dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, December 26, 2015 at 1:14:23 PM UTC-10, el dia del Cristo wrote:
>> dsi1 wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> Not where sunspot cycles are concerned, those suckers are just
>> completely immutable by man.
>>
>>> The good news is that Las Vegas won't be a hot desert but
>>> instead, it'll be a green and verdant land.
>>
>> It sure could be!
>>
>>> That would be just spiffy
>>> for me but I'm not sure if I can hold out for 10,000 years.
>>
>> Would 15 work?
>
> To paraphrase Steven Wright; I'm planning on living 15,000 years - so far, so good.
>

Kewl, you'll catch the next Little Ice Age too!