Comments on: Just how hot is it in the US right now? http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 17:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: travtastic http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1472712 travtastic Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1472712  Raining down Chemrocks from the sky. Typical UN action.  Raining down Chemrocks from the sky. Typical UN action.

]]> By: abstract_reg http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1470719 abstract_reg Sun, 08 Jul 2012 16:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1470719 You're losing sight of what is important here. If two people always agree on initial causes and the ending effects, but one says "causality" and the other says "God." Then for these purposes God = causality, and the only reason to argue is dogmatism. The important thing is fixing problems in the real world, not having metaphysical arguments. You’re losing sight of what is important here. If two people always agree on initial causes and the ending effects, but one says “causality” and the other says “God.” Then for these purposes God = causality, and the only reason to argue is dogmatism. The important thing is fixing problems in the real world, not having metaphysical arguments.

]]> By: Ian Osborne http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1470537 Ian Osborne Sun, 08 Jul 2012 05:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1470537 You left Texas to get away from rats fucking in socks?  Good idea taking no socks to Ellesmere Island though! You left Texas to get away from rats fucking in socks?  Good idea taking no socks to Ellesmere Island though!

]]> By: nunya http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1470533 nunya Sun, 08 Jul 2012 04:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1470533 Oh SHOCK cat. Leaves a much better visual than goosed cat. Oh SHOCK cat. Leaves a much better visual than goosed cat.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1470523 Antinous / Moderator Sun, 08 Jul 2012 04:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1470523 A massive asteroid impact is looking mighty good after watching that. A massive asteroid impact is looking mighty good after watching that.

]]> By: elix http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1470495 elix Sun, 08 Jul 2012 03:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1470495 In the 90s, was she blaming homosexuality for the destruction of the Ozone layer? Because that's about two steps away from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsdeAF_Prfo" rel="nofollow">spraying vinegar into the air from your yard to disperse contrails ("chemtrails")</a> and then confirmation bias kicks in as the wind disperses them naturally the way it always does. In the 90s, was she blaming homosexuality for the destruction of the Ozone layer?

Because that’s about two steps away from spraying vinegar into the air from your yard to disperse contrails (“chemtrails”) and then confirmation bias kicks in as the wind disperses them naturally the way it always does.

]]> By: Ian Osborne http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1470441 Ian Osborne Sun, 08 Jul 2012 01:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1470441 I'm totally messing with you guys!  I'm from Zangdar in the "A1689-zD1 Galaxy" as you humans put it.  You found us recently, but trust me, we found you guys first.  We all pose as conservatives so the humans will buy more gas, cut down trees (we're allergic), and bomb other humans (slimy and gross ((especially elbow skin (((ralph!))).  With so little time, why not go for a long drive to visit friends and relatives?  And crank up the A/C, it helps drown out those whiny liberals!   P.S., if you see Giorgio Tsoukalos, have him call his mother! P.P.S., thanks for electing the dumbest Zangdarian ever in 2000! 2004 had us completely baffled though! I guess humans will take an idiot over a stool. I’m totally messing with you guys!  I’m from Zangdar in the “A1689-zD1 Galaxy” as you humans put it.  You found us recently, but trust me, we found you guys first.  We all pose as conservatives so the humans will buy more gas, cut down trees (we’re allergic), and bomb other humans (slimy and gross ((especially elbow skin (((ralph!))).  With so little time, why not go for a long drive to visit friends and relatives?  And crank up the A/C, it helps drown out those whiny liberals!  

P.S., if you see Giorgio Tsoukalos, have him call his mother!

P.P.S., thanks for electing the dumbest Zangdarian ever in 2000! 2004 had us completely baffled though! I guess humans will take an idiot over a stool.

]]> By: Ian Osborne http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1470425 Ian Osborne Sun, 08 Jul 2012 00:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1470425 The graphs only go back 600,000 years reliably, which is a small sample area, but long enough to show a trend.  Governments love dirty, expensive energy because every facet of production, transportation  and consumption is taxed heavily.  A business never votes to get smaller, and that revolving door  between government and industry just gets larger and larger.  It's like history, but happening now.   The graphs only go back 600,000 years reliably, which is a small sample area, but long enough to show a trend.  Governments love dirty, expensive energy because every facet of production, transportation  and consumption is taxed heavily.  A business never votes to get smaller, and that revolving door  between government and industry just gets larger and larger.  It’s like history, but happening now.  

]]> By: chenille http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1470203 chenille Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1470203 <blockquote>It's like science.</blockquote>Like science, but distinct from it. Because scientists don't get to just throw out words like "interstadial" or point to a badly cropped graph to make their case, they actually have to do detailed investigation and modeling to establish what's happening.

It’s like science.

Like science, but distinct from it. Because scientists don’t get to just throw out words like “interstadial” or point to a badly cropped graph to make their case, they actually have to do detailed investigation and modeling to establish what’s happening.

]]> By: DrunkenOrangetree http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1470177 DrunkenOrangetree Sat, 07 Jul 2012 17:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1470177 Your career awaits you. Go set the profession straight. Your career awaits you. Go set the profession straight.

]]> By: chenille http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1470159 chenille Sat, 07 Jul 2012 17:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1470159 The same space program whose total cost throughout history has been less than one bank bailout? The one that has given us the tools we use to study climate, and is one of the main reasons we understand it so well? Complaining about space is like a gambling addict complaining about paying for their child's music lessons. There might be more important things, but they do have some positive effects, and they're not really where the money is going. If you talk about the massive subsidies of military, business, <i>etc.</i> you could have a point. The same space program whose total cost throughout history has been less than one bank bailout? The one that has given us the tools we use to study climate, and is one of the main reasons we understand it so well?

Complaining about space is like a gambling addict complaining about paying for their child’s music lessons. There might be more important things, but they do have some positive effects, and they’re not really where the money is going. If you talk about the massive subsidies of military, business, etc. you could have a point.

]]> By: Ian Osborne http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1470156 Ian Osborne Sat, 07 Jul 2012 17:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1470156 It currently costs $7,500 per pound to send something in to space.  So, we should really be hitting the treadmills, right?   It currently costs $7,500 per pound to send something in to space.  So, we should really be hitting the treadmills, right?  

]]> By: Ian Osborne http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1470152 Ian Osborne Sat, 07 Jul 2012 17:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1470152 I'm not denying that deforestation, pollution, paving much of the land (in black!) and other human factors aren't helping the situation.  But if you remove trees and add what is basically a grid of solar cookers across the world, you're going to have some problems.   I’m not denying that deforestation, pollution, paving much of the land (in black!) and other human factors aren’t helping the situation.  But if you remove trees and add what is basically a grid of solar cookers across the world, you’re going to have some problems.  

]]> By: Ian Osborne http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1470151 Ian Osborne Sat, 07 Jul 2012 17:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1470151 It's like science.  But if you fail science, you're doomed to repeat it.  But, if you want to get freaky, this is most likely an interstadial during an interglacial, something heliologists and climatologists haven't quite figured out yet.  So the important question is whether an interstadial is dependent on a glacial period or do they typically go unnoticed during interglacials.  I encourage you to go check out charts and graphs.     It’s like science.  But if you fail science, you’re doomed to repeat it.  But, if you want to get freaky, this is most likely an interstadial during an interglacial, something heliologists and climatologists haven’t quite figured out yet.  So the important question is whether an interstadial is dependent on a glacial period or do they typically go unnoticed during interglacials.  I encourage you to go check out charts and graphs.    

]]> By: Hugh Johnson http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1470077 Hugh Johnson Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1470077 I believe anything with the shocked kitty...anything. I believe anything with the shocked kitty…anything.

]]> By: Alan Goulding http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1470027 Alan Goulding Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1470027 We've had roughly that much this morning in the west of the UK. Worst. Summer. Ever. Extremes at either end are bad I guess. We’ve had roughly that much this morning in the west of the UK. Worst. Summer. Ever.
Extremes at either end are bad I guess.

]]> By: DrunkenOrangetree http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1470023 DrunkenOrangetree Sat, 07 Jul 2012 13:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1470023 Thank you for providing the all-important denialism. If only all those professional climatologists had thought of those explanations. Thank you for providing the all-important denialism. If only all those professional climatologists had thought of those explanations.

]]> By: Eric Rucker http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1469933 Eric Rucker Sat, 07 Jul 2012 09:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1469933 Space program actually is a solution, however. If successful, it provides two options: 1. Outsource as much pollution as possible off of our planet 2. Get off of our planet and find another one Space program actually is a solution, however.

If successful, it provides two options:

1. Outsource as much pollution as possible off of our planet
2. Get off of our planet and find another one

]]> By: Ian Osborne http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1469913 Ian Osborne Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1469913 Geez peeps, it's called a solar maximum during an interglacial peak.  Geez peeps, it’s called a solar maximum during an interglacial peak. 

]]> By: Wreckrob8 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1469864 Wreckrob8 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 05:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1469864 I dunno. It can keep raining for a bit longer I think. What we want is a nice Indian summer after all the Olympic hullabaloo when the tourists have gone home. I dunno. It can keep raining for a bit longer I think. What we want is a nice Indian summer after all the Olympic hullabaloo when the tourists have gone home.

]]> By: Fritz Koschmann http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1469717 Fritz Koschmann Sat, 07 Jul 2012 02:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1469717 Here in Southeast Alaska we are having a record breaking cold and wet summer. I guess the rest of the USA is sucking the heat away. Here in Southeast Alaska we are having a record breaking cold and wet summer. I guess the rest of the USA is sucking the heat away.

]]> By: Michael http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1469714 Michael Sat, 07 Jul 2012 02:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1469714 The X PRIZE Foundation claims to be "an educational nonprofit organization whose mission is to bring about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity." Nothing could be more urgent than climate change. So why aren't they sponsoring a competition, for example, to remove greenhouse gases? Visit their Web site and the involvement of Shell is prominent on the main page. The company is eager to drill in the arctic. Jane Goodall asked: "It's the only planet we've got. Why are we destroying it?" No one seems to be doing anything to address our deteriorating climate and pollution.  I don't understand why a dime is spent on the space program. The needs of the planet are far more urgent. Very depressing. How bad are things going to get before we take serious action. The X PRIZE Foundation claims to be “an educational nonprofit organization whose mission is to bring about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity.” Nothing could be more urgent than climate change. So why aren’t they sponsoring a competition, for example, to remove greenhouse gases? Visit their Web site and the involvement of Shell is prominent on the main page. The company is eager to drill in the arctic.
Jane Goodall asked: “It’s the only planet we’ve got. Why are we destroying it?” No one seems to be doing anything to address our deteriorating climate and pollution.  I don’t understand why a dime is spent on the space program. The needs of the planet are far more urgent. Very depressing. How bad are things going to get before we take serious action.

]]> By: Winski http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1469701 Winski Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1469701 Ask Rando Paul... He has all the answers humans will ever need - EVER. Just ask him. Ask Rando Paul… He has all the answers humans will ever need – EVER.

Just ask him.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1469690 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1469690 It's hotter than a hustler's ass on the day before the free clinic here.  Sadly, that's still 2° below average. It’s hotter than a hustler’s ass on the day before the free clinic here.  Sadly, that’s still 2° below average.

]]> By: futnuh http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1469689 futnuh Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1469689 You'll need a visa. That's Canadian territory. You’ll need a visa. That’s Canadian territory.

]]> By: hungryjoe http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1469673 hungryjoe Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1469673 It is hotter than two rats fucking in a wool sock here in Durham.  I left Texas to get away from this.  Will I spend my whole life moving my family farther and farther north?  2037 will find us in shorts and flip flops on Ellesmere Island saying, "it's too damned hot!" It is hotter than two rats fucking in a wool sock here in Durham.  I left Texas to get away from this.  Will I spend my whole life moving my family farther and farther north?  2037 will find us in shorts and flip flops on Ellesmere Island saying, “it’s too damned hot!”

]]> By: dcorbett http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1469591 dcorbett Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1469591 There's an effect explored on PBS Nova called 'global dimming'.  High altitude jet contrails scatter and reflect the incident light which reduce the heating.  During the aftermath of 9/11 when the flights were cancelled, the sky cover was reduced and higher temperatures were observed.  See "Dimming The Sun" at:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sun/ There’s an effect explored on PBS Nova called ‘global dimming’.  High altitude jet contrails scatter and reflect the incident light which reduce the heating.  During the aftermath of 9/11 when the flights were cancelled, the sky cover was reduced and higher temperatures were observed.  See “Dimming The Sun” at:  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sun/

]]> By: dennis j http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1469535 dennis j Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1469535 ahhh...seattle ahhh…seattle

]]> By: Jim Schmidt http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1469529 Jim Schmidt Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1469529 This month's short stats still has me thinking a lot of the wierd temperature is due to smoke from all the wildfires. I saw a map on Weather Underground showing smoke coverage from the fires last month, and the cloud fairly neatly covered all the areas in the Midwest and East that were seeing spikes in temperature. This month’s short stats still has me thinking a lot of the wierd temperature is due to smoke from all the wildfires. I saw a map on Weather Underground showing smoke coverage from the fires last month, and the cloud fairly neatly covered all the areas in the Midwest and East that were seeing spikes in temperature.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/07/06/just-how-hot-is-it-in-the-us-r.html#comment-1469524 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=169818#comment-1469524 <blockquote>My own mother-in-law, who is usually a level-headed person, blames it on gay marriage.</blockquote>Angelina?

My own mother-in-law, who is usually a level-headed person, blames it on gay marriage.

Angelina?

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