[spokeshave]

Ha...the Obama regime lies about everything...including global warming...

What do you think is going to be the US population survival rate when global cooling kicks in....and with all those coal and nuclear power plants shut off....

you going to rely on snow and ice covered solar cells....or frozen windmills...

Fits in with Bill Ayers prediction that 23 million need to be extinguished.

[familyop]

"you going to rely on snow and ice covered solar cells..."

Well, yeah, but I don't have another choice here, away from what so many folks call civilization. ;-)

Really the little PV solar plant works well, even though winter temps usually go down into the minus-30s here. Heating, though, is an ongoing challenge. Working on a solar heating system (collectors, tanks and the like) and a homebuilt heater with much mass that will use very little wood.

Big corporate and local government interests shouldn't be indulging in sweetheart suits and schemes with the EPA to shut down competition (like coal--nothing wrong with coal). It costs consumers and the economy in general too much. Natural gas, wood stove and water heater interests should struggle against competition like everyone else. Government shouldn't exist to serve monopolists and useless regulators.

[familyop]

Temps were 30 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit above average for the winter here (high spot on the Rockies), but I was in a weird weather spot, probably for this last winter only. Temps usually go into the minus-30s and may well do that or worse next winter. Wind gusts go over 100 sometimes in this little spot. Seeing some unusual fluctuations and not as many windy periods this year (so far).

It’s not man-caused global warming, of course. What we’re seeing is uncommon for us but perfectly natural. You probably already know about the general decrease in sun activity as part of the extended solar minimum. Nothing we can do to change that.

Magnetic north is also on the move because of outer core and mantle activity—only happens once in a great while. As that happens, the field weakens in spots. Unusual weather patterns form for a time.

There’s nothing we can do to change it. We accept it, adapt and move on. Meanwhile, political groups grasp at anything to disseminate their maniacal messages and try to grab more socialist funding from other political groups.

[familyop]

Little more info. I use compasses from time to time.

Drifting pole nudges Fairbanks closer to magnetic north
http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/drifting-pole-nudges-fairbanks-closer-to-magnetic-north/article_f68a21e0-88e5-11e4-ac4f-ebf2599733d5.html

Geomagnetism (declination services, etc.)
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/geomag.shtml