On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 4:57 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Christian >> >> Ken Waller wrote: >>>> >>>> >> Beware of the global warming resulting from flamewars. >>> >>> > > BTW -we're in the process of getting 6 to 12 inches of globasl >>> > > warming > today (Detroit metro area). Woke up to 5 or 6 inches already >>> > > on >>> > > the > ground and it hasn't stopped yet. >>> > > Kenneth Waller >>> > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f >> >> Don't be silly. Global warming is causing MORE snow. Just look at Las >> Vegas this week! ;-) > > Sounds about right. The main model says weather systems will get more > chaotic. > > Dry areas get dryer, wet areas get wetter, hot areas get hotter, cold areas > get colder ... and if you live somewhere in between, you're in for extreme > swings. >
Unfortunately for the climate modellers solar output went in the shitter with the current solar cycle and all of the common models assume a relatively stable solar output (since they're designed to model earth-based changes to the climate). Nobody except the historians have anything approaching an accurate idea of what's going to happen to the climate if the current solar cycle stays on its low-output course, or worse if the next Solar Cycle is similarly low). And the historical data presupposes a starting point distinctly warmer than 2006/2007 (The Medieval Optimum Period which ended between 1200 and 1250AD with the start of the Little Ice Age). -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
