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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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 Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 4:52 am Post subject: Hottest summer in 10 years |
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| Arirang news just reported that Korea will have the hottest weather in 10 years. Please remember to drink extra bottled water. Have some good fruit and vegetables, and be careful exercising outside. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 5:14 am Post subject: |
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Great advice before a forecasted rainy weekend.  |
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Crois
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: You could be next so watch out.
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 5:15 am Post subject: |
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| Damn you!!! |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 5:15 am Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| Great advice before a forecasted rainy weekend. |
We cannot all live on a tropical island and have women feed us mangos. |
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snufalufagus
Joined: 10 May 2004
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| Luckily it coincides with the WATERMELON season ..... one of the ideal replacements |
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katydid
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Location: Here kitty kitty kitty...
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| Great even more reason to look forward to Fall. |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 7:13 am Post subject: |
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| and its gonna get worse....life is going to be short. Just get out there and do your thang, before we all die from global heating. Its gonna happen, believe me. |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 7:21 am Post subject: |
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| Right on. Heat. I can't wait. |
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Harin
Joined: 03 May 2004
Location: Garden of Eden
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 7:24 am Post subject: |
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Zed, is your avatar Margaret Choi???? Just curious...  |
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Gosp
Joined: 13 May 2004
Location: 85% There.
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 8:31 am Post subject: |
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| How hot are we talking about here? I don't mean to burst any bubbles but it's already reached 90 degrees F here in central Texas �� and it ain't no dry heat either . . . Swampass weather. Personally I was hoping for a break from the heat in South Korea. Oh well. |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 8:41 am Post subject: |
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| we're all going to die for what we've done to mess up the planet and its weather....hotter and hotter....no way out. And thats, the truth. |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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Harin
Joined: 03 May 2004
Location: Garden of Eden
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 9:01 am Post subject: |
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shoot, I just looked at her show poster which is hung on my office wall....and you're right. dang, I am terrible with people's name. |
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uber1024
Joined: 28 Jul 2003
Location: New York City
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 9:08 am Post subject: |
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| rapier wrote: |
| we're all going to die for what we've done to mess up the planet and its weather....hotter and hotter....no way out. And thats, the truth. |
FYI, that appears to not be how it goes. The Earth tends to heat up a bit before an ice age, so if one is around the corner, the global climate will get hotter and hotter until about 10 years before the ice age, and then global temperatures will drop drastically until it sets in.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0130-11.htm
If you ignore the last three paragraphs, which seem to be entirely opinion (even if I agree with that opinion, it's still just that), the research seems to indicate that the things we're seeing are actually a precursor to an ice age and not a "heat death". Also, if you really look at what the facts in the article are saying, the rising temperatures are an oceanic phenomenon which may or may not be significantly affected by human activity.
I did some more digging, and some models show that an ice age should be in full swing about 25 years from now. So, after you all enjoy your 60 degree winter vacations in Alaska, get ready for parkas to be "the new black." This probably won't be an extiction-level event, but the Earth is actually due for one sometime in the near future.
http://mitosyfraudes.8k.com/Calen/Landscheidt-1.html -- talks about the effects of the solar changes on Earth's climate
http://www.clearlight.com/~mhieb/WVFossils/ice_ages.html -- talks about ice ages (has an interesting section about how in the 40s environmentalists were screaming that human actions were going to causing an ice age). It also notes that human contribution to greenhouse gasses are approximately 0.2% - 0.3% of the total amount.
Actually, when I started reading this thread, I was an environmentalist. I still to an extent am and support the controlling of greenhouse gasses and waste dumping, but I'm going to say that after the reading I've done today I'm starting to suspect that saying that what we're doing is causing global warming is like saying that smog is responsible for solar eclipses.
Sorry this went so far off topic. I actually only meant to point out an article that showed that we're headed for an ice age and not overwhelming heat and ended up getting interested in the subject and doing some research. |
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panthermodern
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
Location: Taxronto
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| Posted: Fri May 21, 2004 9:17 am Post subject: |
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| If it is hotter then the summer of 1997, No thank you! |
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