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2009-01-10 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Fred 2009-01-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 How Global Warming May Cause the Next Ice Age

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-01-10 00:58|| 2009-01-10 00:58|| Front Page Top

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-01-10 01:01|| 2009-01-10 01:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Global ???????

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2009-01-10 01:20|| 2009-01-10 01:20|| Front Page Top

#4 Two Australians killed by advancing glacier. The steep overhanging terminus is characteristic of a rapidly advancing glacier. The Fox glacier has been advancing for close to 10 years.

Posted by phil_b 2009-01-10 01:33|| 2009-01-10 01:33|| Front Page Top

#5 I knew it. The Goracle must be planning to attend the Obauguration.

Posted by Seafarious 2009-01-10 03:04|| 2009-01-10 03:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, from up here the weather report is 6 to 8 inches of snow once this wave finishes with us, but the temp is a balmy 19 degrees. The windchill does bring it down to single digits, though.

Just hopin' the snowblower works and we don't run out of half and half for the Tsar's coffee....it could get ugly if we do.

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-01-10 08:53|| 2009-01-10 08:53|| Front Page Top

#7 Just shoveled half the drive (lengthwise) and it is still snowing.. Time for some Irish coffee. (about 6 inches so far - meaning 1 & 1/2 foot where the plow fills the drive)

Posted by 3dc 2009-01-10 09:50|| 2009-01-10 09:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Our community weekly describes the local head of Public Works very patiently trying to explain to hollering local citizens that no, there isn't any more road salt left to buy. You can't buy what isn't there, and apparently every community north of the 35th parallel has bought extra this year.

Posted by mom">mom 2009-01-10 10:04|| idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2009-01-10 10:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Here in Anchorage, the temps have been sub zero for weeks. Anchorage -6F, Fairbanks -39F, Fort Yukon -42F. We are waiting for global warming....waiting....waiting......patiently....dammit!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-01-10 12:55|| 2009-01-10 12:55|| Front Page Top

#10 Our family visited the Fox Glacier in Jan 2005. Active moraines on both sides, active face in front, easy to get to. We kept our distance, but a number of people went up the moraines on the side, and even to the face. Playing the odds. The two chaps crushed in the ice fall played the odds and lost.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-01-10 14:01|| 2009-01-10 14:01|| Front Page Top

#11 as I told AP the other day - it's been cold here too. I have my long shorts on

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-01-10 14:27|| 2009-01-10 14:27|| Front Page Top

#12 Here in Perth we keep cool by opening all the doors at night.

Posted by phil_b 2009-01-10 14:54|| 2009-01-10 14:54|| Front Page Top

#13 Here in the central Virginia area it's supposed to be highs in the 40's (& maybe 50's a day or two) through next weekend. What got my attention during the weather forecast last night was the 12º for a low next weekend.

Yeah, I know you all in Alaska, the north, and the Great Plains are laughing at me, but 12 is pretty low for our area, even in the dead of winter. I don't think we're supposed to get any snow, though, which is good.

I'm definitely getting older - I don't look forward to ~~18" of snow bringing the area to a screeching halt~~ winter like I used to. :-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-10 15:13|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2009-01-10 15:13|| Front Page Top

#14 The last nights we had -20°C or so... some areas in Germany had -30°C

Bring on Global Warming

Posted by European Conservative 2009-01-10 15:33|| 2009-01-10 15:33|| Front Page Top

#15 It's winter. It's cold. It's gonna snow.
Man up, boys and girls.

Posted by tu3031 2009-01-10 15:34|| 2009-01-10 15:34|| Front Page Top

#16 For a minute there 3dc I thought you ment 6" of Irish Coffee.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2009-01-10 16:06|| 2009-01-10 16:06|| Front Page Top

#17 as I told AP the other day - it's been cold here too. I have my long shorts on

And I've had to put on a long-sleeve tee under my hawaiian shirt.

The horror. The horror.

Posted by Pappy 2009-01-10 19:07|| 2009-01-10 19:07|| Front Page Top

#18 ty, Pappy. People don't understand the hardships we undergo. *sob*

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-01-10 19:16|| 2009-01-10 19:16|| Front Page Top

#19 "For a minute there 3dc I thought you ment 6" of Irish Coffee."

He didn't, Deacon?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-01-10 19:26|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2009-01-10 19:26|| Front Page Top

#20 I lived in that crap for 30 years. Get out of there is my best advice for dealing with winter.

Posted by Mike N. 2009-01-10 19:26|| 2009-01-10 19:26|| Front Page Top

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