Cold? Blame the warm Pacific Ocean

Manzanita · Feb 14, 2014

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simple mind · Feb 15, 2014

"Eight committees investigated the allegations and published reports, finding no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct.[15] However, the reports called on the scientists to avoid any such allegations in the future by taking steps to regain public confidence in their work, for example by opening up access to their supporting data, processing methods and software, and by promptly honouring freedom of information requests.[16] The scientific consensus that global warming is occurring as a result of human activity remained unchanged throughout the investigations.[17]"

The last sentence should let you consider the reality of the warming and your past as an professional should tell you too that burning fuel creates heat, lots of it...

Charlie · Feb 15, 2014

So, we should all eat "cold cuts", no hot meals as they cause global warming I suppose.
Also the human body averages 98.6 degrees F, so in all probability when we have even more over-population than we already have , that the heat produced by all these calorie (fuel) burning humans will eventually raise the temperature of the earth to 98.6F. correct ?
Fuel burning is fuel burning.
So I have to surmise that global warming advocates would like to eliminate the entire human race seeing that humans create all that heat.
Better kill off all the warm blooded animals also. Rotting vegetation produces heat, better not plant anything.. Volcanoes,well, I guess if we pump enough water down those volcano holes we can snuff them out also. Yep, let's cool off the earths molten core while we are at it, that might help.
And "no one lived happily ever after".

simple mind · Feb 15, 2014

So that sums it about all up, in my opinion it's a question of moral (any left of that?), one either is willing to reduce his footprint and with that allow somebody else some breathing space or one lives happily and unthinking of the wants and needs of everybody else...
Reducing does not mean extremes, you don't have to walk (but it would help you to) or give up your fancy toy but you should "think" about the other people even if they are not your direct neighbours...

tunji oluwajuyemi · Feb 18, 2014

im very much into science as well as my inner senses and processes...I agree both can be misled or confused...Im not a wait on science to to tell me i got a pain in my but or pollution in my air or too much bad weather raining on my head,kind of guy..

I notice Science is a lot of peoples religión where they dont practice enough science to know how limited and blind sighted it can be..They see a few miracles they cant explain being done by scientist and so they follow science with a "blind faith".. No different than religious people going with blind faith after witnessing the unexplained bringing good impression to their minds and feelings...

Im for science and the conflcting sides ,no different than musilm christian differentiations...But i hold to history that Science is an un greatful toddler of just a few hundred years age,can toddle along on two wobbly feet yet wants his mother called intuition and inner senses of countless years of age,to be banished and disowned...All the while science itself was the brainchild of artist who used intuition and inner sensibility to conjur up a method for reasoning...There would be no science if not for intuition and human senses/sensibilty which is much older than any science or any religion.....

DumagueteJohn · Feb 20, 2014

simple mind;1851895554 said:

I have been following this phenomenon since it started, I did not find a good explanation until now, if anybody has more information, please post it here...

Warm water in the Pacific drives arctic blasts in Chicago. - chicagotribune.com

"The Pacific Ocean may be thousands of miles from Chicago, but higher temperatures in the gigantic body of water could still be partly to blame for the arctic air that has come carpetbagging into the Midwest this season, according to meteorologists.

Unusually warm conditions in the northern Pacific helped give rise this fall to a massive dome of mild air over western North America. Acting like a chute, that ridge has hurtled bitter blasts into the area since about November, sent temperatures plunging during the "polar vortex" earlier this month and is expected to keep the cold coming for the remainder of the winter.

That means that — at least for now — the pipe-freezing, frostbiting chill more normally associated with Alaska and Canada is here to stay.

"The problem is, a pattern like this feeds on itself," said WGN meteorologist Tom Skilling. "They keep coming at you in waves."

There will be intermittent respites. For instance, after the mercury falls below zero Tuesday, temperatures are expected to rise into the upper 20s by the end of the week. Yet in the coming month, weather forecast models hint at the probability of additional bitter flirtations.

The freeze has been fed, in part, by a cyclical warming pattern in the northern Pacific, which in some places has measured at least six degrees above normal. Average water temperatures near South America have added further dominance to that system, meteorologists said.

As the northern Pacific water warmed the atmosphere this fall, the jet stream along the west coast buckled northward, bringing air from the arctic into the Midwest while leaving coastal Alaska unseasonably mild and rainy and possibly contributing to the recent avalanche near Valdez.

The extreme temperature contrasts between the ocean air and the subfreezing air that builds around the North Pole this time of year due to lack of sunshine could keep the system in place through at least February, Skilling said.

"When you have warm ocean waters ... you have a driving force locked in place," he said. "And on the cold side, when you keep bringing these arctic blasts down, snow gets laid down and reflects the heat and therefore you reinforce that."

So far in Chicago, the conditions have made this month one of the snowiest on record, with 33.1 inches measured at O'Hare International Airport as of Monday. January 1918 holds the record at 42.5 inches.

In the last 50 days, however, there have been 27 days of measurable snowfall of at least a tenth of an inch.

"If folks feel like they have been shoveling frequently, they have," National Weather Service meteorologist Ed Fenelon said.

As of Monday, there had also been 14 days that fell below zero, driving even the hardiest indoors, canceling schools across the region and wreaking havoc on public transportation. The record-setting winter season was 1884-85, which recorded a total of 25 days below zero, Fenelon said.

Although the winter so far — measured from Dec. 1 through Jan. 25 — still ranks as only the 13th-coldest on record, the more mild recent winters have made it seem more brutal, Fenelon said.

Temperatures on Tuesday night were expected to fall to about 5 below in Chicago, with wind chills making it feel closer to minus 25.

"It is not anything you see like a thunderstorm, or lightening or a tornado, but it is the cold arctic air associated with the polar vortex that can still be very dangerous," Fenelon said.

During periods of extreme cold, people should try to minimize their time outside. If they have to venture outdoors, Felon recommended wearing layers, keeping dry and looking out for signs of developing frostbite.

At the same time, meteorologists said that beyond the biting winds, black ice and mounting snow, these conditions also can be perfect for a particular arctic optical phenomenon: sundogs.

Sundogs — the name given to the bright halos of light that sometimes appear around the sun and can look like small rainbows — are formed when light refracts off ice needles suspended in the atmosphere.

The name is of disputed origin, but one story harks back to Greek mythology, according to Skilling.

"The notion was that Zeus would take his dogs out for a walk and what you were seeing were his dogs out there walking on either side of the sun," Skilling said.

Meaning that, even in cold weather, the gods themselves had to go outside.

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Check out keywords "geoengineering watch" and "solar radiation management" at youtube for a possible explanation.

simple mind · Feb 20, 2014

Sorry "John", I can not follow your suggestion as I don't do Youtube... ...but here I have the respective links to the official websites...
Forget about "chemtrails"...
SRMGI | Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative
Geoengineering the climate: science, governance and uncertainty | Royal Society
I would call this one a very optimistic site but informative...
Worldwatch Institute

DumagueteJohn · Feb 21, 2014

simple mind;1851895837 said:

Sorry "John", I can not follow your suggestion as I don't do Youtube... ...but here I have the respective links to the official websites...
Forget about "chemtrails"...
SRMGI | Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative
Geoengineering the climate: science, governance and uncertainty | Royal Society
I would call this one a very optimistic site but informative...
Worldwatch Institute
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Yes SM these are the initiatives I refer to. Whether video or text, all the same to me. I don't use the word 'chemtrail' as it has taken on a kind of connotation that detracts from what is going on. I have been witnessing the phenomenon myself since 2002, it is very real, and certainly a contributing factor to whatever changes are taking place in global climate.

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