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Global Warming my ass - A take on the last 2 summers in Toronto Canada
By E*Master 07-19-2009 12:25 PM
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So I need to vent. Read if you do, if not, move on. Currently the highest temperature we have had in Toronto is 29C (84F) and that was just ONE DAY. Most days this "summer" have been around 20c-22c (68F-72F) which is cold compared how they usually are. We have NOT hit anything above the 29c we've had. Now. I understand having lived here for 20 years that Canada is supposed to be cold but this is ridiculous. It hasn't even been humid or anything. Yeah one day maybe. I have never had to wear a light Jacket in Toronto in the evening at the end of July!!! EVER! I am not sure how Ottawa and Montreal are doing but this sucks.
Last summer was rained out. It rained 90% of weekends of the summer. Which was also bullshit. I am starting to get SADs from all this crap and really can't stand 7 months of heavy jacket wearing anymore considering I am at one of the most southern parts of canada. Basically what I am saying is I would like to know where this Global warming is. If it is warming how come Canada is getting colder? I know I am just maybe getting a little out of hand about this but I can't stand this anymore. If we have one more summer like that here and an 8 month winter which I feel we are going to start feeling mid to late August, I'm moving. I Love it here but the weather is bringing me down. So where do u suggest I seek better weather that isn't too far away? I was thinking Vancouver but it rains a lot there too. I was thinking Arizona but I am not sure how the tornado/hurricane ratio is there. I'm just riffin' here |
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dim2192
- 07-19-2009, 02:05 PM
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Yeah, it has been a cold summer so far. I am a swimmer and have caught two colds from swimming in the cold...in the summer! And here in New Jersey, we haven't had a 90 degree day since May.
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Hbomb5
- 07-19-2009, 02:07 PM
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I guess Canadian summer is like only a week and a half ("How I Met Your Mother" reference).
BTW, Arizona's inland. No hurricanes. |
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Invin
- 07-19-2009, 02:34 PM
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I live in Georgia, where it's usually oven hot in the summer. I remember having some days where the temperature was around 105 last summer. That was hell. I'm actually enjoying what we have now. We've never had so much rain in the summer. Most of the week, we'll be in the mid 90s. Occasionally, it'll drop to the 80s or rain. Then again, there's still August..
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Ecofreak
- 07-19-2009, 02:45 PM
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Global warming refers to the average increase in global temperature. Thus, the term is a slightly inaccurate categorization of the climate changes the earth is facing, as some parts of the world will cool while others will get hotter and more arid.
Case in point, the following climate shifts are expected to happen: The southwest United States is expected to experience greater droughts, Midwest will be hit by more tornadoes, and the eastern seaboard will experience more rain. So in summary, global warming will raise the average temperature of the earth (hence melting of the polar ice caps and Antarctica) while various geographic ecosystems will experience more drastic changes. |
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lustyhitter
- 07-19-2009, 02:54 PM
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I'm one of those people who despises hot humid summer weather. I can tolerate it once in awhile but not a whole summer of it like in 2001, 2006 and 2007. I understand E*Master's pain, being from Ottawa, though. People here want to sweat, even if it means a higher Hydro Bill for some. It looks like seasonal summer weather is on the way, though.
It's winters I would like to get away from. Ottawa winters are very tough. BTW, there's a garbage strike in Toronto. Maybe a cooler summer might be a good thing at this time. |
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whywakeup
- 07-19-2009, 03:27 PM
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Humans are also the cause of the sun being hot and are the center of the universe.
NASA's press office "marginalized or mischaracterized" studies on global warming between 2004 and 2006, the agency's own internal watchdog concluded. In a report released Monday [4/4/2008], NASA's inspector general office called it "inappropriate political interference" by political appointees in the press office. A simple method of manipulating surface temperature data which does not involve rocket science is to place temperature monitors in areas prone to heating or next to heat outlets. Here is a broader look at the change in temp past the the small time window NASA offers .  |
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Schmackledorf
- 07-19-2009, 04:25 PM
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Care to trade? It's been 100+ F pretty much every day down where I live in Texas, and with about 50% humidity at that. Yesterday was actually a relatively cool day, clocking in at about 98 F.
That does suck though. I don't think I'd like living somewhere it's not even warm for summer... |
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haloman21
- 07-19-2009, 05:45 PM
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Its hot as shit here trade with me too, Today is one of those sort of cold days thou
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volt1up
- 07-19-2009, 05:57 PM
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109°F no AC. You get no pity from me.
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rick1000
- 07-19-2009, 08:17 PM
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[QUOTE]Care to trade? It's been 100+ F pretty much every day down where I live in Texas, and with about 50% humidity at that. Yesterday was actually a relatively cool day, clocking in at about 98 F.
That does suck though. I don't think I'd like living somewhere it's not even warm for summer[/QUOTE]Hell yeah it has been hot as hell in texas. 100+ almost every day for like a month now |
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sanderdaniels81
- 07-20-2009, 03:08 AM
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On another note, it gets hot enough there to cook eggs on the pavement - literally, so maybe you'd enjoy the heat for awhile. |
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timesplitt
- 07-20-2009, 03:47 AM
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its to my understanding that global warming is effecting the ocean.. and in turn the ocean is causing it to be colder/hotter whatever... either way global warming TAKES YEEEEEAAARS..... YEARS.
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LoveLost
- 07-20-2009, 11:41 AM
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SADs ? Sudden Adult Deat syndrome?
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letsgetacid
- 07-20-2009, 04:26 PM
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Global warming (or "climate change") is a farce. There are many reasons why the notion is being purported as truth still. It depends on what you deem realistic. Certain people stand to gain profit/power from controlling/taxing other people's carbon emissions. That's all you need to know.
In the 70's, the media scare was that global cooling was imminent. Same shoddy science. |
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dubbfoolio
- 07-20-2009, 05:08 PM
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there's a scientific consensus that global warming is occurring, people who don't study science probably don't realize how rare a scientific consensus is... but fear not conspiracy theorists you can abuse scientific data to back any political claim you want if you look hard enough and pick a convenient scale of time and space!
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whywakeup
- 07-20-2009, 06:19 PM
Updated 07-20-2009 at 06:30 PM by whywakeup |
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Keep on using that reptilian brain dubb . As far as a scientific consensus , there are groups on each side of the issue now isnt there. The issue has quite a few proponents on either side with one side not even coming close to claiming their science as 100 percent correct . Of course global warming and cooling is occurring . Its been happening for millions of years, it’s the nature of this earth . As far as the 2,000 year period prior to now , and the fact that NASA's own people blew the whistle on themselves , I don’t think there would be any kind of evidence that would stop you from being so narrow minded . I wish I could convince all my buddies at Lawrence Livermore labs to chime in for all you narcissistic people that live their lives based on fear . You would see that Global warming is very low on the lists of importance at the present time .
So at least we will have great weather in our prison planet we have created for ourselves . Edit : On a side note Dr. Keeling himself near the end of his life said Global Warming wasnt as big as a threat that he made it out to be for all those years .  |
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dubbfoolio
- 07-21-2009, 02:02 PM
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Believe it or not I used to work at LLNL. Things are very politically tied there, and I'm curious if your friends work in some sort of environmental science or not. Talk to a climatologist, oceanographer, or a geologist (ahehehem... puts geologist hat on), preferably funded by NSF, not DOE and see where they stand. I agree that the scientific community doesn't have everything constrained and that there are plenty of people blowing things out of proportion on either side of the fence. But I consider it to be a fact that global temperatures are tied to carbon dioxide levels, and that we are producing carbon dioxide in spades, and that this can only hurt us. Global warming or not there are plenty of other really good reasons to conserve fossil fuels and reduce emmisions of green house gases. Anyway E*Master's snarky title probably wasn't intended to be an invitation for global warming debate, and I'm probably not going to change your mind on a message board.
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whywakeup
- 07-21-2009, 03:49 PM
Updated 07-21-2009 at 04:03 PM by whywakeup |
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I understand where you are coming from and agree for the most part that we are a very polluting wasteful humanity . My point is that there are dangerous threats that are immediate . The amount of aspartame , high fructose corn syrup , sodium fluoride most of us consume is very dangerous and effecting us as we speak . The threat of our government starting world war 3 is immediate .
Border control and the weaponised H1N1 is the talk of the town right now . How can we let Baxter create the flu shots when they keep screwing up ? The fact that we are killing thousands of Iraqis and others makes me want to cry . Carbon dioxide may be tied to a rise in global temperature but our sun is the true culprit. But all in I do believe in conservation and I am not affiliated to any political agenda . It’s the men behind the "global warming" agenda that people should be concerned about and thats my point . All in all I feel people should change their personal habits instead of waiting for uncle wall street criminal sam to tell us what to do . Thanks for the adult response for it has helped me understand your point of view . |
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