Snowing in Buenos Aires for the first time in 80 years...

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Someone please explain this whole global warming thing to me again, 'cause I've just spent the whole day playing outside with snow in a place where snow is not supposed to exists! :lol

Temperatures are at a record low all over Argentina, and its snowed in most provinces. What the heck is going on?? :dizzy

[SequSpur]

pics please

[angel_luv]

It's snowing. How cool! :)

[MaNuMaNiAc]

http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/07/09/um/fotos/obelisco.jpg

http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/07/09/um/fotos/nieve4.jpg

http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/07/09/um/fotos/nieve1.jpg

http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/07/09/um/fotos/nieve2.jpg

http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/07/09/um/fotos/nieve3.jpg

more coming

[Kori Ellis]

Wow. That's real snow. I thought it was going to be just some white specks on the ground.

Very cool.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/07/09/um/fotos/iglesia.jpg

[angel_luv]

That is too cute! :)




http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/07/09/um/fotos/nieve4.jpg

[angel_luv]

Wonder how many snowballs Gino has thrown at people today?

[MaNuMaNiAc]

^ I know I threw my fair share :lol its insane! and its snowing harder right now at night, so tomorrow we'll wake up covered in snow

[atxrocker]

nice dog

[angel_luv]

I want to go there and make a snow Angel. :)

[T Park]

Was there global warming 80 years ago?

Just wonderin...

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Was there global warming 80 years ago?

Just wonderin...I don't know... I just don't get it though, people tell me the world is getting warmer, but then we have these kinds of record temps down here. I suppose it could be a side effect. I just know I don't understand any of it. Man, Buenos Aires is going to look beautifull tomorrow if it keeps snowing like this

[Vizzini]

Global warming isn't just the rise of temperatures and the end of all winter. It has more to do with climate change and the altering of seasons. It can cause very odd and rare weather, as well as more intense weather too.

[kolko]

It's great!!! Last time was in 1918!!

This is wonderful

People went out to the street to celebrate, for most of them it was the first time they touched the snow.

[RashoFan]

Enjoy it while you can...Does this mean y'all will have a snow day tomorrow?

[ALVAREZ6]

Global warming = extreme temps...hot and cold.

[kolko]

a little video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQbCX1woIuQ

[marini martini]

Dayum, I love soccer, and am hot flashin' can I come stay w/ you?????

[Shelly]

http://www.technofile.com/images/day_after_tomorrow.jpg

[marini martini]

Anyone watch "Age vs. Love?"

I love it, glad Kelly got eliminated, she was assistant to Laker's owner :toast

Oh well :king .

[marini martini]

Sorry, meant to start a new thread.............Help me out here :bang

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Global warming = extreme temps...hot and cold.so the warning on the starbucks cup "contents are extremely hot" means that the coffee inside is hot and cold at the same time? Al Gore lover.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Someone please explain this whole global warming thing to me again, 'cause I've just spent the whole day playing outside with snow in a place where snow is not supposed to exists! :lol

Temperatures are at a record low all over Argentina, and its snowed in most provinces. What the heck is going on?? :dizzykeep your voice down. There are Al Gore groupies in here.

[NorCal510]

give me some fucking snow damnit!

[ALVAREZ6]

so the warning on the starbucks cup "contents are extremely hot" means that the coffee inside is hot and cold at the same time? Al Gore lover.You're a jackass

[NorCal510]

alvarez takes offense to anything argentina... keep it cool, or is it hot?

[ALVAREZ6]

alvarez takes offense to anything argentina... keep it cool, or is it hot?No not at all....when did I take offense in this thread???


I briefly said global warming also brings cold temperatures, and then some shit head brought up the hot coffee thing and I called him a jackass.


Where's argentina in there?

[Shelly]

Manumaniac...was snow predicted?

[kolko]

Manumaniac...was snow predicted?Not at all, because it never snows here (last time was 90 years ago!), but it was said that this week would be freaking cold! Temperatures around 28°F, which is unusual here.

[SequSpur]

dude, that's bad ass.. do they have chips ahoy there?

[NorCal510]

No not at all....when did I take offense in this thread???


I briefly said global warming also brings cold temperatures, and then some shit head brought up the hot coffee thing and I called him a jackass.


Where's argentina in there?
i was being sarcastic, brotha

[ALVAREZ6]

i was being sarcastic, brothaIt didn't make sense...don't use the sarcasm cop out after realizing what a retarded post it was.

[Avitus1]

It snowed over Easter here but not that damn much.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Manumaniac...was snow predicted?no, its like kolko said, it hasn't snowed in Buenos Aires for over 80 years, and even then it wasn't as strong as this I don't think. This was completely out of the blue. Low temps were predicted, but not this low, and definitely not snow

[Shelly]

no, its like kolko said, it hasn't snowed in Buenos Aires for over 80 years, and even then it wasn't as strong as this I don't think. This was completely out of the blue. Low temps were predicted, but not this low, and definitely not snow

Strange! How much did y'all get? It looks like several inches...or for Smeagol, several centimeters :lol

[Viva Las Espuelas]

You're a jackass
Global warming = extreme temps...hot and cold.pot kettle
kettle pot

[MaNuMaNiAc]

well it snowed more in some parts than in others, but I'd say several inches is correct. The thing is in downtown Buenos Aires, the city produces too much heat for the snow to remain solid for very long, so it tends to melt right away. Having said that, the fact that it has accumulated this much is testament to just how much it has snowed.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/07/09/um/fotos/snow2.jpg

http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/07/09/um/fotos/snow3.jpg

http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/07/09/um/fotos/fondo.jpg

[E20]

I can't wait until it snows in California. Those are nice pics, good photography work. BA look cool.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

I can't wait until it snows in California. Those are nice pics, good photography work. BA look cool.thanks but they're not mine :) I got them from Clarin.com. I have pics but on a regular cam, but reels and everything, old as hell, but takes great pics. Hopefully I can upload them somehow later on.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Someone please explain this whole global warming thing to me again, 'cause I've just spent the whole day playing outside with snow in a place where snow is not supposed to exists! :lol

Temperatures are at a record low all over Argentina, and its snowed in most provinces. What the heck is going on?? :dizzy

Global warming will cause more extreme events (such as the one you are describing), changes in rainfall patterns and temperature regimes, etc. Also, it is a long-term phenomonon that cannot be judged from day to day or year to year, but only over longer timescales, decades at least.

To give you an example, Australia has been in the grip of drought for 6 years (the second longest drought in 150 yrs of recorded Australian climate) until the El Nino Southern Oscillation flipped in Feb-March and now we've had 40-yr flood events in two states in less than a month. Those events that would previously occur once in 40 years will become progressively more common under global warming.

If you know anything about chemistry, a simple analogy is adding more heat to a closed system - the more heat you add, the more extreme the events in the flask. Changing the temperature/pressure of a system changes its equilibrium.

The events you describe actually fit the theory because, as you say, you are experiencing an extreme event. Look for that to happen more often.

Read about poor Bolivia the other day - 2 million people live off the water from their glaciers which will be completely gone in 20 years. WTF are they going to drink after that?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

keep your voice down. There are Al Gore groupies in here.

Oh, and you know what, fuck you and fuck Al Gore. Try actually reading the science and you might learn something.

Al Gore has been the worst possible spokesman for this issue because he has polarised people along POLITICAL lines, rather than encouraging everyone to examine the real issue which is the science. I have read the science and the evidence for global warming-induced climate change is overwhelming, but most conservative won't listen because that dickhead Gore is involved. It would have been far more productive if some actors and musicians popularised the issue.

Want to know more about the science behind anthropogenic global warming, go here:

http://realclimate.org/

This site has real climatologists describing the evidence for AGW in layman's terms, and open discussion of the articles.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I'd guess that this event is more related to the El Nino Southern Oscillation flip-flop than "global warming", although I'm not sure and would have to do some research to confirm it.

Some effects of La Nina in Australia (which corresponds to El Nino in Sth America) - Australia gets more rainfall (floods!), the west coast of Sth America goes into drought, increased cyclone activity in the Atlantic, increased rainfall around the Gulf of Mexico... climate in one place is linked to everywhere else since the climate is one massive supersystem.

Those in Texas are currently being deluged - that is a result of the El Nino change, as was last year's dearth of cyclone activity in the Atlantic.

I wish people wouldn't say "global warming" but instead used the term "climate change", because that is what the world will experience due to global warming.

[u2sarajevo]

If "global warming" or "climate change" caused the low temps we've been having in Dallas and all the rain then I am a big fan.

Bring on more of this "global warming" or "climate change".

[spursfan09]

Hmmm snowing in a place for the first time in 80 years. Yeah there's nothing wrong with the worlds temp at all. The world is def. changing and this is the beginning.

[timvp]

Looks to me like someone in Argentina bought a Tony Parker jersey.

[Extra Stout]

Read about poor Bolivia the other day - 2 million people live off the water from their glaciers which will be completely gone in 20 years. WTF are they going to drink after that?
They're going to drink the water they tap out of municipal water lines when they move to a shantytown in Lima, Santiago, Buenos Aires, or Asuncion.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Oh, and you know what, fuck you and fuck Al Gore.
stay classy, kangaroo lover.

[MoSpur]

I think its cool that you guys got snow. I am jealous of you.

[MI21]

Looks to me like someone in Argentina bought a Tony Parker jersey.

Oh, SNAP.

[smeagol]

dude, that's bad ass.. do they have chips ahoy there?
I thought we covered that question many times . . .

[NorCal510]

I can't wait until it snows in California. Those are nice pics, good photography work. BA look cool.
tahoe
mammoth
bear

it even snows in the bay area from time to time... what're you talking about?