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Freep a poll! (Current heat wave related to global warming?)
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Posted on 08/02/2006 12:45:07 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome
Freeped buddy, good pick for freeping, though the "no" vote is split more ways than a Democrat convention.
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posted on
08/02/2006 1:09:35 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(Free Iran! WARNING! Forbidden Cartoon: .. . *-O)) :-{>. . . .)
To: timsbella
It is all cyclical. The increasing radiation from the sun is responsible for recent heat. The Earth is getting hotter because the Sun is burning more brightly. Dems are alarmists and their politicians want to make money. The Max Planck Institute of Research in Gottingen, Germany, said the Sun is changing it state, and energy output, and a growing number of scientists believe this is the cause.
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posted on
08/02/2006 1:16:16 PM PDT
by
FreeRep
To: cripplecreek
I've lived almost seven decades, and the summers while I was growing up were just exactly like they are now. The biggest difference is, I'm typing this in my air conditioned home, which we didn't have then. Not very many of us anyway.
To: timsbella
lets not forget acid rain, sars, bird flu, EEE, mad cow disease, and every other phony trumped up media warning of our impending doom
that miraculously always seem to be a big problem during the ratings sweeps.
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posted on
08/02/2006 1:30:27 PM PDT
by
edzo4
To: edzo4
I was just complaining about the Weather Channel. They are now making up weather news. Coming Sunday they will begin programming about The Hurricane that Destroys NYC, The Tornado That Destroys Dallas and The Earthquake Than Destroys San Fran. All fantasy programs not weather news. They are going to get a nasty note from me.
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posted on
08/02/2006 1:40:36 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: billhilly
That's correct. In fact, right here in ARkansas, it has been hot, but no hotter than the overall summer average. For that matter, the last two or three summer have actually been "less hot" (I just can't say 'cooler") than many of my memories. IN fact, I remember in 2000 having 100 degree days starting in May and a total of between 40-60 days above 100 that summer (depends on the reporting station).
We have had only about 12 days officially above 100 so far this summer.
And what is really interesting - growing up, we didn't have A/C (actually we had a single window unit and a 2200 sq/ft house....). We use an attic fan to cool the house to what was close to bearable. And I am far less tolerant of heat now than when I was young...
I guess that is why I get puzzled when I hear about so many "suffering" folks when it gets up in the 90's or even bumping 100 in many places. I remember many summers of 95-104 temp days with no A/C - and I lived. Made me appreciate having the A/C today! AT the time, it wasn't considered a necessity. Today, it seems that you are a hopeless mess without it - eligible for all sorts of public assistance.
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posted on
08/02/2006 1:46:11 PM PDT
by
TheBattman
(Islam (and liberalism)- the cult of a Cancer on Society)
To: dynachrome
Poll Results
Do you think the heat wave is related to global warming?
Yes |
|
35 votes (11.3%) |
No |
|
50 votes (16.2%) |
Duh, it's summer |
|
117 votes (37.9%) |
I don't know |
|
4 votes (1.3%) |
Global warming is a myth |
|
103 votes (33.3%) |
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posted on
08/02/2006 1:48:06 PM PDT
by
BJClinton
(What happens on Free Republic, stays on Google.)
To: All
lmao, it didn't take long for the heat wave mania by the ecogeek media to get rolling.
To: Ditter
I love when they say "today is the hottest day ever"
I often find my self asking the TV if they mean the hottest day since the earths crust cooled from its molten magma state or since they invented the thermometer
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posted on
08/02/2006 1:55:08 PM PDT
by
edzo4
To: rbmillerjr
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posted on
08/02/2006 1:55:21 PM PDT
by
USS Alaska
(Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
To: dynachrome
Bunch of idiots hyping.
The reality is that this particularly heat wave is a lot like the ones in 1939 and 1944. Trough comes down, gets pressure from another trough to the Rockies and West, the hot air gets sucked up since the two troughs SQUEEZE the hot air (which makes it hotter.) In the summertime, heat wins because of the sun angle, if nothing else. The trough splits and the hot air is forced into the split in a fashion that compresses it and lifts it at the same time--sort of a dry monsoon as to the lift.
Try to explain that in a thirty-second sound bite.
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posted on
08/02/2006 1:55:25 PM PDT
by
mcvey
(Fight on. Do not give up. Ally with those you must. Defeat those you can. And fight on whatever.)
To: dynachrome
Poll Results
Do you think the heat wave is related to global warming?
Yes 38 votes (11.5%)
No 55 votes (16.7%)
Duh, it's summer 123 votes (37.3%)
I don't know 4 votes (1.2%)
Global warming is a myth 110 votes (33.3%)
FREEPING IN PROGRESS
Haven't Freeped a poll in awhile. It's fun. (I suggest "Duh, it's summer.")
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posted on
08/02/2006 2:00:25 PM PDT
by
NaughtiusMaximus
(WARNING: Alcohol may cause you to think you are whispering when you are definitely not.)
To: tumblindice
Every time I turn the light on there's this terrible growling noise! Maybe a wolverine?! Maybe your garbage disposal is cross-wired with the light switch?
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posted on
08/02/2006 2:04:08 PM PDT
by
wyattearp
(Study! Study! Study! Or BONK, BONK, on the head!)
To: dynachrome
Do you think the heat wave is related to global warming?
Yes 38 votes (11.4%)
No 55 votes (16.6%)
Duh, it's summer 124 votes (37.3%)
I don't know 4 votes (1.2%)
Global warming is a myth 111 votes (33.4%)
So, reason (Duh it's summer and Global Warming is a myth) win out with 235 votes out of a possible 332 (71%).
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posted on
08/02/2006 2:04:46 PM PDT
by
Talking_Mouse
(Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just... Thomas Jefferson)
To: edzo4
Hey I say bring on more mad cow scares - damn, we ate prime Alberta beef all summer at very low prices.
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posted on
08/02/2006 2:45:30 PM PDT
by
timsbella
(Mark Steyn for Prime Minister of Canada! (Steve's won my vote in the meantime))
To: dynachrome
If it's raining outside, it's global warming.
If you see lightning, it's global warming.
If your shoe comes untied, it's global warming.
If there is an ice storm, it's global warming.
If the dog piddles on the rug, it's global warming ....
To: Ditter
...The Tornado That Destroys Dallas and The Earthquake Than Destroys San Fran....Seems to me like a lot of the things they say "could happen tomorrow" have already happened at least once.
Plus, if "It Could Happen Tomorrow", why do they always wait until Sunday to tell us about it?
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posted on
08/02/2006 2:55:36 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: John Lenin
My cat puked 3 times today. Must be that dang global warming.
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posted on
08/02/2006 3:13:39 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
To: John Lenin
and everything else is bushes fault : )
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posted on
08/02/2006 3:15:41 PM PDT
by
edzo4
To: edzo4; dynachrome
I predict that mentally unstable people are going to go nuts over global warming. What haven't they blamed global warming for ?
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