2012: Hottest Year On Record

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  1. scratcho

    scratcho Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    You're right. It's all bullshit. Everything is fine. Forget the weather. Move on now---and don't forget to buy more. Buy more now.
     
    scratcho, Aug 17, 2012
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  3. Spectacles

    Spectacles My life is a tapestry Lifetime Supporter

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    After a week or so of cooler weather (80 somethings) we are back into the 90's for another string of days.
     
    Spectacles, Aug 24, 2012
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  5. Femme of Violence

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    Weird because I live in Kalgoorlie (Desert), West Australia and our summer wasn't nearly as hot as previous years and our current winter isn't nearly as cold... although I do work in the evening and sleep in :sunny:
     
    Femme of Violence, Aug 24, 2012
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  7. Brigante

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    Well its been pissing down most of the summer here in England, in fact it has been the wettest so-called summer i have ever known, seems that the weather is becoming increasingly like that of Wales, Ireland and Scotland...always raining more than sunshine:(

    Still, i guess its better than having water droughts.

    We just get floods instead.
     
    Brigante, Aug 25, 2012
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  9. Carlfloydfan

    Carlfloydfan Travel lover

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    I doubt anyone is saying it is not happening. It is. But to pretend that the earth does not go through natural warming and cooling cycles is is not to be ignored, that is what a lot of people are getting at. Scientists have a few 100 years of records, if that, compared to 4 billion years of existence for this earth. Too small of a sample size compared to how old the earth is, as one can easily see. Plus, just 30-40 years ago they were all afraid of global cooling. Odd, eh?
     
    Carlfloydfan, Aug 25, 2012
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  11. Tyrsonswood

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    "Of course many around here"

    I was referring to my locality and they most certainly are running around saying "it's not happening"... The further argument of what's causing it is getting drowned out by all the screaming. You don't know what it's like where I live.
     
    Tyrsonswood, Aug 25, 2012
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  13. jo_k_er_man

    jo_k_er_man TBD

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    QTF... The amount of COx released into the air by humans is piddly compared to the amount that is put there by nature.. via volcanoes, wild fires, underground fires, coal seam fires, etc.. The bigger shame is the people mocking you. Yes humans have an issue with pollution.. If we are the cause for the weather and all other issues of the earth as we know it.. Then we are the tip of the iceburg.. an iceburg about the size of Mt. Kilimanjaro... when it comes to whats contributed to our climate change.. Climate change is cyclical.. And never has it been uniform in time. All this that is/has happened.. has happened times before.. well before our kind evolved here
     
    jo_k_er_man, Aug 25, 2012
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  15. Spectacles

    Spectacles My life is a tapestry Lifetime Supporter

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    We are having a few more 90 degree days then expect the remnants of Isaac to hit us over the weekend.
     
    Spectacles, Aug 30, 2012
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  17. Tyrsonswood

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    Yeah... Says its going to be 97 on Friday. :eek:
     
    Tyrsonswood, Aug 30, 2012
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  19. NoxiousGas

    NoxiousGas Old Fart

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    That's true but to say that human activity, especially since the industrial revolution, hasn't impacted the environment/climate is equally ignorant.

    When a volcano erupts that can dump that much CO2 it is usually a singular event and not an ongoing occurrence. The levels of any gasses released will dissipate through natural process', usually long before the next huge eruption on the planet. So while erupting volcanoes may cause a brief increase, human activity is an ongoing constant process in which the amounts of shit we produce continues to grow. The complete opposite of natural occurrences.

    So combine natural events with man-made and then it should be easy to see the problem.
    The problem is that the planet is not being given time to re-establish equilibrium and we start experiencing things like climate changes.

    Humans have been having an impact on local climates for eons through agriculture, logging, rerouting waterways etc.
    But the activity that has the biggest impact on the climate has been going for thousands of years, cattle farming.
    The domestication and farming of cattle produces more methane, a more important greenhouse gas than CO2, than all other sources combined.

    So man has been doing shit to impact climate since we first banged two sticks together. But where there used to be a few million people on the planet banging sticks and building fires, now there are over 7 billion people all doing some small part to contribute. :)
     
    NoxiousGas, Aug 30, 2012
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  21. MamaPeace

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    Kind of wish the UK had some Sun...on the news today they said this has been the wettest summer for 100 years! and the weather outside right now is coats hats and scarf weather, bloody freezing!
     
    MamaPeace, Aug 30, 2012
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  23. Tyrsonswood

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    Everything is different from the norm everywhere...







    < 5,000 posts ;)
     
    Tyrsonswood, Aug 30, 2012
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  25. sunfighter

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    There was no snow at all in Boston last winter. Extremely unusual.
     
    sunfighter, Aug 30, 2012
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  27. jo_k_er_man

    jo_k_er_man TBD

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    you do realize that volcanoes are constantly erupting right? it's not just something that happens a couple times a year?

    Europe and Atlantic Ocean:


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    Other regions:


    •   Erebus (Antarctica)
    •   Siple (Marie Byrd Land, Western Antarctica)
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    Ring of Fire (Kurile Islands to Philippines):




    http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/erupting_volcanoes.html

    This list represents volcanoes that are either currently erupting or showing minor signs of eruption.. in both cases.. they would be releasing gases into the atmosphere
     
    jo_k_er_man, Aug 31, 2012
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  29. jo_k_er_man

    jo_k_er_man TBD

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    jo_k_er_man, Aug 31, 2012
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  31. Spectacles

    Spectacles My life is a tapestry Lifetime Supporter

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    It did get up to 97 degrees yesterday.
     
    Spectacles, Sep 1, 2012
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  33. Spectacles

    Spectacles My life is a tapestry Lifetime Supporter

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    Hot again today. They predict 88 degrees but with the humidity it is just too hot.
     
    Spectacles, Sep 5, 2012
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  35. Meliai

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    The humidity here is retarded. I feel like I live in a swamp.
     
    Meliai, Sep 5, 2012
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  37. r0llinstoned

    r0llinstoned Gute Nacht, süßer Prinz

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    overcast here today :D
     
    r0llinstoned, Sep 5, 2012
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  39. hotwater

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    Torrential downpours today and extremely humid, feels like tropical Nicaragua :eek:


    Hotwater
     
    hotwater, Sep 5, 2012
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