[at-l] SNOW Flurries, Re: Newb on the loose - the questions begin

[Jim Bullard]

Fight! Fight!
The list hasn't had a good fight for a long time.
FWIW I didn't get any intimation of "panic" from the posting of the
URL. Just an observation that was correct, if only "technically".
We all know where you both stand. Could we drop it please?

On 10/24/06, camojack at comcast.net <camojack at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hey, sport...I got those numbers from the site *you* posted.
>
> >From what I hear, the average overall GLOBAL warming was on average about 1º (Farenheit, no less) over the course of 100 years.
>
> Is that warming?
>
> Technically, yes.
>
> Does it constitute cause for the panic some have indulged in?
>
> I don't think so. YMMV...
>
> -"Camo"
>
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: Raphael Bustin <rafeb at speakeasy.net>
>
> > At 10:22 PM 10/24/2006 +0000, Camo wrote:
> >
> > > From the monthly data maps I got the following:
> > >
> > >February 2006: 26 States normal, 7 States below normal.
> > >March 2006: 34 States normal, 2 States below normal, 1 State much below
> > >normal.
> > >April 2006: 3 States normal, 1 State below normal.
> > >May 2006: 20 States normal, 7 States below normal.
> > >June 2006: 13 States normal, 5 States below normal.
> > >July 2006: 4 States normal.
> > >August 2006: 14 States normal, 2 States below normal.
> > >September 2006: 19 States normal, 23 States below normal, 2 States much
> > >below normal.
> > >
> > >So much for your earlier contention that "Not a single state showed
> > >below-normal average temps."
> >
> >
> > I was talking about the year-to-date average for 2006.
> > Not one-month statistics.
> >
> > 2004 annual: 47 states "near" or above normal (only Maine was slightly below)
> > 2005 annual: all 48 states "near" or above normal
> > 2006 annual (YTD): all 48 states above normal
> >
> > Pull your head out of the sand. Warming is real.
> > Even if you don't believe it, the world's major insurance carriers do.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > And, for the record, it was your post "that DAMNED global
> > warming" that triggered my responses.
> >
> >
> > rafe b
> > aka terrapin
> >
> >
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