its fucking HOT.

[R_P_A_S]

this is getting ridiculous 3 years ago it wasn't this hot during the summer. Its about 105F to 115F (40 to 46 Celsius) during the day. and even when the sun starts going down. at like 5pm to 7pm it's still close to 90F or 100F (32C to 37C)


WHY?????????

[Comrade Rage]

Global Warming

It was 81 with an air quality advisory in my hometown today. It was 91 with a 73 degree dewpoint last week Wednesday. In Milwaukee (90 miles north of Chicago)!
Climate change is definitely real.

[Janus]

I don't think we should be so quick to blame all types of strange, short term weather phenomenon on global warming without strong evidence (there are other causes for such abnormal weather). However, overall, the general trend towards increasing average temperatures is not only troubling but will not only also ensure that such weather extremes are more frequent and intensive in nature over the long run.

[ComradeR]

It will be interesting to see what affect this will have on the US southwest where water is becoming more and more scarce.

[Chicano Shamrock]

It gets hot like this for a few weeks every year. No biggie although it is fucking unbearable.

[RedAnarchist]

Here in Britain we've had shitty weather recently - rain, rain, rain. We have had some sunny days though, and its been quite warm most days.

[R_P_A_S]

i was driving to the market last night at 11pm and the temperature read 88F..at fucking 11pm people.. where does the heat come from????

[UncleCyril]

Any chance you could send some of it over to Blighty?

[Tower of Bebel]

Originally posted by [email protected] 03, 2007 04:05 pm
Here in Britain we've had shitty weather recently - rain, rain, rain. We have had some sunny days though, and its been quite warm most days.
Europe is what many scientists refer to as the paradox of CO2.

You have global warming, but small pieces of dirt also help to form raindrops (as tit atracts H2O). That would explain why you have 40 C° or 45 C° around the mediterranian sea and weeks of rain and clouds more up north (North Sea).

(If it's true CO2 is the cause of this).

[Black Flag Rising]

The amounts of snow in my area has significantly lessened, and it was no strange natural phenomena. My mother recalls several feet of snow when she was little, I recall high inches at best, perhaps 1-2 feet when I was very little. And I don't live in a very hot area.

The winters are less cold and the summers are hotter. These have been gradual changes, over 30 years or more according to my mother. It's not a short-term phenomena, as Janus said. With all due respect, one only needs to open their eyes to see it getting hotter.

[Saint Street Revolution]

Originally posted by Black Flag [email protected] 03, 2007 09:22 pm
The amounts of snow in my area has significantly lessened, and it was no strange natural phenomena. My mother recalls several feet of snow when she was little, I recall high inches at best, perhaps 1-2 feet when I was very little. And I don't live in a very hot area.

The winters are less cold and the summers are hotter. These have been gradual changes, over 30 years or more according to my mother. It's not a short-term phenomena, as Janus said. With all due respect, one only needs to open their eyes to see it getting hotter.
I'm in your area and I completely agree.

[RGacky3]

RPAS you live in LA right? I live in the Valley, don't even complain.

[Saint Street Revolution]

It must be terrible in California...a place where it was already hot as fuck... :wacko: mindblowing heat, probably

[ComradeR]

Originally posted by [email protected] 03, 2007 08:24 pm
You have global warming, but small pieces of dirt also help to form raindrops (as tit atracts H2O). That would explain why you have 40 C° or 45 C° around the mediterranian sea and weeks of rain and clouds more up north (North Sea).

(If it's true CO2 is the cause of this).
What you are describing is known as global dimming (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_dimming), it's created by the heavy pollutants (i.e. particulates) produced from burning coal, oil etc. which puts those heavy pollutants into the air which causes the water in clouds to be more dispersed into smaller droplets, which in turn causes clouds to be more reflective and send more light and heat from the sun back into space, leading to cooler temperatures and affecting rain patterns.

[Black Flag Rising]

Originally posted by ComradeR+September 04, 2007 08:55 am--> (ComradeR @ September 04, 2007 08:55 am)
[email protected] 03, 2007 08:24 pm
You have global warming, but small pieces of dirt also help to form raindrops (as tit atracts H2O). That would explain why you have 40 C° or 45 C° around the mediterranian sea and weeks of rain and clouds more up north (North Sea).

(If it's true CO2 is the cause of this).
What you are describing is known as global dimming (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_dimming), it's created by the heavy pollutants (i.e. particulates) produced from burning coal, oil etc. which puts those heavy pollutants into the air which causes the water in clouds to be more dispersed into smaller droplets, which in turn causes clouds to be more reflective and send more light and heat from the sun back into space, leading to cooler temperatures and affecting rain patterns. [/b]
So pollution can cause global warming .... and global "cooling"?

Shit, what are we supposed to do?!

[Black Flag Rising]

Originally posted by [email protected] 03, 2007 02:05 pm
Here in Britain we've had shitty weather recently - rain, rain, rain. We have had some sunny days though, and its been quite warm most days.
Britain's always rainy, isn't it?

[Vinny Rafarino]

Hot in the middle of summer...Go figure.

:lol:

[Black Flag Rising]

Originally posted by Vinny [email protected] 04, 2007 08:42 pm
Hot in the middle of summer...Go figure.

:lol:
Not that it's hot, that it's hotter than before.

[Vinny Rafarino]

Originally posted by Black Flag [email protected] 04, 2007 01:52 pm

Not that it's hot, that it's hotter than before.
Where exactly are you located?

[Black Flag Rising]

Originally posted by Vinny Rafarino+September 04, 2007 08:58 pm--> (Vinny Rafarino @ September 04, 2007 08:58 pm)
Black Flag [email protected] 04, 2007 01:52 pm

Not that it's hot, that it's hotter than before.
Where exactly are you located? [/b]
New Jersey.

http://www.nj.gov/dep/dsr/trends2005/pdfs/climate-change.pdf

If you were about to bring me some statistics, these are the NJ Government's analysis on the state's climate change.

[Black Flag Rising]

You'll have to zoom in.

[Vinny Rafarino]

Originally posted by Black Flag [email protected] 04, 2007 02:09 pm

If you were about to bring me some statistics, these are the NJ Government's analysis on the state's climate change.
Out of the 30 cities the weather service has listed, the highest temperature in the State of New Jersey is 88 degrees Fahrenheit.

All of these temperatures are well within the range of the State's average and don't even come close to hitting record highs reported by the state.

[Vinny Rafarino]

Okay, New Jersey ran off so let's move on to LA.


I would imagine that since the high pressure zone is pretty much gone and the heat wave is over (LA is now sitting under its average) everyone has realized their fears of armageddon were a bit silly.

Just for shits and giggles I'll even use the hottest part of LA city...the valley; let's even go to the hottest part of the valley..a death trap known as Winnetka

When I was at CSUN in the late eighties and early nineties I was dating this chick from Winnetka. It was a pretty hot summer...around 105 average or so that kicked all the way up to 112 as soon as you crossed into that hell hole called Winnetka.

I didn't help that the chick herself turned out to be a demon...go figure.

In any case even at the peak of the recent heat wave, the temperatures were not any different than they were 20 years ago. Shit, even the record highs were set back in the late nineties for the valley and back in 1955 for Downtown LA.

I guess we're gonna have to save the predictions of catastrophic doom for some other time...I would say next year around late August in Winnetka or Woodland freakin' Hills would be your best bet.

At least for a week or so. :lol:

[Floyce White]

"California" comes from the Spanish word "calido" which means "hot." At least you were warned--not like "Nevada" which means "snowy."

[Faux Real]

It's cold as heck here in NorCal during the evening/morning, during the midday and early evenings it becomes extremely hot. Thanks to the odd weather recently I got a flu earlier than usual and it's not even winter yet. :(

[Wanted Man]

The weather here (Netherlands) has been weird. At the beginning of the week, it was cold. Now, however, it is quite warm, and I'm sitting here in the sun, but with a runny nose and a sore throat from Tuesday.