Global Warming

[Soldier4Christ]

Madrid airport closed as Europe freezes



- Nearly 400 km (250 miles) of traffic jams in and around the Spanish capital.

- Several rivers in Germany frozen

- Much of Europe enduring Siberian conditions.

- Days of heavy snow in France's southern Marseille region -- not seen for 20 years -- causing major disruption to travel.

- Germany experiencing one of its coldest winters in 100 years - several rivers frozen over, blocking ship traffic – thermometer plunges to minus 34.6C (minus 30.3F) in the mountains in the south.

- Drift ice covers 80 to 90 percent of the surface of the river Elbe from Doemnitz to  Germany's main port of Hamburg.

[Soldier4Christ]

Seattle Cut Off!

Yes, Seattle was cut off. Interstate 5 was closed,
with three feet of water over the roadway in places. And all three
passes over the mountains – Snoqualmie Pass (I-90), Stevens Pass,
and Blewett Pass - were closed due to avalanches.

People worried that all of these roads would remain closed for
several days - and that grocery stores and gas stations would
therefore run out of product - but they are all now re-opened.

[Shammu]

Its really strange; when it should be cold, its hot enough to fry an egg. And vice versa. Theres no explaining it."

Gee, I wonder if he has thought about, a global cycle the earth goes through??

I seem to remember this happening before, in California. That is when they said, that we were entering a "Ice Age".

Lets see, global warming fools, and now there are ice age fools. Hmmmmmmmmmm I wonder when these people will get a brain....................... Oh look, a brain is rolling around on the floor Eroni.


Hmmmmmmmmm I wonder if it belongs to Eroni.

[Soldier4Christ]

From a Belgian newspaper, ‘De Standaard’:

[Soldier4Christ]

AGW Today: Believers Must Stop Using The Interwebz

posted at "Stop the ACLU" by William Teach

It’s confirmed: the Internet is bad for global warming, er, climate change, or whateverthe**** they are calling it nowadays. Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches

    Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea, according to new research.

    While millions of people tap into Google without considering the environment, a typical search generates about 7g of CO2 Boiling a kettle generates about 15g. “Google operates huge data centres around the world that consume a great deal of power,” said Alex Wissner-Gross, a Harvard University physicist whose research on the environmental impact of computing is due out soon. “A Google search has a definite environmental impact.”

    Google is secretive about its energy consumption and carbon footprint. It also refuses to divulge the locations of its data centres. However, with more than 200m internet searches estimated globally daily, the electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions caused by computers and the internet is provoking concern. A recent report by Gartner, the industry analysts, said the global IT industry generated as much greenhouse gas as the world’s airlines - about 2% of global CO2 emissions. “Data centres are among the most energy-intensive facilities imaginable,” said Evan Mills, a scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. Banks of servers storing billions of web pages require power.

I guess they are calling AGW the “environmental impact” now. Kinda like how they call the lifestyle the 15 people who actually live the life they think everyone else should in order to be “carbon neutral” “going green.” Strange, since plants, plankton, and basically “the environment” needs CO2 to sustain life.

So, I guess it is time for all the Believers to walk the talk and give up their Internet connections. Yeah, that’ll happen! Most of them believe that it is the other guy, or the government, or Big (insert industry here) that should “do something.” I applaud the 15 Believers (double Randi Rhodes’ listener-ship) who actually live the life.

The funniest part of the story is that the majority of people who will read it will read it on the Interwebz. But no one is missing the subtext, which is that people should BUY carbon credits to offset their ‘Net usage. That’ll come later.

Oh, and I did about 15 Google searches this morning. On purpose. For no reason.

Jules Crittenden: There’s an Al Gore exception, because he can’t save the world without checking his email while jetting from his sprawling mansion to his uberboat. But the rest of you, off now. For Gaia.

Fausta: Guilt is a powerful emotion and propagandists never hesitate to use it, even when they risk being silly. (Sea kittens is also mentioned)

Jammie Wearing Fool: Just for fun I allowed this blog post to simmer for about 20 minutes, hoping to generate even more CO2.

Patterico: So which will it be, my internet friends? If you’re still worried about the environment, maybe it’s time for you to log off.

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The truth is they don’t want people on the interwebz because they may see the truth and spread it to others. They have to do something to stop the horrible “virus of truth” from spreading.

[nChrist]

 

I just don't have the money to GO GREEN like Al Gore has.

Green jet.

Green mansions in various states.

Green Hummer and other big gas hogs.

Green lipstick and FULL OF HOT AIR.

Al Gore even wears Green shoes, but his carbon footprint is large enough to equal about a thousand regular folks, so me thinks that Al Gore might be a Green hypocrite. He also has the biggest Green con-game of all time and rakes in tons of Green money on a problem that doesn't exist.
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[Soldier4Christ]

There is a saying that lawyers and politicians are biggest con artists. I wonder if his eyes and that hot air are also green.

[nChrist]

I just think that we need to build a GIANT GREEN PRISON and fill it with folks who richly deserve to be there!

[Soldier4Christ]

Slovenia with record low temperature -49

Slovenia registered the lowest temperatures ever. At the Bohin resort, a half frozen weatherman standing outside, reported minus 49°C.

Slovenian Media have reported recommendations of the meteorological institute of Germany, which alarms over the risks of having piercings – the metal earrings on people’s body could cause dangerous freezing.

No metal objects attached to the body should be worn, warns the media, for people who must venture outside. For everyone else, Slovenian media urges its citizens to stay in their homes.

[Soldier4Christ]

Frigid weather startles South, blankets East
Subzero temps in multiple states; Alabama colder than Alaska for a day

Miserable, lung-burning, face-numbing temperatures are one thing in the Midwest and Northeast. But the Deep South?

Temperatures plummeted Friday across the Midwest and eastern U.S., and delivered a stinging slap to Southerners unaccustomed to the frigid weather. Schools were closed in a dozen states and homeless shelters were overcrowded. Those that did venture outside bundled up and made quick trips.

In an odd twist, Alabama was colder than Alaska.
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"I never thought I'd see weather like this, not at all," said Maya Morgan, a 20-year-old Christian missionary from Barbados, who is on a fellowship at the Atlanta University complex. "And so that's why I like have, literally, six jackets on. Sometimes it's too cold to keep your eyes open."

Forecasters said temperatures in the upper Midwest could turn into the coldest in years as Arctic air keeps spilling southward from Canada. The cold snap has claimed at least six lives and contributed to dozens of traffic accidents. One death involved a man in a wheelchair who was found in subzero temperatures stuck in the snow, a shovel in his hand, outside his home in Des Moines, Iowa. He died at a hospital.

The cold weather has gripped the Midwest and Northeast for days, but as it crept farther South, some were growing worried.

"We're afraid people will die in this kind of weather," said Anita Beaty, who works with the homeless in Atlanta, where temperatures dropped below the teens, some 20 degrees below normal lows in January. About 900 men packed a shelter that normally houses 700.

Freezing temperatures threatened to kill picturesque Spanish moss hanging from Gulf Coast trees. Wind and choppy seas frustrated efforts to free an endangered right whale tangled in fishing gear off the Southeastern coast. And it was too cold to bet on dogs in West Virginia: A greyhound track shut down because of a predicted high of 7 degrees.

Testing the hearty
Then again, the cold was testing even the heartiest winter-weather states. On Friday morning, it was minus 10 in Cleveland, minus 6 in Detroit and minus 11 in Chicago. In upstate New York, areas near Lake Erie received up to 2 inches of snow per hour.

Quentin Masters wore two coats and long underwear to mail a gift at the post office in downtown Syracuse.

"It was almost too cold to come down here today but it's a birthday present for my sister in Buffalo," said Masters, 28. "It's on Monday and I don't want it to be late."

It was so cold in Milwaukee that ice thawed at skating rinks. The subzero temperatures froze the ammonia tank needed to make ice at the indoor Pettit National Ice Center. Workers fixed the problem and two hockey rinks and the Olympic oval were expected to be ready for skaters later in the day.

Some in Illinois and Ohio lost power for several hours while Charleston, W.Va.-based Appalachian Power, which delivers electricity to more than 1 million customers Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, had a record for electricity demand as businesses and homes cranked up the heat.

The National Weather Service predicted the frigid temperatures would persist into the weekend. Wind chill warnings were in effect and forecasters said the cold and strong winds could lead to hypothermia, frostbite and death.

Like an icebox
To Southerners, who rarely see temperatures so cold, the icebox-like weather was the most jarring. Construction worker Allen Johnson wore a gray beanie, flannel shirt, long johns and boots as he stopped for morning coffee in Montgomery, where the overnight low was 22 degrees.

"No matter how bad it is, it could be worse — we could be in Anchorage, Alaska," Johnson said. Actually, the temperature was about 20 degrees warmer in Anchorage.

Second-grader Abbey Roberts waited for the school bus as the temperature hovered at 12 degrees in suburban Birmingham.

"I stood out there for a couple of minutes and my nose turned red. I was so cold I thought I was going to turn to an ice cube," Roberts said.

In western Georgia, about 15,000 students got a day off in Carroll County; the temperature only made it to 25 degrees by lunchtime.

"You know us Southerners," said schools spokeswoman Elena Schulenburg. "We might have the gloves and scarves, but we might not consider pulling them out. We may not consider how cold it is."

[HisDaughter]

I talked to my dad yesterday who lives in Mobile, AL.  He was telling me how cold it's been.  In the 20's he said.  Yep.  This global warming sure is something!  I can think of a book full of things this country should be worrying about besides the weather and wondering what's on Mars!

[nChrist]

 

Can anyone spare a fan?

[Soldier4Christ]

I don't have any fans right now but I have some icicles and snow.

[Soldier4Christ]

Opps ... I forgot about that big outdoor fan that is somewhere north of us.

[Shammu]

Can anyone spare a fan?

Yup, I have a fan you can use.............