Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Weather
It's February and it's 90 degrees here in Southern California. Last time I specifiacally remember it being this warm this time of year we had the Northridge Earthquake. I hope especially with this administration we don't have an encore cause we know we will be on our own especially after Kartrina.
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You have a short memory. January of 2003 was the warmest January in Los Angeles' history. The average high temperature was 74.77 in downtown. For comparison, this year, also a warm year, Los Angeles' average high temperature in January was 67.81 degrees.
On January 31, 2003, it was 91 in downtown L.A. which set a record. There were 11 other days of 80 degrees or higher in January of 2003.
If you want a recently hot February, 2002 featured 1 90 degree day and 5 80+ degree days. Of course, its only the 8th so we might beat that this year.
Keep in mind that these are downtown LA temperatures. In warmer weather, the San Fernando Valley is even warmer.
This is information was sourced from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)
Again I said specifically. Not saying it didn't happen before. And the fact I drink some and didn't then might have something to do with it.
Robert can you and I agree that Global Warming exists and is a problem worldwide?
Only somewhat. I'll give my full answer on Sunday. Going to Vegas right now.
"Robert can you and I agree that Global Warming exists and is a problem worldwide?
That's a baited question for sure...:)
I know you want to make it political and blame George Bush on the polar bear's shrinking habitat. I know you are prepared to inundate me with 1,000 websites all confirming our impending doom. But before you do...
It is now believed my many climatologists that the Earth has been on a warming trend for the past 1,000 years. Tree rings indicate that around the year 1000 AD, the global temperature was significantly colder. Cold enough to even be a mini-ice age. Many parts ot the northern U.S. were under a permanent ice pack. Even Southern California got snow in winter. The Earth's climate is perpetually in a state of change.
The real question is has humankind increased the rate of change. If so, it is a world problem.
Two more things I want to mention:
1. There is evidence that the Sun (which has its own dynamic weather) has increased output by 10-11% in the past 100 years. If this is so, I'm sure it has a significant impact on our own climate.
2. While the northern icecap has receded quite a bit in the past half century, the southern cap has expanded. In fact, the loss of the ice on the northern cap would have increased the height of the world's oceans by up to a foot. Instead, the ocean levels have only risen about 1/10 of an inch.
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