"Chasing Ice"

[piece-itpete]

Brother most of the US had its fill of winter this past season. One of the coldest I can remember.

Hope you choose moving! Come to glamorous Cleveland

Pete

[bobabode]

Came across this while reading the Times.

http://whatweknow.aaas.org/wp-conten...at-We-Know.pdf

[HarmanKardon]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Brother most of the US had its fill of winter this past season. One of the coldest I can remember.

Hope you choose moving! Come to glamorous Cleveland

Pete

I know from AudioKarma that a lot of you had very hard times in the last months.

I would like to move to Canada or to a Northern state in the USA. Or - even better - to Bhutan. Bhutan is great.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by HarmanKardon

Sorry for a not off topic post.

Seasons in the Black Forest 1920:

Fall: three months
Winter: three months
Spring: three months
Summer: three months

Seasons in the Black Forest 2020:

Fall: six weeks
Spring: six weeks
Summer: nine months.

Probably a bit exaggerated, but all in all it is so. My favourite season is winter. I cannot stand the sturdy hot summer anymore and an AC (I will get one next month) in the bedroom will not be the answer to everything.

So either moving or suicide. No kidding.

My close friend who lives in Fluorn-Winzeln (near Rottweil) has also complained about the warm winter there. No such problem here this winter. We've had about 2 meters of snow this winter and lots of crazy cold weather.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Brother most of the US had its fill of winter this past season. One of the coldest I can remember.

Hope you choose moving! Come to glamorous Cleveland

Pete

In the Midwest it's been brutal, out here on the coast it's been warm and dry, dry, dry. One rainstorm this whole season. We're moving before the ocean swallows the whole area.

[icenine]

It was a bit cold last night...I actually had to use the defroster this am on the CRV.....brrr

[donquixote99]

My understanding is the same phenomena of a roaming 'polar vortex' made the US colder and Europe warmer this last winter.

[HarmanKardon]

finnbow Fluorn is just 36 km ( I think some 25 miles or so) away from my hometown.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by HarmanKardon

finnbow Fluorn is just 36 km ( I think some 25 miles or so) away from my hometown.

Here's a picture of my wife and two sons with my friend, Maria, at her ancestral home in Fluorn. Her now-deceased husband was a dear friend and work colleague of mine.

[djv8ga]

Originally Posted by Pukka Sahib

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3VTgIPoGU

What is the insuperable line?
How much evidence must there be
To prove what is plain for all to see?
Must there be unanimous consent -
Are we now ruled by sole dissent -
In the progress of time?
_____________________________

Global warming is a fact. It is happening, and at an accelerated rate. The ice is melting. The grim speed of the glacial retreat is there for all to see. It can no longer be denied. There is no point in arguing. The continued debate over the cause has all the absurdity of arguing over shuffleboard scores on a sinking Titanic. We are past the tipping point in the natural balance; and there is nothing that can be done to counteract the colossal elemental forces now set in motion - it is unstoppable. All that can be done at this late date is to deal with the inevitable consequences that are predictable, if not calculable to a mathematical certainty. It is only a matter of time.

Maybe you should plant a tree...?