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[brii]

I love Fall. But winters seem to last longer and longer every year. I dread it. Once my youngest graduates high school, we are seriously moving a little South I cannot take the ice and snow

[tansy]

On 8/10/2014 FlowershopGirl said:

On 8/10/2014 tansy said:

On 8/10/2014 FlowershopGirl said:

Tansy, I like the snow and look forward to it. My brother and his wife worry I'll fall and hurt myself in the ice (I have MS and at times, I'm shaky) but I'll take my chances and be careful. My friend lives in the Yreka area and I've visited her when the snow was high so it will be a new adventure.

Definitely get some of those gripper things for your shoes.

I will. My friend has those and I tried them, they work pretty good but do take a few minutes to get used to. I'm even thinking of buying a snowmobile later on! Or cross country skis. I bought a place with 5 acres that back up to BLM land so it might be fun to explore on cross country skis in winter. I've even traded my little car for a F150 truck. My dogs already love the truck!

Wow! You and the dogs will love the move then. I don't have trouble walking in them but I have difficulty getting them on and off without falling over good luck with the move.

[FlowershopGirl]

Thanks Tansy. I'm excited. Right now we're with my friend in Yreka since my house sold really quickly. My new place will be ready to move into in two weeks or less so we will be able to experience the fall color change in September/October. I'm excited to see this with all the trees in different colors. We didn't get that much in Southern Cal.

[tansy]

On 8/10/2014 FlowershopGirl said:

Thanks Tansy. I'm excited. Right now we're with my friend in Yreka since my house sold really quickly. My new place will be ready to move into in two weeks or less so we will be able to experience the fall color change in September/October. I'm excited to see this with all the trees in different colors. We didn't get that much in Southern Cal.

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I'm an escapee from Southern California, too. I'm up around Seattle and have been here for years.

[hckynut]

All the ""so-called experts"" said this would be the hottest summer since BC. I am still waiting and we are nearing half way through August. Right now it is 76 degrees here in our city and we haven't had what I consider even comes close to some of the summers in which I have lived here in this same city.

I will just look out my widow this winter/maybe put my finger out to see which way the wind is blowing and I will probably be close to as accurate as most of the prognosticators come our winter weather.

Some of the ""so-called experts"" I heard are some that keep saying with my view I must belong to the flat earth society. I will go along with what Professor Les Woodcock says about these things and he was a prognosticator for many NASA launches and none of them failed.

[NoelSeven]

On 8/10/2014 hckynut said:

All the "so-called experts" said this would be the hottest summer since BC. I am still waiting and we are nearing half way through August. Right now it is 76 degrees here in our city and we haven't had what I consider even comes close to some of the summers in which I have lived here in this same city.

I will just look out my widow this winter/maybe put my finger out to see which way the wind is blowing and I will probably be close to as accurate as most of the prognosticators come our winter weather.

Some of the "so-called experts" I heard are some that keep saying with my view I must belong to the flat earth society. I will go along with what Professor Les Woodcock says about these things and he was a prognosticator for many NASA launches and none of them failed.

John, perhaps I can explain something for you. When the "so called experts" are talking about the hottest weather, they don't mean every spot in the entire world, or even every spot in America.

So no, your finger test is not as accurate as those experts.

Here's just one reference for you as to what they're talking about:

WORLD BREAKS TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR JUNE AFTER HOTTEST MAY

Last month's average global temperature was 16.2C, 0.7C higher than 20th-century average, says NOAA

The globe is on a hot streak, setting a heat record in June after it also broke the record for May.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Monday that last month's average global temperature was 16.2C (61.2F), which is 0.7C higher than the 20th-century average. It beat 2010's record by one-twentieth of a degree.

The NOAA's climate monitoring chief, Derek Arndt, said the record was driven by unusually hot oceans, especially the Pacific and Indian oceans.

Heat records were broken on every continent apart from Antarctica, especially in New Zealand, northern South America, Greenland, central Africa and southern Asia.

true

Global temperature records go back to 1880 and June was the 352nd hotter-than-average month in a row.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/21/world-breaks-temperature-record-june-hottest-may

[cater]

I have to agree with Hckynut, I keep telling my family they should have went to be TV weather people. They can say what they want and tell you that a storm is coming and there is no way you are going to be missed getting either rain or snow. Then the time comes and there is no rain or snow within miles of where we live and they still are able to collect a paycheck. Then some times they start a week ahead and get everyone all worked up about what is coming their way days on end and when the day finally comes when all he-- was to break loose NOTHING. In the mean time people are running around trying to get things into their homes to be prepared. Every time they start this up getting everyone riled up my girl friend will say "its going to miss us" 9 times out of 10 she is correct.

[NoelSeven]

On 8/10/2014 cater said:

I have to agree with Hckynut, I keep telling my family they should have went to be TV weather people. They can say what they want and tell you that a storm is coming and there is no way you are going to be missed getting either rain or snow. Then the time comes and there is no rain or snow within miles of where we live and they still are able to collect a paycheck. Then some times they start a week ahead and get everyone all worked up about what is coming their way days on end and when the day finally comes when all he-- was to break loose NOTHING. In the mean time people are running around trying to get things into their homes to be prepared. Every time they start this up getting everyone riled up my girl friend will say "its going to miss us" 9 times out of 10 she is correct.

cater - it isn't the TV weather people who are behind the science of climate change.

The main way the warming of the earth is measured is by the temperatures of the oceans. That has been done for a long time and the results are that the temperatures have increased, are increasing.

That's no prediction, that's data measured with precise instruments. There's no guessing to it.

[herekitty_kitty]

On 8/10/2014 NoelSeven said:

On 8/10/2014 hckynut said:

All the "so-called experts" said this would be the hottest summer since BC. I am still waiting and we are nearing half way through August. Right now it is 76 degrees here in our city and we haven't had what I consider even comes close to some of the summers in which I have lived here in this same city.

I will just look out my widow this winter/maybe put my finger out to see which way the wind is blowing and I will probably be close to as accurate as most of the prognosticators come our winter weather.

Some of the "so-called experts" I heard are some that keep saying with my view I must belong to the flat earth society. I will go along with what Professor Les Woodcock says about these things and he was a prognosticator for many NASA launches and none of them failed.

John, perhaps I can explain something for you. When the "so called experts" are talking about the hottest weather, they don't mean every spot in the entire world, or even every spot in America.

So no, your finger test is not as accurate as those experts.

Here's just one reference for you as to what they're talking about:

WORLD BREAKS TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR JUNE AFTER HOTTEST MAY

Last month's average global temperature was 16.2C, 0.7C higher than 20th-century average, says NOAA

The globe is on a hot streak, setting a heat record in June after it also broke the record for May.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Monday that last month's average global temperature was 16.2C (61.2F), which is 0.7C higher than the 20th-century average. It beat 2010's record by one-twentieth of a degree.

The NOAA's climate monitoring chief, Derek Arndt, said the record was driven by unusually hot oceans, especially the Pacific and Indian oceans.

Heat records were broken on every continent apart from Antarctica, especially in New Zealand, northern South America, Greenland, central Africa and southern Asia.

true

Global temperature records go back to 1880 and June was the 352nd hotter-than-average month in a row.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/21/world-breaks-temperature-record-june-hottest-may

your post stands repeating.

[NoelSeven]

On 8/10/2014 herekitty_kitty said:

On 8/10/2014 NoelSeven said:

On 8/10/2014 hckynut said:

All the "so-called experts" said this would be the hottest summer since BC. I am still waiting and we are nearing half way through August. Right now it is 76 degrees here in our city and we haven't had what I consider even comes close to some of the summers in which I have lived here in this same city.

I will just look out my widow this winter/maybe put my finger out to see which way the wind is blowing and I will probably be close to as accurate as most of the prognosticators come our winter weather.

Some of the "so-called experts" I heard are some that keep saying with my view I must belong to the flat earth society. I will go along with what Professor Les Woodcock says about these things and he was a prognosticator for many NASA launches and none of them failed.

John, perhaps I can explain something for you. When the "so called experts" are talking about the hottest weather, they don't mean every spot in the entire world, or even every spot in America.

So no, your finger test is not as accurate as those experts.

Here's just one reference for you as to what they're talking about:

WORLD BREAKS TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR JUNE AFTER HOTTEST MAY

Last month's average global temperature was 16.2C, 0.7C higher than 20th-century average, says NOAA

The globe is on a hot streak, setting a heat record in June after it also broke the record for May.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Monday that last month's average global temperature was 16.2C (61.2F), which is 0.7C higher than the 20th-century average. It beat 2010's record by one-twentieth of a degree.

The NOAA's climate monitoring chief, Derek Arndt, said the record was driven by unusually hot oceans, especially the Pacific and Indian oceans.

Heat records were broken on every continent apart from Antarctica, especially in New Zealand, northern South America, Greenland, central Africa and southern Asia.

true

Global temperature records go back to 1880 and June was the 352nd hotter-than-average month in a row.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/21/world-breaks-temperature-record-june-hottest-may

your post stands repeating.

Thanks, I think this was the crux of it:

"The NOAA's climate monitoring chief, Derek Arndt, said the record was driven by unusually hot oceans, especially the Pacific and Indian oceans."