This has been one Heckuva (helluva) time in years on the east coast. I'm sitting here while a three and a half foot of snow drift piled against the door of my house while snow continues to fall in a city where the annual records have been broken (I think I read somewhere). We had a very white Christmas, a disposal of both feet in January, and now another monster storm lets us work from home (yeah right) and mediocre writing blog entries just to keep the little piece of sanity that remains within us.
I was also in Orlando, Florida, in January this year when the high temperature was thirty-five degrees Fahrenheit. I do not know where these people at all those hats and gloves, but certainly did not have any and I was freezing my butt off. Needless to say, this winter has become the Carolinas, in a frenzy winter spectacle of fishtailing.
Every time you receive this abnormally cold weather or heavy snowfall, people start saying things like, "What that global warming now, John? "And then start giggling and a fist hitting his conservative friends, and muttering things like" tree hugger dumb "under his breath. I often try to explain that global warming has only increased the temperature of the Earth by about 1 degree centigrade, and that climate change may actually lead to more extreme weather conditions on both sides of the spectrum hardened. This is usually countered with some sort of laughter with laughter and big sigh. I doubt that we are getting anywhere with this argument.
"In the simulations we've analyzed, can get some pretty big snow storms, until 2040, "said Raymond Pierrehumbert, professor of geophysics at the University of Chicago." But among 2040 and 2080, which begins to be too hot to have much snow at all and gradually sort out Peters. "
Experts say that precipitation will increase probably in many parts of the country, while others experience drought. In Illinois, the storms with extreme precipitation have become more frequent in 3 percent each decade from 1931 to 1996, according to a study by the Illinois State Water Survey and the National Climatic Data Center.
Of course, global climate change has not been proven beyond absolute doubt, so there is a possibility that we might be creating a great uproar and, Of course, a better world for all. But obviously, in the minds of Nay-Sayers unintended consequences outweigh the sacrifices.
However, I think it is safe for the conclusion that the snow storms and unusually cold weather does nothing to disprove or debunk the theories of global climate change. And if these large groups scientists are correct, we could be in store for some more extreme weather in the coming years, so hold on tight and enjoy it while it lasts, because it can not be there forever.
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