Global warming my arse...

[apteryx_haasti]

It's cold.

I'm wearing a jersey.

Where has my nice summer gone (not that it was here before...)??

What's it like in your neck of the woods?

[edit: d'oh - what a lame-o 400th post!]

[Str8 Jacket]

Dont worry, Summer is coming! Anytime now... :mellow:

[RC1]

lovely and fine in hamilton

[Maha]

I have oiled the deck furniture twice today so its fine enough to do that, but there is rain coming i can see it.....:yes:
In saying that, my mind is a warm place cos' of the pending party tonight....:banana:

[Jantar]

Its taking a while, but people are finally beginning to realize that the warming cycle has finished, and for the last 5 years or so we have been entering a cooling phase. Politicians and greenies are the last to cotton on to the actual data and are still bleating on about warming when the country has just experienced its coldest december in 33 years.

Now, didn't I learn somewhere that the Pacific Decadal Oscillation has a 33 year period, and that its warming cycle peaked in 1998-1999? Maybe science does know something that Politicians and Greenies don't. :yes:

[laRIKin]

Wet and cold today.
We have had some nice days but it's more like Autumn with a few nice day throw-en in.

[TonyB]

Wet and cold today.
We have had some nice days but it's more like Autumn with a few nice day throw-en in.
Yep, that pretty much sums it up. Bloody terrible weather- we have the fire going, did yesterday too!

[sunhuntin]

nice and sunny here today, if not a bit chilly. almost had a frost this morning, the bike didnt want to start after i accidentally stuffed the choke last week :shutup: froze my fingers heading to work...work shirt, jersey and two jackets. rode home in tshirt and vest. winds picking up. likely to rain tomorrow.
slept starkers last night, and woke up before the alarm freezing my ass off literally.

[NighthawkNZ]

Dont worry, Summer is coming! Anytime now... :mellow:

I vaiting vaiting vaiting alvays vaiting

on saying that wasn't to bad here today... but its not our normal summer pattern...

[Jantar]

I went for a ride up to the Bendigo diggings today, then decided to follow a 4WD track further up into the Dunstan Range. I discovered that Bridgestone Battlewing tyres are F####ng useless in snow. And its New Years eve?

[Meekey_Mouse]

Im sunburnt from today lol!! Nice and fine most of the day, although there are a few thunder clouds around now

[apteryx_haasti]

Im sunburnt from today lol!! Nice and fine most of the day, although there are a few thunder clouds around now

Eastbourne update - raining, freezin', icky!

Oh well - have a happy new year's eve everyone!

[SPman]

What's it like in your neck of the woods?

[edit: d'oh - what a lame-o 400th post!]

At 5.30, hovering around 37 in the shade with a slight breeze..........
Should have a cold snap (around 24 C) next week............:whistle:

[oldrider]

Its taking a while, but people are finally beginning to realize that the warming cycle has finished, and for the last 5 years or so we have been entering a cooling phase. Politicians and greenies are the last to cotton on to the actual data and are still bleating on about warming when the country has just experienced its coldest december in 33 years.

Now, didn't I learn somewhere that the Pacific Decadal Oscillation has a 33 year period, and that its warming cycle peaked in 1998-1999? Maybe science does know something that Politicians and Greenies don't. :yes:

Thank you for posting that, the earth was closest to the sun during that period too and with a cycle of in 33yrs out 33yrs nobody lives long enough to remember the effects of the cycle so politicians run around yelling the sky is falling. Fecking greenies!
Greens should do what they do best, turn themselves into compost! :sick: John.

[Smokin]

I was driving to Christchurch yesterday and as I was about to go onto the viaduct it started snowing, Yep snowing on the 30th of december.:gob:

It was coming down hard enough for the kids to chuck a couple of small snowballs before we got out of it before we had traction problems.

[Jantar]

On the news tonight it was stated that the december temperature in the main centers was the coldest for over 50 years.

But southern folk needn't be too worried, Dunedin is moving the temperature recoding from Musellborough to the Octagon, so average temperatures in Dunedin should show a rise of around 2 degrees from now on.

However this new data will be added in to world averages to show that the average global temperature is continuing to rise. Similar things have happened in the past all over the world as people like to show that their city is warmer than another one, so of course land based temperature records can only increase.

[Smokin]

That's great news mate, You will be harder for me to recognise next time we meet then due to your darker tan. Will that also give you a milder winter because it can get bloody cold down your way?

[The Pastor]

actually isnt the global warming theroy along the lines of, the ice caps melt, raise sea levels, ice starts moving around, making everyone cold?

[Animal]

I was driving to Christchurch yesterday... ...it started snowing, yep snowing on the 30th of December.:gob:


Summer 2006... it was a Tuesday, as I recall! :shit:

[Trudes]

The globe hasn't warmed my arse either...

[zadok]

The jury is still out as far as I'm concerned on the global warming debate. We have had the driest winter on record here, but I'm still not convinced.:sunny: :sweatdrop

[Jantar]

actually isnt the global warming theroy along the lines of, the ice caps melt, raise sea levels, ice starts moving around, making everyone cold?
Not quite. One posiibility is that an increasing amount of fresh water entering the North Atlantic will either slow the Gulf Stream current , or move it further south. Either event would cause Europe to enter a mini ice age as happened after the 13th - 15th centuries medieval warm period and precipiting the little ice age of the 16th - 18th centuries. Unfortunately the Global warming models all say these events didn't happen. :D

[Cookie]

The polar caps are slowly melting which unbalances the planet. We are slowly ending up in a kind of gigantic human-turd-and-tonic “on the ice”. In addition, the melting makes the planet slowly wobble around until we end up where the polar icecaps are and the icecaps end up at about the same latitude as Elbonia (or there abouts). That makes it nice and toasty for penguins but not so good for us.

And what about the bird flu eh?

[The Pastor]

I think global warming due to carbon emmisions is a load of bull anyways. Im not convinced, it may be ignorance but either way im not losing sleep over it. Part of me thinks its just a new way for marketing gurus to cream more money out of us, Oh yes I will glady pay an extra 3000 to get a green car so I can feel im doing my bit to stop global warming.

[apteryx_haasti]

IT's been three days now.

I'm still cold.

Enuff already! Back to work tomorrow... :cry:

[ceebie13]

OK... here's the definitive argument about the "nonsense" that is global warming, ozone depletion, and farting. It also has long range weather forecasts (predictions) all based on lunar phases.

It is an interesting read though. Check it out here:
http://www.predictweather.com/global_warming/index.asp

[Jantar]

OK... here's the definitive argument about the "nonsense" that is global warming, ozone depletion, and farting. It also has long range weather forecasts (predictions) all based on lunar phases.

It is an interesting read though. Check it out here:
http://www.predictweather.com/global_warming/index.asp
A very interesting read. The author comes up with the right conclusions, possibly correct predictions, and all from some wrong assumptions. :confused:

[oldrider]

The globe hasn't warmed my arse either...

Now that "is" the kind of global warming that interests me and I have had 67yrs training for just such an event! (blows softly on nails)

Yes you may secretly PM me your phone number but remember like the cheese adds say,
good things take time and I may not have much of that left!!!! (lol)

Cheers, John.