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October 12, 2012
First "Global Warming." Then "Climate Change." Now “Global Climate Disruption”
Why it seems that severe weather is “getting worse” when the data shows otherwise With such global coverage, instant messaging, and Internet enabled phones with cameras now,is it any wonder that nothing related to severe weather or disaster escapes our notice any more? Certainly, without considering the technological change in our society, it would seem as if severe weather events and disasters are becoming much more frequent. To borrow and modify a famous phrase from James Carville: It’s the technology, stupid.
Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 12, 2012 11:48 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Y'know, I was wondering about that stuff. I have noticed a pattern forming in the last few years; perhaps been going on longer but, hey, I just now noticed.
Which brings me ‘round Robin Hood’s barn to the question I’m havin’, which is when every day as I get off shift and I’m comin’ home and at a certain time the sun shines right in my eyes as I’m drivin’ but that don’t concern me none, I been drivin’ that root ever’ day and besides there’s not much cars out at that time, but I’m driftin’, so I been noticin’ that the sun ain’t comin’ up at the same time ever’ day like it’s supposed to, it looks like it’s slow gettin’ a start, and how come the atomical clock can slice up the seconds pretty fine but old Sol cain’t git it?
Are we sufferin’ from some kinda solar slowin’ er somethin’? Mebbe all them storms they got up there on the sun is slowin’ the thing down some and cain’t we fix it with that atomical clock?
You bein’ a fella with some learnin’ even though you keep it pretty close under yer hat, you might shed some light on my perplexion. Jes’ figgerin’.
I have also noticed something similar on a daily basis, and it goes like this:
When I get up at 6 or 7 am it's always 50 or 60 degrees outside. It slowly warms until around midday. Fortunately some kind of natural heat-abatement, perhaps related to your "sun goes down earlier" observation, makes this process reverse before nightfall. If you think about it real hard, what would happen if this natural process of heat abatement was somehow interrupted by man made activities? After all, it's definitely man made warming from 7 am until 2pm... so what if the natural cooling was somehow replaced by even more man made warming? By midnight it would be hot enough to bake cookies on your porch in open air! This is a serious issue relating to the natural balance of the planet, which is obviously very tenuous.
Posted by: chasmatic at October 14, 2012 8:57 AM