yamaha wrote: In reply to aircooled: I hacked the HAARP array and have been intentionally steering weather systems away from California......this was all shortly after I invested in spf 1000000 sunscreen.....My bad, I recommend you buy some sunscreen.
They make more than 100SPF? Where can I get it.
Serious inquiry by the fairskinned Ginger.
tuna55 wrote: That's way harder than it sounds.
TWSS. 
yamaha wrote: In reply to tuna55: Why is there not a video of this, sounds epic.
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As close as I can get.
aircooled wrote:Anti-stance wrote: ...Al Gore was too much of a political figure to be the unofficial spokesperson of global warming/climate change.Al Gore has had pretty much the same effect on Global Warming as Micheal Moore has had on gun control. 40% of the US population believe evolution is a silly lie by scientist, which sounds a bit too familiar. So, how did I do? TRIPLE FLOUNDER!!!..... I totally win the internet...78 degrees - no wind - clear skies - no projected rain -
I had to give you a +1 for that.
I don't think there is a financial angle to evolution though.
Edit: Well, not a financial angle for evolution, there is plenty of money to be made the other way though.
In reply to Anti-stance:
Yea there is, book sales.......(Vatican hit squad has been dispatched for me I'm sure)
RX Reven' wrote:Bobzilla wrote: One missed comet can take care of all of our polution problems. I guess techincally, it wouldn't be a "miss", more like a "Oh E36 M3, we never saw that one co................" Face it, we have a serious God-complex. Look at the size of the universe. Hell, look at the size of our solar system. Look at how long we as a race have even been around to impact it. Then tell me how important we really are.^^^This. Until recently, the cumulative amount spent by all world organizations on protecting the earth from NEO’s (near earth objects) was less than the amount spent to staff the average Mc Donald’s. It’s a little better today but not much.One day we'll learn our place.
How close was that last ~150 foot diameter asteroid? 17,200 miles, or lower than GPS satellites. http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/05/world/space-asteroid/index.html?iref=allsearch
Sure, it wasn't very big and would not have c aused more than localized damage if it had hit. Best estimates say a ~2500 foot diameter asteroid would cause a planet wide catastrophe. Like this one: http://www.space.com/21578-asteroid-1998qe2-flyby-radar-image.html
No there's not a giant possibility of this happening soon, nor is it a reason to say the hell with it and just go crazy polluting the planet. The point is, we may not know till it's too late. The Chelyabinsk meteor last year was unknown before it hit.
tuna55 wrote:yamaha wrote: In reply to tuna55: Why is there not a video of this, sounds epic.<img src="" /> As close as I can get.
Enjoy these days; one day you're gonna look around and say 'WTF? When did you grow up?'
Way to take two words from my post and make it your whole argument, while ignoring all the rest, cone...
Why are the snowy owls moving south ?
After an injured one was picked up, the state wildlife guy said he has seen/heard of numerous snowy owl sightings. He thought it was odd since they are normally a far north resident.
Curmudgeon wrote:RX Reven' wrote:How close was that last ~150 foot diameter asteroid? 17,200 miles, or lower than GPS satellites. http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/05/world/space-asteroid/index.html?iref=allsearch Sure, it wasn't very big and would not have c aused more than localized damage if it had hit. Best estimates say a ~2500 foot diameter asteroid would cause a planet wide catastrophe. Like this one: http://www.space.com/21578-asteroid-1998qe2-flyby-radar-image.html No there's not a giant possibility of this happening soon, nor is it a reason to say the hell with it and just go crazy polluting the planet. The point is, we may not know till it's too late. The Chelyabinsk meteor last year was unknown before it hit.Bobzilla wrote: One missed comet can take care of all of our polution problems. I guess techincally, it wouldn't be a "miss", more like a "Oh E36 M3, we never saw that one co................" Face it, we have a serious God-complex. Look at the size of the universe. Hell, look at the size of our solar system. Look at how long we as a race have even been around to impact it. Then tell me how important we really are.^^^This. Until recently, the cumulative amount spent by all world organizations on protecting the earth from NEO’s (near earth objects) was less than the amount spent to staff the average Mc Donald’s. It’s a little better today but not much.
I'm pretty sure I don't want to know about an Earth-shattering comet situation until I look up and say, "What the berkeley?". What would I do with that information? Go on a looting rampage at the nearest Ferrari store?
Streetwiseguy wrote: I'm pretty sure I don't want to know about an Earth-shattering comet situation until I look up and say, "What the berkeley?". What would I do with that information? Go on a looting rampage at the nearest Ferrari store?
Um, yes! Sounds like a plan to me.
Cone_Junkie wrote:Streetwiseguy wrote: I'm pretty sure I don't want to know about an Earth-shattering comet situation until I look up and say, "What the berkeley?". What would I do with that information? Go on a looting rampage at the nearest Ferrari store?Um, yes! Sounds like a plan to me.
Don't forget to swing by and pick me up, too.
DrBoost wrote:aircooled wrote: BTW - I hate to "flounder up" the topic, but the whole "it's cold, ha, global warming" thing is getting a bit old. It really just makes the person saying that look a bit ignorant of the subject.Does it? I think it makes the person that screamed that the sky was falling, or in this case, the earth was melting, look stupid.
can't speak for anyone else .. but when I refer to "global warming" I'm making fun of … finger poking …laughing at … etc ….
Wow. I just got back in. Really? A four-page E36 M3 storm on global warming? Okay, I guess I did kind of ask for it with the title, but I just wanted to talk about the snow. And is it amazing how little snow it takes for a county to close the schools? Heck, when I was a kid, I remember standing out in the cold at the bus stop at the edge of a snow-covered road, and it was probably running 15 minutes late, but here would come the school bus, clanking down the road with tire chains. We'd get a snow day every now and then but there was no way a dusting of snow would close school for four days. Around this area, in the present day, every road in the county, some little more than a cowpath, has to be completely cleared of snow before they'll run the buses. Amazing.
In reply to Toyman01:
Nice shot of the icy pine. What rig did you shoot that with? Is that "as shot" or did you 'shop it? Nice flat light.
1988RedT2 wrote: In reply to Toyman01: Nice shot of the icy pine. What rig did you shoot that with? Is that "as shot" or did you 'shop it? Nice flat light.
Believe it or not, that was shot with my phone. Go figure.
1988RedT2 wrote: Wow. I just got back in. Really? A four-page E36 M3 storm on global warming? Okay, I guess I did kind of ask for it with the title, but I just wanted to talk about the snow. And is it amazing how little snow it takes for a county to close the schools? Heck, when I was a kid, I remember standing out in the cold at the bus stop at the edge of a snow-covered road, and it was probably running 15 minutes late, but here would come the school bus, clanking down the road with tire chains. We'd get a snow day every now and then but there was no way a dusting of snow would close school for four days. Around this area, in the present day, every road in the county, some little more than a cowpath, has to be completely cleared of snow before they'll run the buses. Amazing.
way more lawyers now than then … and yes I remember going to school on a chains equipped school bus
wbjones wrote: and yes I remember going to school on a chains equipped school bus
I took me so long o figure out what the chains were under an ambulance...
Cone_Junkie wrote:Streetwiseguy wrote: I'm pretty sure I don't want to know about an Earth-shattering comet situation until I look up and say, "What the berkeley?". What would I do with that information? Go on a looting rampage at the nearest Ferrari store?Um, yes! Sounds like a plan to me.
Yep. I would. I would also be trying to screw, WHILE driving said ferrari at triple digits drinking a bottle of the finest rum I could get my hands on while smoking a cuban cigar. berkeley yeah I want to know. I want those last moments to COUNT!
N Sperlo wrote:wbjones wrote: and yes I remember going to school on a chains equipped school busI took me so long o figure out what the chains were under an ambulance...
Brilliant!
Toyman01 wrote:1988RedT2 wrote: In reply to Toyman01: Nice shot of the icy pine. What rig did you shoot that with? Is that "as shot" or did you 'shop it? Nice flat light.Believe it or not, that was shot with my phone. Go figure.
Well that offers proof that low- to mid-priced digital cameras are irrelevant.
Toyman01 wrote:N Sperlo wrote:Brilliant!wbjones wrote: and yes I remember going to school on a chains equipped school busI took me so long o figure out what the chains were under an ambulance...
All of our school busses have those.
bravenrace wrote: Who or where is the official document that records what the average temperature of the earth is, and how is it determined?
This is one source
http://reason.com/blog/2014/02/07/global-temperature-trend-update-january
I’m not convinced one way or the other, and I rarely participate in the debate. I’m 65 and remember really hot summers and really cold winters, years when we didn’t have many hurricanes or tornados and years when we had a lot. El Nino? La Nina? Cyclones? Mudslides? Drought? Famine? Wildfires? Dogs and cats living together? I personally don’t know if that means anything. The debate goes on and it’s largely ideological. Either you believe the data or you think it’s bogus. The debate doesn’t worry me. But what does worry me is the very real agenda of certain zealots wanting to limit our carbon footprint by eliminating fossil fuel powered vehicles. I don’t mean new, clean vehicles. I’m talking about our old “dirty” vehicles, i.e. vintage cars/classic cars/street rods/race cars/project cars, etc. As car enthusiasts we’re a minority and the non-believers don’t understand us. As a whole, we’re considered weird or juvenile by so-called “normal” people and that makes us an easy target. It’s a very real possibility that old cars will become illegal in the not too distant future in an attempt to reduce the carbon footprint. That’s something we should all be worried about regardless of the validity of the climate change debate.
That's already happened with 'clunker bills'. I'm not talking about cash for clunkers, there have been various programs to remove old bombers from the roads in the name of safety, fuel economy and emissions. Hemmings started a big campaign against them some time back.
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