Comments on: Ice Age 9: Hell freezes over

By: Amarissa

Amarissa — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 01:36:32 +0000

well me to

By: Sherri

Sherri — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:36:57 +0000

That’s something I always say about Oklahoma. The cold I can handle. It’s that we also have to have constant biting wind, and severe storms.

By: yellowcat

yellowcat — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:46:29 +0000

We’ve had snow since Christmas and I’m ready for some new stuff. I’m tired of looking at the old, worn out snow.

I’m glad we don’t get ice storms here. If you can stand the cold, we really don’t get too much hazzardous weather in this area.

By: Sherri

Sherri — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:54:59 +0000

LOL, that sounds like our weather, only more extreme. At least you have a good attitude about it.

By: Kristy

Kristy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:52:23 +0000

I'm right there with you. 14" this weekend and we're in the middle of getting another 8"- 10" by Wednesday evening. YEE HAW - Bring it on! The weather guy said that our average February sees just a little over 4" of snowfall. Looks like we're blowing that out of the water this year. Believe it or not, but our weather has gone like this. Cold, freezing cold, BEYOND freezing cold, OMG it's mother effing cold, oh look - my daffodils are coming up, where did this snow come from, why can't I get out of my driveway, why is everyone swarming the grocery story,etc. Can't wait to see what next week brings!

By: Sherri

Sherri — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:14:01 +0000

Well said.

By: marta

marta — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:56:33 +0000

Things change. The earth will change. Plates will move and one day the sun will begin to expand. Since we don’t outside the cycle of life, I assume that we impact the planet for good and for ill, but who is to say what that is? I tend to side with scientists, but really whether it is whatever you want to call–are we doing our best to keep the earth livable for us? Can we ever know that? I mean, we can’t know if the earth would be better or worse if we hadn’t had the industrial revolution. It isn’t like we’ve got a control earth around to compare ourselves to.

I’ve always thought the earth will have the last laugh anyway. We aren’t going to kill nature. We might make nature impossible for us, but it will just keep on doing what it does, growing and changing, indifferent to politics and city planning and which species survive and which don’t.

In the meantime, I’ve got a kid to raise and a book to sell.

By: Sherri

Sherri — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:23:33 +0000

Fal and Darc–I have seen data for and against “man-made” climate change, but the data I’ve seen doesn’t convince me one way or the other. I don’t feel guilty about it. Going to keep an open mind since I’m not a climatologist.

But get this…More snow on Thursday! WTF???

Hope y’all are doing good! *hugs back*

By: DarcsFalcon

DarcsFalcon — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:51:54 +0000

There haven’t been any sunspots for like a year and a half, 2 years now, so things are considerably colder in many places. Just part of the ebb and flow of temperatures, no such thing as “man caused global warming.” :) So don’t feel like you’ve done something wrong, you haven’t.

Spring will come and so will summer, and you’ll wish it wasn’t so hot.

The only good thing about ice storms is that they’re so pretty — as long as they’re happening to someone else. When it’s happening to you it’s almost a disaster, because it takes down wires and closes roads and causes accidents — it’s terrible!

It’s been in the 60s in Houston and that will probably blow your way soon. Hang on just a little longer.

And your cord is in your little writing office that you built. ;)

*hugs you*

By: DarcKnyt

DarcKnyt — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:27:26 +0000

Rachel's hit it dead on: The solar cycle is the cause of most of our planet's warming and cooling trends. There's no documented evidence, despite what the media is saying, for anthropogenic global warming or AGW. In fact, there's so LITTLE evidence for it they had to change the name to account for the global cooling trend for the last, oh, say TEN YEARS. So it's not "global warming" any more, it's "climate change" -- you can call it "CYA" because ... well. I'll stop there. But don't worry, the vernal equinox is coming, dear! The ice will melt and the sun will shine and the world will be as it should. I promise. ;)