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Post by throttleup on Oct 16, 2017 23:42:58 GMT
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Post by throttleup on Sept 5, 2017 22:37:44 GMT
Thanks, Naut! Very nice. I'd prefer to use it under better circumstances but the product is beautiful. As is Irma -- from a distance.
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Post by throttleup on Sept 2, 2017 2:41:28 GMT
Thanks for the kind welcome all. Welcome blustnmtn! I am primarily a lurker but I love this place. It's very "homey" (that's a compliment!) and it's hard to find a nicer and more knowledgeable set of men and women on the planet to discuss the topics at hand. I can't keep up with the people here but I certainly do learn a lot. Good to see this site is attracting others.
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Post by throttleup on Aug 26, 2017 4:14:22 GMT
And the bears appear in fine shape, Neil. Not bad considering the scorching temperatures and lack of ice up there...
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Post by throttleup on Aug 25, 2017 14:40:47 GMT
It just started raining at the Koks Casa. Food-Check Water-Check Batteries-Check Here we go again. All the best to you and yours, Glenn. I've never experienced anything similar, but this can not be easy.
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Post by throttleup on Jul 17, 2017 22:32:55 GMT
We folk who tried to warn the world, this past 40 years, of the damage we were doing and the changes we were lining up for Humanity lost the battle. We were already faultering at the turn of the century but the Hay Deniers made through the alleged 'Pause in warming' was the final nail in our coffin. There is nothing we can do now to stop the planet seeing the worse possible outcomes that were being mooted in the 1980's. We will not keep temps below 1.5c, that will fall in the first half of the 2020's and , should we not catch a break ,2c will fall by the end of that decade. We are now dialed in to see increasingly extreme weather events ever more frequently and the start of the mass dying's ( are we not seeing that in NE Africa currently?) with S.India/Africa, parts of China, parts of the U.S. and Russia frequently seeing events that cause migration/deaths. How does it feel to be on the losing side? Well we did our best and it just was not enough. no biggie if you gave your all. It does now leave us free to ask questions of the 'winners' as to why we are seeing this or that event when we were told it was all doom mongering? It it at least gives us the knowledge that we kept our integrity and our cause was just and for the betterment of all? Ho hum..... You did your best, Graywolf. We all respect your efforts. To cheer yourself up, just go see Al Gore's new flick, " An Inconvenient Sequel." Nothing like a good movie to cheer you up...
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Post by throttleup on Jul 17, 2017 22:25:54 GMT
On the contrary - if the earlier icebergs were Massachusetts and Connecticut and this one was smaller than Delaware, then the next ones will barely be Long Island size and by 2050 there will be no new icebergs and Antarctica will grow till it reaches Tierra Del Fuego and the circumpolar current is cut off and we will all freeze! The standard linear progression thought process of the alarmists True, Naut! But at least Graywolf will be happy.
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Post by throttleup on Jun 24, 2017 14:16:04 GMT
Indeed Naut....the 2 seem very analogous in many ways... Not all of us understand plumbing terms, Acid. Depends where your head's at, Ratty!
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Post by throttleup on Feb 20, 2017 15:25:36 GMT
MASIE states 14.7 million sq km in the Arctic as of 19 Feb. So... there's a little ice left... nsidc.org/data/masie/
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Post by throttleup on Jan 25, 2017 1:13:49 GMT
Well, that's something you don't see every day...
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Post by throttleup on Jan 11, 2017 0:16:29 GMT
Well we'll need to wait for the thing to go first! As I say the full moons might provide the Ooomph to shear off the last km in rapid order ( with the movement of the rest of the shear bearing down on that section?) so we might not have long to wait. The rest of the shelf collapses like domino's and I'm claiming man made from Ozone hole forcings! Graywolf, if you don't mind, could you please explain (this is an honest question) how the southern ozone hole "drives the circumpolars" and thus is exacerbating the current state of the Larsen ice shelf? Thanks in advance...
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Post by throttleup on Jan 7, 2017 1:49:43 GMT
Arctic jumped 350,000 sq km in a couple of days. Not bad. Not good, but not bad!
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Post by throttleup on Dec 4, 2016 2:10:33 GMT
Big Joe over at Weatherbell has pulled his analog for December and is comparing current conditions to the setup for winter 1962-63. Sorry. Quite right, MB. It's interesting how the analogs from decades past can be better predictors than the expensive climate models of today.
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Post by throttleup on Nov 8, 2016 0:00:43 GMT
The state of the world's ice is wonderful! IF ANYONE thinks the resolution of pre 1970 is good enough to claim that this is unusual, they need to learn stats, and use their thinking ability! Now, why do I, as a human being, love the current state? It shows, for the short term, that the world is warming. The Sahara desert is greening, the whole world is greening. Folks have never had so much food. Extreme weather events are becoming less, the weather is becoming more tranquil. Some folks are afraid of any type of change. Living in North Dakota, I am so used to change that I embrace it. Shows one is alive! Pretty amazing to witness the current results of the warming. The gloom and doom of the early 1980's is not being observed. Instead of massive starvation, burdensome supplies of food. Instead of massive storms, fewer and fewer storms. Instead of increasing tornadoes in the USA, the trend is down. Hurricanes are almost a thing of the past in the USA. Massive floods a thing of the past. gosh, how can it get any better? Only smooth sailing ahead!!!! Sig, Greetings and I agree with you. Question. (Anyone feel free to chime in!)What really happens (climatically) if, as Graywolf fears, all the Arctic ice melts? I mean, the Arctic Ocean is going to be damn cold, even without the ice. The low angle of incidence of incoming solar isn't going to turn the Arctic into the tropical Pacific anytime soon. So, if at some future day all the ice is gone, what (may) happen(s) climatically? Sure, the chicken littles will scream, "We're all gonna die!" but they've been saying that for years so I don't buy it. I don't think sea level will budge much, if at all. Will circulation patterns change? Precipitation? Anybody have any guesses?
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Post by throttleup on Nov 4, 2016 21:00:51 GMT
MASIE currently says there is 7.5 million sq km of ice in the Arctic. That's almost 11 "states of Texas." How much more ice do we need?
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