Bitter Cold Spreads Across Much of U.S.

ABC News ^ | Feb. 19, 2006 | AP

[lmr]

Don't forget Haliburton. /sarc

[goldstategop]

Yeah, its global warming. I can see how liberals would claim with a straight face the end of the world is nigh.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[Cementjungle]

Cheney shot Mother Nature!

[gleeaikin]

Winter in Iowa.

When I was living in Iowa in 1957. We had a week in winter when night temperatures went down to 26 or 27f below zero. Daytime temperatures did not go above 21 below.

When I moved East we would have winter temperature a little below zero and in the 0 to 15 range. It has not been getting that cold for the past decade.

[DeaconRed]

"LOL! It's a beauty! But where's the EARTHQUAKE SWITCH?

Come on.
"W" can't have all the fun.
God saved some for himself! ! ! !

[GiovannaNicoletta]

It's beastly hot in the summertime! :)

[Moshikashitara]

It was a balmy 22 today...Hooray!

LOL! And here I thought my family were the only ones (that looks funny.. English grammar is annoying :P) crazy enough to think 20-30F was balmy! Back in Nevada, it wasn't unusual for night-time temps to hover around -5 to 15.. from about late October to March-April. Brrr. No wonder I'm a blanket hog :P

But here in Washington state, we've been having what feels like a cold snap - wouldn't be surprised if the current temp was around 20.. In fact, I'll check... Hm, I was close. 25F. Still cold. Rather warm, comparitively, but I'm rather a bit too sensitive to cold for my own good. As proved by the eight or nine blankets I have on my bed. Hey, I said I'm a blanket hog, didn't I? Hehe.

It was nice and warm Saturday - went to water my grandparents dog and kept stopping in the patches of sunlight and wanting to curl up like a cat cuz it felt so nice. Mind you, it was rather a bit more frigid in the shadows. Of course, I wasn't wearing a jacket.. for which over-sight (under-sight, perhaps? :D) I called myself an idiot. Oh well.

Personally.. I rather doubt we'll ever be fully able to predict coming weather for any amount of time beyond perhaps a 50-70% accuracy rate until/unless we somehow learn planet-wide climate control. But that's rather a bit too much out of a sci-fi book for my tastes, thank you very much. Oh well, guess I'll just have to continue hogging the blankets. :D

~Moshi-chan

[Graybeard58]

It's beastly hot in the summertime! :)

That sounds British but I like it.

[ElTianti]

10.7 F at Casa de ElTianti on Sunday morning (2/19/06), in Ellicott City, MD.

That's cold.

[Almondjoy]

I can see you read only what you want to read.

You might of miss the part where 3 feet of snow no longer falls on the Northwest.

[Fishrrman]

Almondjoy writes:
This is no more evidence of a lack of global warming as a warming event is for global warming.
If you had a fair minded attitude you would know that one arctic blast means nothing.
Global temps are on the rise. The dispute is whether or not the human impact means anything or this is just cycles that our planet goes through. One in which I have determined through much reading is in fact a cycle in which the planet would go through without us. Even if we are causing it perhaps it's the fire and brimstone death to the human race that God has called for.
Either way, try and temper your ignorance with the use of facts.

Hmmmm. Try "State of Fear", by Michael Crichton.

- John

[sgtyork]

Back at ya,

you probably didn't read about global warming on Mars?

http://www.mos.org/cst/article/80/9.html
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mars_snow_011206-1.html

or that the antartic is is thickening

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sci;295/5554/476
http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA388.html

Since I lived through the global cooling mania of the '70's, the we'll all be dead from famine by 1990, your right, I tend to ignore chicken little and junk science.

By the way, why can't we raise crops in Greenland like the Vikings did? And what does Little Ice Age Mean?

http://www.mhhe.com/earthsci/geology/mcconnell/earths_climate/climhis.htm


Have a nice day.

[Almondjoy]

I don't understand your point.

I make a point that the climate changes.. warms and cools... and you come back at me with the same thing.

Are you confused?

[kstewskis]

party favors for your fireplace *ping*

[garandgal]

When I was living in Iowa in 1957. We had a week in winter when night temperatures went down to 26 or 27f below zero. Daytime temperatures did not go above 21 below.

When I was a teen in the 80's, I remember we had a few days like that.

There was some event that I wanted to attend one Saturday night (I don't even remember what it was) but it was thirty miles away in rural Iowa. I was SOOO mad at my Dad because he told me it was too unsafe for a group of teenaged girls to be out driving around in those temps (before the days of cell phones).

I just told my husband about that incident the other night, and said "Boy, was I an idiot for arguing with him!"

[Northern Yankee]

Gee thanks!

Won't you join me for a cup?

Cheers!