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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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 Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 12:47 am Post subject: |
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| just because wrote: |
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PS - LMG for Board Babe.
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I nominate Corporal for board babe 
Just pullin your chain Corporal 
Seriously, i nominate my avatar as current board babe (its changing everyday at the moment though). |
The Board Babe has to be a frequent visitor to the site.
LMG for Board Babe.
Sparkles*_* |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 1:56 am Post subject: |
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| uber1024 wrote: |
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.
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I have read about the rather interesting theory that global warming causes ice ages. While seemingly counter intuitive it has a neat explanation. Hotter temperatures means more evaporation which comes down as mounds and mounds of snow. Too much snow and even your super warm summers can't melt it all. It's like a mall parking lot where they pile up all the snow in one corner. That snow sometimes doesn't melt until June.
So you get these mountains of snow that don't go away in summer which end up starting a local cooling which advances year by year south until you got a runway freeze.
In sum, a vote for Bush is a vote for an new ice age. |
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phaedrus
Joined: 13 Nov 2003
Location: I'm comin' to get ya.
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| Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 2:47 am Post subject: |
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| An ice age would be awesome (I want to say cool), because we could cope with it well I think. |
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uber1024
Joined: 28 Jul 2003
Location: New York City
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| Posted: Sat May 22, 2004 5:53 am Post subject: |
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| phaedrus wrote: |
| An ice age would be awesome (I want to say cool), because we could cope with it well I think. |
A mini-ice age, yes. A "major ice age", I think would wipe out a good section humanity.
And mindmetoo, not to get political, but human beings account for 0.2 - 0.3% of greenhouse gas emissions. It's not helping anything, but it's unlikely to be the cause of a global catastophe. (I'm not defending Bush by any means! I'm just sharing some research I did on this) |
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coolsage
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: The overcast afternoon of the soul
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| Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 8:09 am Post subject: |
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| After the worst spring in recent memory, one fine day followed by three crappy days (yes, Mrs. Cleaver, I'm cognizant of the 'filth' filter), I'm stocking up on easy-care short-sleeved shirts. Two or three a day in these parts, especially in a uni so cheap they make you pay for your own office fan, and air-con, forget it.. Arrghh. |
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jaebea
Joined: 21 Sep 2003
Location: SYD
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| Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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We'd better start building those greenhouses if we're not going to starve.. :)
It provides an interesting leadup to the movie "The Day After Tomorrow" which pretty much describes what will happen if an Ice Age hit.
Looks like it'll be worth a gander.
jae. |
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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: Tue May 25, 2004 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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I state unconditionally, that this spring was cooler than last year's spring, and cloudier and rainier.
Only hard stats could dissuade me from my observations and memories of the two seasons.
Yet the Koreans I talk to say it's warmer this year, then say it's getting warmer every year, showing their deductive reasoning from the Korean belief in the overly simplistic incrimental hypothesis few scientists hold about global warming.
Where could one get statistics for comparison? (though spring isn't over yet) |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| I often find the long term forcast in Korea way off. Even the short 3 day forcast are off. I hope they are correct, but I wouldn't bet you an ice tea on it. |
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osangrl
Joined: 04 Nov 2003
Location: osan
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| Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 1:53 am Post subject: |
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Last summer was great.....!!! Only about 2 nites in Geckos did i think i was going to faint from heat. Other than that is was great. It rained alot though.
My hottest year here was 2000,but that was my first year too, so maybe it was just shock. |
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rudyflyer
Joined: 26 Feb 2003
Location: pacing the cage
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| Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 4:34 am Post subject: |
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yeah 2000 was bad but 96 was the worst for me. First summer here hot as you know what, no a/c, culture shock and I was sick. Miserable summer
Swear summers here are worse than in Austin even though Austin averages 10F higher (98-105F) and the summer is 2x long. Thank God 1) I have an a/c and 2) I'll be on a beach for the rainy season |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed May 26, 2004 4:44 am Post subject: |
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Well you guys can't beat July and August in the Midwestern U.S.. Temps near the 105 F mark. 100% humidity. Puts the comfort index near 115.
I've had many years of so-called training to get through anything in Korea.
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 12:20 am Post subject: |
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| I am cold and damp so far... |
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Corporal
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 4:24 am Post subject: |
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
The Board Babe has to be a frequent visitor to the site.
Sparkles*_* |
Huh?  |
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