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    More Evidence Against The "hockey Stick"

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted

    SSS,

    Can you tell me why we should only take on board views from these so called honest scientists when, 1) They told us the Arctic would set a new minimum this year, 2) The Antarctic is supposed to be warming up but there's been more ice down there than previous years, 3) They couldn't even forecast the solar minimum, 4) There hasn't been any warming in recent years and so on and so on, the list goes on. Let me give you other examples, do you remember they said crack cocaine was going to kill everyone? Do you remember HIV was going to kill everyone? Do you remember Mad cow disease? What happened to it? What happened to the bird flu? How about swine flu?What happened to the millennium bug?

    First, explain what you mean by 'so called honest scientists'

    Point 4) Yes there has

    Your point about HIV is extremely insulting to the estimated 25 million people who have died (of AIDS) since 1981. In 2007 there were ~33 million people living with HIV/AIDS, and the trend is still upwards. Who exactly said that 'HIV was going to kill everyone?'? Don't you think that's a pretty shocking number of people to have died?

    http://www.avert.org/worldstats.htm

    If you are suggesting that all these deaths mean that 'so called honest scientists' overhyped the potential effects and the numbers of people affected by HIV/AIDS (which was the unwritten intention of your post) then you may want to reconsider.

    A-Level Help

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    I know EVERY teacher tells you not to do this, but hey its encouraged at university! Go to Wikipedia and follow the links to their Refrences then cite the refrence they've used. Trust me wikipedia is your best friend.

    By who? your teaching staff ? :nonono:

    Heatwave

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted · Edited by RedShift

    And of course, more famously, 29°C on May 14 1992 which is arguably more extraordinary than any of the other Edinburgh high temperatures mentioned.

    Ah yes! I remember early summer 1992 being fairly hot but I had forgotten it was that early. Anyway an interesting week for weather here:

    Haar for a few days, when the dew point and temperature were almost identical . Wednesday temperature was <25C but with 80+ % relative humidity. Thursday was just bizarre - highest here (University) was 29.1C, Gogarbank (Met Office Site) 29.4C, Airport (NOAA) 29C. Much fresher and cooler today.

    Heatwave

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    Edinburgh airport recording 29ºC - it's been many many years since that was last achieved here. Wil have to dig into the archive later to find the last date.

    The record there is 31.4 °C on 4 August 1975 (according to Met Office). After a quick web trawl I also found 29.1C on 5th June 1982 and 30.6C on 21st August 1995.

    Pretty darn hot for these parts anyway. I have spent 2 months in each of the last three summers in central Turkey, it's hotter there, but more comfortable than this. At least humidity is falling away a little now.

    Vikings Volcanic Activity Thread

    in Space, Science & nature

    Posted

    quote name='LadyPakal' date='21 May 2009, 06:08 PM' post='1530527']

    Re: the Saudi activity, the lava tends to be of a similar type to the Hawaiian volcanoes, thin & runny (for want of better words) rather than thick & explosive. It creates the lava fields you see in that satellite image by erupting and spreading out, a bit like golden syrup (only hotter!). That's not to say it won't go bang - you never know with these things.

    Winter 08-09, How Will It Rank Against Others?

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    Well for my little corner of the country, certainly the coldest since 2001, helped by low day-time maxima more than low night-time minima, the coldest so far was -5.4 on Nov 30th. There has been two semi-decent snow falls (Monday and Thursday of last week) from frontal snow – but they have now mostly vanished.

    Hard to tell how it compares to others for me as I was bought up in Perthshire and witnessed 78/79, 81/82, 85/86, 90/91 there. So probably the 3rd coldest in my 15 years in Edinburgh, but certainly, from my point of view, not a patch on the 80s.

    Scottish Met Office

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    Should Scotland have a Met Office? I honestly cannot see the point of it. What new and different data would it have? How would it improve weather and climate analysis on what we already have?

    Seems to be two separate themes going on here: 1) the ‘southern media bias’ – well that’s where a lot of people live so it’s only natural there is a bias towards the SE of England, it’s the same in nearly every country you care to mention, including Scotland, where the news is ‘biased’ towards the Central belt. Although I do concede that the breathless headlines of ‘the country has seen the heaviest snowfall for 20 years’ after the London snow event did irritate; 2) I can’t understand the fixation with Meto weather warnings on here. If you are concerned about the weather, check the charts on here, listen to the radio and, most reliably, stick your head out the window. I have never observed the Met Office ‘ignoring’ Scotland. Yes they get it wrong sometimes, but we live on a collection of mild, damp little islands on the margin of one of the biggest oceans in the world. Snow/cold events are almost always going to be marginal; I don’t envy the Meto’s task. As Essan has pointed out, using the logic displayed by some here, forecasts for Exeter/SW England should be perfect – they probably aren’t.

    When Will You Get Tired Of The Snow ?

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    I'm tired of the southern biased BBC hype and freeloaders sciving on the public purse. I thought news was based on fact.

    Today's headlines...

    Heavy snow has brought a fifth day of chaos to the UK, with severe weather warnings issued to much of the country.

    Quite, BBC News 24 (or whatever it's called now) on Monday ran with...'Britain has seen its heaviest snowfall for 19 years'...which is just plain wrong. News hasn't been based on fact for many years now: but you do keep on hoping, in vain mostly, for better from the BBC.

    Anyway for many here the thread should be called 'When will you get tired of the snow?'

    Snow Watch: Scotland

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    on a different note has anyone seen the giant ring around the moon tonight?

    it has a circumference larger than any of those i've seen

    Yes, I saw that on my way home tonight...absolutley incredible, the ring must have covered half the sky. Had the intention to go out with my camera & tripod to photograph it - but by the time I got home it had, of course, gone. Any idea what caused it?

    Anyway, snow...what's that then?

    Today's Weather And General Chat

    in Weather reports

    Posted

    I wanna go sledge down the hills on the Golf Course behind the Kings Buildings! It lookso untouched.

    It's started to rain again here though, bullz.

    And I have taken a day off from there as well...grrrrr. Shows the effect of altitude though, KB at 105m = settling snow. Portobello del Mar at 0m = rain and 20 mins of wet snow/sleet.

    Who Has Had No Snow At All

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted

    With the models struggling, the Prozac ordered, and the car crash of emotions underway, Edinburgh has kept its snow shield in place and has had no snow (although there was a sleet-blizzard last night it was all gone by 9:00 am). It's been close but no cigar, although the form horse (even though it's not set in stone) suggests an Easterly in F1 - but it will never happen...it's all up in the air really. But I'm staying positive and keeping the faith, there's even been sleet in Telford. It looks marginal but I feel as if we're on the cusp of something special, just like 47, 63, 81/82. GFS never handles this blocking very well...just ignore the 18z pub run. I have a contact in Lothian Council and they have just ordered a billion tonnes of gritting salt, just as I predicted in Setember.

    (with apologies to the 'Netweather swearbox' thread)

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