest of the house.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-07-21 09:14|| 2008-07-21 09:14|| Front Page Top

#5 A couple of sweaters with a Thermacare wrap underneath against the back, a knit cap, and thick socks are almost as good, Anonymoose. Better, if the power goes out, along with a camp stove or a couple of home-made paraffin-soaked cardboard in a tuna tin thingies for heating soup and hot chocolate.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-07-21 10:22|| 2008-07-21 10:22|| Front Page Top

#6 I recommend a propane stove (if you don't have a propane heater), but make sure the room isn't airtight. Otherwise you will gas yourself.

BTW, in Perth houses are built specifically to not be airtight, because so many people use free standing gas heaters.

Posted by phil_b 2008-07-21 10:45|| 2008-07-21 10:45|| Front Page Top

#7 For those in the southern climes, don't forget that not heating most modern homes means you just allowed your water pipes to freeze. That really compounds your bad day.

Posted by tipover 2008-07-21 11:33|| 2008-07-21 11:33|| Front Page Top

#8 Yeah, that will ruin your whole weekend. Under the house with frozen fingers and lead solder, catching the floor joists on fire as you writhe in misery and thrash about with a propane torch.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-07-21 12:03|| 2008-07-21 12:03|| Front Page Top

#9 Under the house with frozen fingers and lead solder, catching the floor joists on fire as you writhe in misery and thrash about with a propane torch.

That's if you still have copper pipes. Lot's of new housing have gone all plastic. I think they just split and have to be replaced.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2008-07-21 16:40|| 2008-07-21 16:40|| Front Page Top

#10 Not exactly Steve, plastic Pipes are much easier to replace, and dirt cheap as well, just hacksaw out the split section, two plastic slip-joints, a bit of glue, and whatever pipe length is needed and 5 minuites of labor.total cost about 5 bucks.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2008-07-21 18:50|| 2008-07-21 18:50|| Front Page Top

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