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Weird weather

I was thinking about this because we had our first non-drought conditions in FL in 2012. Yet Many other states are still experiencing drought conditions. Listening to members talk about where they are and how the weather has just been different in the past few years. As a record storm is slamming our North Eastern coast at the moment, areas of the world that should be covered in snow are not. I was reading about the ice melt and this makes sense (at least to me)

Melting, rather than warming, is likely to be the big climate issue of 2013.

Predictions that a major El Niño warming event - and the coming solar maximum - would help make 2013 the warmest on record now seem wide of the mark. All eyes will probably be on the Arctic instead. Some say therecord loss of sea ice in summer 2012 was a one-off, others that it was the start of a runaway collapse. If the latter, summer sea ice could virtually disappear as early as 2016. What is certain is that the ice reforming now will be the thinnest on record, priming it for destruction next summer.

There is growing uncertainty, too, about the outlook for the northern hemisphere. Research in 2012 implicated the fast-warming Arctic in a slowing of the jet stream. This is bringing extreme weather to mid-latitudes, including prolonged cold spells in Europe, Russia's 2010 heatwave, and record droughts in the US in 2011 and 2012. Watch out for more weird weather in 2013.

What do you think? How do we prepare for this?

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Permalink Reply by Warren L. Strout on February 9, 2013 at 20:07

Jan - I live in north central Pennsylvania, and we have not had a" normal " winter here in eight or ten years! Every year we get warmer winters, and less snow. We have had several winter events that had to be called off because we did not have frozen ponds, or sufficient snow for the events! Makes you wonder? Warren - "Lone Wolf".

Permalink Reply by Clint Thompson on February 10, 2013 at 8:54

Jan...

We take it as it comes. We will adapt, improvise and overcome. We will work together and face the coming hard times. We will trust in our one true God.

Permalink Reply by Clint Thompson on February 10, 2013 at 8:56

By the way...

On my home computer the "Add Reply" button is not highlighted and looks like a ghost. The "Ok" button is the same. I hope it is not related to the other thing we talked about.

Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on February 10, 2013 at 10:53

perhaps the sun has baked it out? don't think so, but do think our service provider is under the hood doing a few things.

Clint Thompson said:

By the way...

On my home computer the "Add Reply" button is not highlighted and looks like a ghost. The "Ok" button is the same. I hope it is not related to the other thing we talked about.

Permalink Reply by Jan Carter on February 10, 2013 at 12:31

Thanks Clint, nope just our provider making sure I am not bored today!

Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on February 20, 2013 at 20:19

Well the prediction for the near future is drought, drought and more drought. Not good at all. getting harder and harder to stay in this business.

FeaturedPermalink Reply by Charles Sample on April 2, 2013 at 21:53

AMEN

Clint Thompson said:

Jan...

We take it as it comes. We will adapt, improvise and overcome. We will work together and face the coming hard times. We will trust in our one true God.

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