any bets on what this spring/summer will be like after this terrible winter?

[ZX600]

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The road damage from this winter will be the worst we've seen in years. Be prepared for sand covered and pot hole ridden roads with clean up and repairs not completed as quickly as we would hope.

We are doomed! these guys might even come out

 

[RockerGuy]

I hope you're wrong; video games are getting awfully boring.

Bear in mind we always get a random snowfall in April. If we get ride able temps in April I'd be pleasantly surprised

 

[油井緋色]

Bear in mind we always get a random snowfall in April. If we get ride able temps in April I'd be pleasantly surprised

I see the snow melting right now, THE WHITE STUFF IS FINALLY DYING.

 

[moono]

Agreed..the roads are much worse then previous post winters. Not only are there a ton of pot holes but there are areas where smooth flat roads are now literally warped and when you drive over it you fly out of your seat...

Hopefully repairs start sooner rather then later.

 

[RockerGuy]

I see the snow melting right now, THE WHITE STUFF IS FINALLY DYING.

What does long term forecast say?
It supposed to snow on wednesday. Below zero on Thurs

 

[油井緋色]

What does long term forecast say?
It supposed to snow on wednesday. Below zero on Thurs

I'm playing ignorant; let me go find that groundhog and beat the **** out of him.

 

[Apollo95]

According to Jennifer Francis, a climate expert at Rutgers University, the Arctic air has warmed in recent years as a result of melting polar ice caps, meaning there is now less of a difference in temperatures when it hits air from lower latitudes.
"The jet stream is a very fast moving river of air over our head," she said Saturday at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
"But over the past two decades the jet stream has weakened. This is something we can measure," she said.
As a result, instead of circling the earth in the far north, the jet stream has begun to meander, like a river heading off course.
This has brought chilly Arctic weather further south than normal, and warmer temperatures up north. Perhaps most disturbingly, it remains in place for longer periods of time.

http://news.yahoo.com/jet-stream-shift-could-prompt-harsher-winters-scientists-132931128.html

Interesting. concerning and a little depressing, but interesting.


roads and weather will be iffy for a while still. if optimal season starts later, we can always hope for a warmer fall/winter transition.

as for D3 expansion. looks good. they've made some changes to D3, but i haven't been on for 6+ months…just no time.
will get the expansion, but no time, just no time.

 

[moono]

D3 was pure nostalgia for me when it came out but then lost interest after a few months and went back to cod and battlefield....however the expansion DOES look good....will definitly try it

 

[RockerGuy]

Anybody still think we will not get a bit of snow in April?

 

[油井緋色]

Anybody still think we will not get a bit of snow in April?

If baby Jesus exists there will be no snow.

 

[Roomie]

 

[drumstyx]

To add to the whole jet stream theory, scientists have noticed a decrease in the sun's activity in the past couple decades, leading to a cooler earth. As such, global warming appears to have 'stopped' 15 years ago (seriously, look that up, even the climatologists will admit it, and it's why they're changing the name to 'climate change'). It's at least possible that global warming may not only not be an issue, but be the key to surviving a mini ice-age, when growing seasons are shortened significantly.

 

[RockerGuy]

To add to the whole jet stream theory, scientists have noticed a decrease in the sun's activity in the past couple decades, leading to a cooler earth. As such, global warming appears to have 'stopped' 15 years ago (seriously, look that up, even the climatologists will admit it, and it's why they're changing the name to 'climate change'). It's at least possible that global warming may not only not be an issue, but be the key to surviving a mini ice-age, when growing seasons are shortened significantly.

Maybe the sun is burning out? The sun has a lifespan of a couple billion years I believe

 

[drumstyx]

Maybe the sun is burning out? The sun has a lifespan of a couple billion years I believe

Well, the mechanism of the sun getting cooler isn't unknown, it's just solar cycles. Every couple hundred years the sun goes through some changes. I'm no physicist, so I don't know the specifics, but there was an approximately 100 year period from the 1700's to the 1800's that had some seriously harsh winters, similar to what we had this year. That's not to say there weren't warm years then too, but the average was just colder, which caused shortened, but not nonexistent growing seasons.

Not saying anything for sure, because again, I don't know, but these are some things I've read about.

 

[sid_for_speed]

I love Geography!

 

[油井緋色]

Maybe the sun is burning out? The sun has a lifespan of a couple billion years I believe

If the sun is burning out there would be a phase where it rapidly expands and we all die.

I'd like to think everyone on this board would be dead BEFORE that happens lol

 

[sid_for_speed]

If the sun is burning out there would be a phase where it rapidly expands and we all die.

I'd like to think everyone on this board would be dead BEFORE that happens lol

I dunno if our sun's big eneugh to be a dwarf star as it burns out...cause if it is....

...we'll soon know what million Gs feel like!

 

[RockerGuy]

Well, the mechanism of the sun getting cooler isn't unknown, it's just solar cycles. Every couple hundred years the sun goes through some changes. I'm no physicist, so I don't know the specifics, but there was an approximately 100 year period from the 1700's to the 1800's that had some seriously harsh winters, similar to what we had this year. That's not to say there weren't warm years then too, but the average was just colder, which caused shortened, but not nonexistent growing seasons.

Not saying anything for sure, because again, I don't know, but these are some things I've read about.

If the sun is burning out there would be a phase where it rapidly expands and we all die.

I'd like to think everyone on this board would be dead BEFORE that happens lol

posible, I don't doubt that




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