Hey dummy climate fanatics, it ain't co melting antarctica

[Mike Ault]

I don't know if you look at the drought monitor or not, but we are in drought up here too. Zero precip. in the month of February. Only two inches of snow since Jan. 1, which I don't mind. We did get ten inches in November and another 10 in December.

No, I never deliberately "look at the drought monitor". I am "exposed to the drought monitor", however, every time I read a story about global warming, desertification, and see my area in the danger zone of becoming "full on desert" instead of "quasi-desert". You could assuage my concerns by getting started on that big pipeline heading south from the Great Lakes.

 

[IlliniApp]

No, I never deliberately "look at the drought monitor". I am "exposed to the drought monitor", however, every time I read a story about global warming, desertification, and see my area in the danger zone of becoming "full on desert" instead of "quasi-desert". You could assuage my concerns by getting started on that big pipeline heading south from the Great Lakes.

Why not? The Drought Monitor is a good resource. A new map comes out every Thursday. Amarillo is in D0 status now, or "abnormally dry." My area is considered to be D1 status or "moderate drought." So compared to "normal," my area is in a worse state of dryness than yours. We'll get started on that ethanol pipeline right away.

 

[IlliniApp]

No, I never deliberately "look at the drought monitor". I am "exposed to the drought monitor", however, every time I read a story about global warming, desertification, and see my area in the danger zone of becoming "full on desert" instead of "quasi-desert". You could assuage my concerns by getting started on that big pipeline heading south from the Great Lakes.

Your area in the panhandle was bumped up to "moderate drought" this week.

 

[Mike Ault]

Your area in the panhandle was bumped up to "moderate drought" this week.

What do you think about the global warming hypothesis that as soon as the ocean currents switch off we're all doomed?

 

[Tom D]

The simple minded climatist believe whatever the climate doom sayers make up. There are other way more real dangerous things that are present, that can reduce the populatiion before we get hot frim co.

 

[IlliniApp]

What do you think about the global warming hypothesis that as soon as the ocean currents switch off we're all doomed?

Well I'm sure if that happened it would be "game over," but will it happen? Who knows?

 

[Mike Ault]

Well I'm sure if that happened it would be "game over," but will it happen? Who knows?

That's the problem. We are running the biggest "uncontrolled experiment" in human history.

 

[IlliniApp]

That's the problem. We are running the biggest "uncontrolled experiment" in human history.

I think we're doing what we have to do to live.

 

[Tom D]

Three states face entire month of rain in just five days. Darn that uncontrolled weather experiment.​

A surge of moisture funneling into the south‑central part of the country midweek could deliver several rounds of heavy rain, setting up a wet stretch that could dump an entire month’s worth of rain across three states in a span of only five days.

Forecasters say multiple storm systems will sweep through between Wednesday and Sunday, with rainfall totals piling up quickly. Early guidance shows a pattern favorable for repeated downpours as disturbances track across the southern Plains and into the Mississippi Valley.

By late weekend, eastern Oklahoma, southwestern Arkansas, and northeastern Texas could see 5 to 7 inches of rainfall, according to a precipitation outlook from the NWS WPC, roughly equal to or greater than what they usually receive during an entire month of March,

The rainfall will fall on an area that has been experiencing drought conditions, according to ongoing drought monitoring, meaning the moisture will be largely beneficial for soils, reservoirs, and early‑season vegetation.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

Your area in the panhandle was bumped up to "moderate drought" this week.

Every spring, except during rain events, the entire west of Oklahoma, Kansas, E. Colorado and E N. Mex. along with much of west Texas after 3 days with no rain, the dry grasses and scrub of the land will be dried out by the high winds common to the region. And it will burn, drought or not. I was in Okla City yesterday and all of country side between OKC and Tulsa is dry broom sedges, grasses, bermuda grass planted along the interstate turnpike, and scrub oaks of the "Cross Timbers" (look it up if you don't know what the Cross Timbers are) and one careless match, or burnt wheel bearing and poof. Western cedar goes up in smoke like a candle. (car cam shot) E of Tulsa, there are a lot of greens - wheat, fescue and cool season grasses.