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alvarez takes offense to anything argentina... keep it cool, or is it hot?
You're a jackass
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 head brought up the hot coffee thing and I called him a jackass.
Where's argentina in there?
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.
dude, that's bad ass.. do they have chips ahoy there?
i was being sarcastic, brotha
It didn't make sense...don't use the sarcasm cop out after realizing what a re ed post it was.
It snowed over Easter here but not that damn much.
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
pot kettle
kettle pot
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 ac ulated this much is testament to just how much it has snowed.
I can't wait until it snows in California. Those are nice pics, good photography work. BA look cool.
thanks but they're not mineI got them from Clarin.com. I have pics but on a regular cam, but reels and everything, old as , but takes great pics. Hopefully I can upload them somehow later on.
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.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!
Temperatures are at a record low all over Argentina, and its snowed in most provinces. What the heck is going on??
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?
Last edited by RuffnReadyOzStyle; 07-09-2007 at 11:25 PM.
Oh, and you know what, you and 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 head 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.
Last edited by RuffnReadyOzStyle; 07-09-2007 at 11:30 PM.
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.
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".
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.
Looks to me like someone in Argentina bought a Tony Parker jersey.
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.
stay classy, kangaroo lover.
I think its cool that you guys got snow. I am jealous of you.
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