Comments

dholt wrote on 8/6/2003, 5:00 PM
What are you complaining about? I live in Phoenix, AZ in the middle of the desert. We have already hit 118 this year. You want to feel some real heat, come to the Arizona desert in the summer my friend and get that opening the hot oven effect evertime you walk outside.
Begbie wrote on 8/6/2003, 5:09 PM
Thats not hot - last summer we had 46 and lowest temp overnight of 34 here in Oz.

As some one said with all this warming it could cause an ice age - the Earth warms and melts a lot of the ICE, which means that the surface area of the planet is now covered by even more water, which cools the planet and the atmosphere which in turn could lead to an 'ice age' , apparently.

Begbie wrote on 8/6/2003, 5:21 PM
the rest of the world isnt challenged, we just use the Celsius system and ignore everything we see about F :)

Ummm Why wouldnt your country use the metric system?
BillyBoy wrote on 8/6/2003, 9:38 PM
I found it somewhat amusing that much of Europe is having a MINOR heat wave and some people are freaking out. I don't know if they use the system 'over there' but for many years in the states they have what they call the heat index. A scale using both the temperature and humity to judge how uncomfortable you're suppose to feel.

While is it generally "hot" in the summer in much of the states, the heat is different depending where you are. In the middlewest where I live you get a string of hot days in the upper 80's or 90's F then it cools off. Humidy ranges 50-70% range mostly. Further South it gets hot, 90F or higher and you have high humidy 60% on up. In the Southwest it gets the hottest with temperatures frequently reaching the low 100's and sometimes into the mid teens. But the humidty is much lower so you can handle it a lot better. This weather lesson brought to you by the letter "B" as in bored.
Arks wrote on 8/7/2003, 9:09 AM
we wont live to see that =)
Arks wrote on 8/7/2003, 9:09 AM
I must admit, phoenix in the summer is EXTREMELY hot.
TorS wrote on 8/7/2003, 9:56 AM
I get your point, BillyBoy. Nevertheless, this is after all an all time record breaking minor heatwave.
Tor
riredale wrote on 8/7/2003, 12:57 PM
I was part of a tour group in Germany and Austria in early July. We were surprised that very few hotels had air conditioning. And what's up with the lack of ice cubes in Europe? Don't you guys enjoy cold drinks?

As for global warming, just saw a study that said temps were higher in the Middle Ages in Europe. If so, it kinda puts a dent in the current theory. Anyway, here in Oregon we're hoping for SOME increase--too darn cold here in the winter...
videobear wrote on 8/7/2003, 2:21 PM
Read an interesting article this week proposing that we bundle up most of the crop residures which now are left out to rot (or plowed under, which gives the same result), and dump them in the deep oceans. This "sequesters" the carbon in the residues that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere, contributing to CO2 buildup and global warming.

By doing this, we could reduce worldwide carbon emissions by 50%, *without* any painful "belt tightening" mitigation measures.

Chienworks wrote on 8/7/2003, 2:40 PM
videobear, very interesting idea. However, did the article go on to explain what will happen when the ocean gets tired of "sequestering" all this crud for us?