On 12/26/2015 9:41 AM, el dia del Cristo wrote:
> dsi1 wrote:
>> On Saturday, December 26, 2015 at 12:17:32 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>>> That building manager ought to pay for the damage! At least it was
>>>>> clean
>>>>> water?
>>>>
>>>> It was clean water but the acoustic ceiling tiles just dissolves like
>>>> toilet paper in water and makes a heck of a mess.
>>>
>>> Oh dear The houses being flooded here are having to dig out mud.
>>> Imagine
>>> having to do that 3 times in one month
>>>
>>>
>>>>> The floods here come with mud and it destroys everything One couple
>>>>> were
>>>>> watching tv and their carpet started to bubble. It was coming up
>>>>> through
>>>>> the floor. They got out fast. That water was contaminated with
>>>>> diesel(
>>>>
>>>> How odd! Storm system are bad, very bad.
>>>
>>> I suspect money for flood defences have been cut back over the past few
>>> years. They certainly are promising to put big money into it now!
>>>
>>> --
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>>
>> The weather system is the world's biggest heat engine. Global warming
>> is like turbocharging the engine. Well, that's my theory anyway. It's
>> a good idea to direct resources to fortify our defenses against water
>> and wind. Well that's my theory too.
>>
>
> People in Yurop better watch out for:
>
> The Maunder minimum ushered in a period known as the Little Ice Age, the
> article continues. Colder-than-average winters became more prevalent,
> and the average temperature in Europe appeared to drop by between 1 and
> 2 degrees Celsius.
>
> A possible little ice age, that's the real story here, not "the
> calm before
> the storm."
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...04114.html?g=0
>
>
>
>
> Low sunspot activity has historically been linked with colder periods in
> human history such as the period known as the “Little Ice Age” during
> the 1600s. Higher levels of sunspot activity have been linked to warmer
> periods like the one from the 1970s to the late 1990s.
>
> Solar activity is now falling faster than any other period in the last
> 10,000 years, and some researchers have suggested that the planet could
> cool off in the coming decades.
>
> “By looking back at certain isotopes in ice cores, [Professor Mike
> Lockwood of Reading University] has been able to determine how active
> the sun has been over thousands of years,” the BBC reports. “Following
> analysis of the data, Professor Lockwood believes solar activity is now
> falling more rapidly than at any time in the last 10,000 years.”
>
> “When we have had periods where the sun has been quieter than usual we
> tend to get these much harsher winters,” Sunderland University climate
> scientist Dennis Wheeler told the Daily Express.
>
> This is not necessarily a new discovery, as scientists have been
> pointing to rapidly falling solar activity for some time now. Last year,
> Russian scientists said that the world could soon plunge into another
> Little Ice Age.
>
> “After the maximum of solar cycle 24, from approximately 2014 we can
> expect the start of deep cooling with a Little Ice Age in 2055,” wrote
> Habibullo Abdussamatov of the Russian Academy of Science.
>
> The U.K.’s Lockwood also told the BBC that falling sunspot activity
> raises the risk of entering a new Little Ice Age “from less than 10
> percent just a few years ago to 25-30 percent.”
>
> “So the warming we saw, which lasted only from 1978 to 1998, is
> something that is predictable and expectable,” said Don Easterbrook,
> professor emeritus of geology at Western Washington University. “When
> the ocean changed temperatures, global cooling is almost a slam dunk.
> You can expect to find about 25 to 30 years yet ahead of us before it
> starts to warm up again. It might even be more than that.”
>
> http://dailycaller.com/2013/11/13/mu...lobal-cooling/
>

It's tough to separate man's effect on the climate and Earth's periodic
changes. The good news is that Las Vegas won't be a hot desert but
instead, it'll be a green and verdant land. That would be just spiffy
for me but I'm not sure if I can hold out for 10,000 years.