NOAA reports that October 2009 was the 3rd coldest October on record for the contiguous United States. Al Gore — working hard to reduce his CO2 emissions — declined comment.
NOAA reports that October 2009 was the 3rd coldest October on record for the contiguous United States. Al Gore — working hard to reduce his CO2 emissions — declined comment.
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The cyclical nature of heating and cooling trends goes back at least to the early 1900s, where I read in the journal of one of my ancestors his complaints about how hot it had become in recent years. (You’ll see above the spike that occurs in that decade.)
Being a devotee of history, he went on to comment about the various cycles known to history, including the warming trend of the Viking era and the Little Ice Age that followed. No cars had yet besmirched the air. But in 1906-1910, all this was common knowledge.
Item: During July, August and September of 2009, the Central Texas region experienced prolonged drought and in excess of 60 days of triple-digit temperatures.
Item: The polar ice caps continue to melt.
Item: As do glaciers wherever they are found.
Item: “I Perceive” ditto-heads interpret/perceive the above as proof of global cooling.
The temperature in what, Central Texas?? Whatever.
Read on: From the Glacier Bay website: http://www.glacierbay.org/glaciers.html: “Today’s advance or retreat of a glacier snout reflects many factors: snowfall rate, topography, and climate trends. Glacial retreat continues today on the bay’s east and southwest sides, but on its west side several glaciers are advancing.” In case you can’t find them, Doran, these are at Glacier Bay, Alaska.
Oh, that’s an exception, right? Try this: Norway’s glaciers are growing at a record pace. “The face of the Briksdal glacier, an off-shoot of the largest glacier in Norway and mainland Europe, is growing by an average 7.2 inches (18 cm) per day.” (From the Norwegian daily Bergens Tidende.) At http://www.iceagenow.com.
Then there is Canada’s highest peak, Mt. Logan, believed to have grown 23 feet — that’s twenty-three feet– since measurement in 1992, the new height based on an aerial survey with a laser altimeter last summer. “Snow and ice accumulation is the most likely explanation,” Chris Larsen, the scientist leading the University of Alaska’s research on the continent’s northwest mountain ranges, said.
And Antartic Ice? Its growing, too. An April 19, 2009 story in The Australian reports, “Australian Antarctic Division glaciology program head Ian Allison said sea ice losses in west Antarctica over the past 30 years had been more than offset by increases in the Ross Sea region, just one sector of east Antarctica.”
Meanwhile, China reports Nov. 13, 09 the collapse of over 7,000 buildings in northern China — due to the heaviest snows on record. Damage is estimated a 1/2 billion dollars.
While all seven glaciers on California’s Mt. Shasta are growing, as are glaciers on Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier.
So when did the warming trend begin that Al Gore has parlayed into both a global warming panic — and a great way to scam the public? Sorry, it is too far back for any of his theories to apply. It began in 1750, when the Little Ice Age ended. Oh, then it was heavy CO2 emissions due to rising populations, right? … Not. The Bubonic Plague had just wiped out huge populations all over Europe and East Asia.
Well, then it must have been those 18th century backyard barbecues, and lack of green fuel for their non-existent automobiles.
Doran — I’m willing to chip in to a fund for your snow tires in Central Texas.
J.T.
Thanks for the offer. Will they work just as well in fresh B.S.?
You would be the best judge of that.