Among Warmest Years; Warmest Decade

[sneuman]

It's "almost" official:

UN weather agency: 2010 among 3 hottest years | Top AP Stories | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

[gonesail]

last year we had the coldest winter that i can remember .. and i have lived in florida most of my life. the farmers almanac predicts a warm dry winter for us in the southeast .. bring it on

[senormechanico]

UN, the ones who give awards for human rights to Cuba, China, Iran, THAT UN?

[capngeo]

I call male bovine excrement, as I'm sitting in S Florida freezing my ARSE off!

[sneuman]

Originally Posted by senormechanico

UN, the ones who give awards for human rights to Cuba, China, Iran, THAT UN?

really? can you be more specific?

in any case, what's it got to do with climate data?

Oh yeah, absolutely nothing.

[sneuman]

Originally Posted by capngeo

I call male bovine excrement, as I'm sitting in S Florida freezing my ARSE off!

they're different:

cli·mate [ klmət ]

1. typical weather in region: the average weather or the regular variations in weather in a region over a period of years
2. place with particular weather: a place with a particular type of weather
3. indoor environment: the prevailing conditions or environment in an indoor setting such as an office

weath·er [ wéər ]

1. state of atmosphere: the state of the atmosphere with regard to temperature, cloudiness, rainfall, wind, and other meteorological conditions
2. bad weather: adverse weather, e.g. a storm, or the effects of this
3. used in weather forecasting: relating to or used in weather forecasting

[capngeo]

Don't take offense, the hotter it gets the more Kool-Aide you get to drink!

[anjou]

Your warmth is our cold.
We are having the coldest end Nov, beginning Dec since records began.
Minus 21 deg celcius last night in One Scottish village. My local forcast for this evening is -10 c

[sneuman]

Originally Posted by capngeo

Don't take offense, the hotter it gets the more Kool-Aide you get to drink!

no need to get your teabags in a twist.

[hummingway]

The warmth has been going where it's most needed ... Canada! So far this winter is kinda cool though. Someday Floridians may be called snowbirds. More likely that they will be call fish, given how low much of the land is.

[thinwater]

And whom do you believe? Al Gore announced about 2 weeks ago that ethanol in gasoline, of which he was a strong supporter, was a bad policy. He stated that he only took a supporting possition to get votes.

So we have been suffering with e-10 (soon to be e-15) and all of its expense for no reason at all.

I give him credit for this admission--that took some guts--but it does make him something less than an oracle standing safely on moral high ground.

U.S. corn ethanol was not a good policy: Gore | Reuters

[sneuman]

denier logic:

"I hate Al Gore, therefore climate change is a hoax."

[sneuman]

Originally Posted by gonesail

last year we had the coldest winter that i can remember .. and i have lived in florida most of my life. the farmers almanac predicts a warm dry winter for us in the southeast .. bring it on

I noted this year that the Farmer's Almanac predicted below average July temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic, but apparently no one else noticed that. It's a logical fallacy called counting the hits, not the misses. In any case, the Almanac's methodology is meterological voodoo.

... or, as my paw used to say "even a stopped clock is right twice a day"

Research|Penn State: Is the Farmers' Almanac accurate?

[zeehag]

this is the coldest year in sin diego in 77yrs--LOL--- following another wasnt warm one... following another..LOL... have a good day.

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by senormechanico

UN, the ones who give awards for human rights to Cuba, China, Iran, THAT UN?

Methinks you may be confused.

When did the United Nations ever award a Human Rights prize to any Nation (Cuba, China, or other)?
➥ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights / OHCHR Welcome page

From Wikipedia:
“The United Nations Prizes in the Field of Human Rights were instituted by United Nations General Assembly resolution 2217 in 1966. They are intended to "honour and commend people and organizations which have made an outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of the human rights embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in other United Nations human rights instruments".
They were first awarded in 1968, and they have been given out at five-year intervals since then...”

➥ United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Includes a listing of ALL recipients