Da Weatherman Sez...

[Donn]

Have you guys ever seen a graph?

Every year, there are at least 365 days. Every day, it's either colder or warmer than the same day the year before, or maybe both. A cold day, or a cold month, doesn't make a decades-long trend. As for the "scandal" - some "skeptics" out there sure seem ready to buy anything.

But for anyone who cares about how the weather has been here ... rain. Not like the northwest of England, where I hear it rained like it hasn't rained in about a 1000 years as far as anyone can remember, mostly just light rain, part of the day, overcast all day. For weeks, and I imagine it will be months - they said winter will be warm and wet due to a cycle in the Pacific.

We're paying for this summer, which was freakishly clear and dry while you all drowned. We don't usually get big volumes of rainfall, but usually at least rains on July 4. Not this summer.

[MaryAnn]

It is still belief, bloke. You choose what to believe just like the rest of us. We all decide what evidence is convincing and just go with that.

MA

[Donn]

"Science" does not exist via a "consensus" or a group of dubious consenses. Rather, it is a collection of uncorrupted observations of reality that are tested beyond exhaustion via the scientific method.

Well, really, the history of science is full of struggles over a new theory. It isn't just data, it's the understanding of the world drawn from that data, and understanding is a flawed human thing where "two heads are better than one", and peer review and consensus among the scientific community mean a lot.

For anyone who would like to see various denial points addressed, How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic.

[Donn]

If not "proof", the pregnant horsefly in the ointment that lubricates the entire dubious presentation of this hoax is that nearly (if not completely) 100% of those who promote and embrace the scam also all embrace the same politics and political agenda.

bloke "*What in the world is there that is more utterly suspect than politics?"

I agree it's politics ... perhaps this is not really the place for it? but I believe you're looking at the picture backwards.

We employ all these meteorologists etc. to tell us what's going on with the earth's climate. While blind faith isn't required, I think we could go so far as to believe them as a starting point, as a majority of Americans of all political persuasions do, and then maybe inquire into the motives of those who claim they have somehow conspired to perpetrate this giant fraud.

When you start looking at correlations between opinions on this matter and political affiliations, the side that's way out on the political fringe - as reflected in election results etc. - is the "in denial" crowd. That isn't new, really. Look at the crowd who thinks the moon landing was a hoax, or who think US political leaders are conspiring to impose Islamic law in the US ... I'm sure someone who pays attention to this stuff would know dozens more. The difference here is the stakes are higher, for everyone. It's in almost everyone's short term personal interest to believe that everything's fine, because to accept the reality is to accept the burden of responsibility. The interests of exploitation of short term benefits have always been well represented in politics, and it's a welcome miracle that right now the US is leaning towards responsibility.

How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic

[SplatterTone]

Which one of my tubas would you like to have...??

Oh! Oh! That 24J. Give it!
I'll even burn a pile of coal in your honor.

[MaryAnn]

I find it fascinating that the more "religious" a person's viewpoint, the more vociforously they defend it, and also make assumptions about other people's motivations and beliefs, when none have been stated.

Fascinating.

MA

[SRanney]

...so more folks can leave chem-trails behind with more frequency...

Been listening to Alex Jones?

[SplatterTone]

I didn't keep the details of the URL to the article, but according to one "study", about 50% of "man-made" global warming is from the methane produced by farm animals raised to satisfy us meat eaters. If I recall correctly, the article stated that methane has 33 times the greenhouse effect of CO2. So, put away that barbeque pardner, yer killin' the planet.

[SRanney]

Yet the northeast was experiencing record high temperatures:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091203/us_ ... _weather_2

Warmest December 3 in U.S. Northeast in a decade
Reuters

Thu Dec 3, 4:01 pm ET

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Northeast, the world's biggest heating oil market, is experiencing its warmest December 3 in more than a decade, according to weather forecasters.

DTN Meteorlogix said the mercury in New York City, the biggest population center in the Northeast, would reach 61 degrees Fahrenheit (16 degrees Celsius), well above a normal high of 48 degrees F for this time of year.

The record high for December 3 in New York was set at 69 degrees in 1998, according to forecaster AccuWeatehr.com. Last year the high temperature on this day was just 42 degrees.

In November, New York temperatures were warmer than normal on all but five days early in the month, producing much fewer heating degree days than normal, according to AccuWeather.

Consumers in the Northeast use less energy to heat their homes and businesses when temperatures are above normal during the cold winter and autumn months.

But New Yorkers should not get used to this balmy weather.

AccuWeather.com cautioned that it could be cold enough to snow this weekend from New York to Washington, DC, when a storm system in the Gulf of Mexico makes its way toward the East Coast.

Several inches of snow are possible from the Virginia mountains to New York City on Saturday.

Steven "can't believe he's still participating in this thread" Ranney

[SRanney]

I STILL find it astonishing that (after the hoax was COMPLETELY unveiled two or three weeks ago) that ANYONE in the WORLD would still be trying to continue to talk themselves into embracing this million-times-larger-than-Watergate scam and (surely, considering the trillions of confiscated dollars that will chase this hoax) the Scientific Hoax of the Century.

Thousands of physicists, biologists, climatologists, paleobotanists, zoologists, archaeologists, and chemists working together to manufacture data over 30 years in a vast conspiracy to...what? Increase their funding by 10%? Yeah right.

Oh, and B. Hussein Obama kicks puppies for relaxation.

Steven

[SRanney]

Even a percentage of friggin' BAND DIRECTORS take nickel-and-dime $XX - $XXXX music store kickbacks every day of the year every year. Yes, ABSOLUTELY for (only?) 10% more funding or simply to KEEP THEIR JOBS (or grants) by TOWING THE "CONSENSUS" LINE.

For some reason you find it hard to believe that tax-funded "science guys" can be CORRUPTED by the agendae of those who fund them?

THE purpose of the hoax is to have created yet one more leg of the whole world-socialist "New World Order" scheme...Is this not completely transparent to all of those EXCEPT those who worship at the altar of Marx?

Br'er Hussein probably doesn't kick too many puppies...He just kicks (with steel-toed jackboots) the U.S. Constitution and American citizens (just as did Br'er W, Br'er Blythe, Br'er Herbert-Walker, Br'er Milhous, Br'er Earl, and certainly Br'er Delano).

bloke "who noticed that (now that the hoax has been completely and irrefutably unveiled) Al Gore has canceled his trip to Copenhagen...' sorry Klaus! "

Wow. Just wow.

"Completely and irrefutably unveiled?" Even if the data that was altered is excluded, it does not alter the findings that were reported in the 2007 I.P.C.C. report with respect to the surface temperature trends. If you believe that global warming has been "completely and irrefutably unveiled," then you have bought into the same main-stream media BS that you rail about nearly every week on TubeNet. Step away from the teat of Glen Beck and think for yourself.

Do you really believe that scientists, ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR OVER 30 YEARS, have been involved in some conspiratorial research in order to put one over on the REST OF THE PLANET so as to drive the world into a one-world socialist government?

I notice that you've referenced the New World Order in your response. Do you buy into the idea of the Amero as well? Chemical spraying from high-altitude airplanes as a means of population control? Ancient works of art buried beneath the island of Manhattan by our founding fathers?

Steven "trying out the ALL CAPS, BOLD aspect of posting on TubeNet, but without the little emoticons" Ranney

[SRanney]

As far as I'm concerned, you're welcome to believe whatever you wish to believe about me...just so long as you don't believe that (except when I'm repairing them, and with my OWN mouthpiece - thank-you just the same!) I play the saxophone.

I believe that you and I could enjoy each others' company while fishing for largemouth bass and smoking ribs in my propane-powered smoker. The offer stands: if you ever find yourself in southwest Montana, you've got an invitation to come by, fish for trout, shoot some guns, and eat some pork ribs.

SR

[Tundratubast]

You guys can bicker all you want about global warming, Coming home tonight after a northern sort-of-dixie gig it was freaking -4 F below already. I grew up here, and I still hate this transition to the winter cold. Stay warm, the mid central, is going to get there butt's kicked with snow. We're to cold right now for heavy snow. Good Day.

[bisontuba]

HI-
I could use some 'global warming' here in the 'snow-belt' of Western New York--last night coming out of a gig, we had 65 MPH winds and an ice storm--this morning we have 18" of snow, 40MPH winds, and much more LES (Lake Effect Snow) coming....maybe I should pull the gas grill out and have a cook out..ugh...
mark

[SRanney]

...every [daily weather] example that anyone can pull out of their butt is isolated...

Just a reminder.

[bearphonium]

Clear and cold in Oregon. No rain, which is making my job easier.

[SRanney]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... ralia.html

...an iceberg [this] size...had not been seen so far north since the days when 19th century clipper ships plied the trade route between Britain and Australia.

...sightings of large icebergs could become more frequent if sea temperatures rise through global warming.

I'm impressed! Quoting from an article that mentions the potential impacts of global warming on the Antarctic ice shelf is real growth!

Steven

[bearphonium]

Alas, freezing rain tonight in Oregon cancelled my gig. Precip and freezing met at the junction causing some traffic issues.

[bort]

Supposed to be up to 2 feet(!) of snow in Baltimore before the end of the weekend. That's always a lot of snow, but boy, in that city even a few inches screws things up.

I'm in NYC now, and unless it snows underground, I'll get around just fine. Kind of disappointing, I like when everything stops for a day or two for the snow!

[MartyNeilan]

It got down into the low teens in Nashville last night. Light snow here this morning. Both are almost unheard of here. There is ice on the inside of my windows; the heater in this POS apartment can barely keep up. I can't wait to see the elec bill at the end of the month