2008 is to be colder than the recent world warming trend.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7329799.stm

Quote :

"Global temperatures for 2008 will be slightly cooler than last year as a result of the cold La Nina current in the Pacific, UN meteorologists have said."

This trend, dubbed "global warming" is said to be the caused by CO2 emissions - but the real cause has been known by the religious community for years now. And finally in 2008 WE ARE VINDICATED!

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/29/pirates/index.html

Quote :

"Attacks in the first three months of this year were up 20 percent compared with the same period in 2007, analysts say. Last year saw more pirate attacks than the year before."

That's right, around the same time that temperatures have made a short term decrease, the number of pirates in the world made a comeback. What more evidence do we need before the scientific community accepts that the problem is our decreasing number of pirates?

IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO SAVE YOURSELVES. Pledge your loyalty to Pastafarianism to avoid dooooom! It is the only way.

4/29/2008 7:24:56 PM

ibt_

4/29/2008 7:29:02 PM

ibtl this thread?!

YOU RELIGIOUS BIGOTS!

4/29/2008 7:33:38 PM

a colder than average summer would be totally awesome. The last 2-3 have been brutal working outside in a 120° heat index every day.

4/29/2008 7:43:55 PM

up and down in the short term, but the trendline goes up, just like gas prices

4/29/2008 8:14:16 PM

I think all the arm-chair climatologists rather if they believe or don't believe in global warming need to take a fucking statistics class.

There is thing called averages and a mysterious crazy little thing called standard deviation.

Sick am i of everytime....

Situation A:

The temperature hits 100 degrees in August or its 65 in January OR it doesn't rain for 2 weeks

[Environmental Hippy]- "ZOMG GLOBAL WARMING, THE ICECAPS ARE GOING TO MELT DESTROYING CIVILIZATION, TAKE YOUR CARS TO THE DUMP AND RIDE YOUR BICYCLES.

Situation B:

We have ONE month where its significantly cooler then average REGIONALLY; or the number of hurricanes during a season is less then predicted.

[the Hooksaw type]- "you fucking idiots i told you all that decades of data that go into a thesis about global warming is just a part of the secret liberal agenda. one month/season/year cooler OBVIOUSLY disproves any kind of long term climate change"



btw just FYI here's the global temperature anamoly map for the world in March 08'
While it was a pretty "normal" march for N. America the world as a whole had the 2nd warmest on record with Asia having the record warmest as can be seen by all the large red dots.



My intent of this was not to "support" the global warming debate. But to show the Variation temps can have across the globe from diffrent regions normals.

[Edited on April 29, 2008 at 8:40 PM. Reason : a]

[Edited on April 29, 2008 at 8:40 PM. Reason : a]

4/29/2008 8:34:13 PM

sux for central asia

4/29/2008 9:25:18 PM

Shit; if i lived in Mongolia or Siberia I'd be cranking that CO2 polluting factory onto full steam.

4/29/2008 9:30:27 PM

The Sun's lack of sunspots will take us into a little Ice Age.

BOOGY BOOGY

gotta get a northface jacket

4/29/2008 9:36:48 PM

no, it's pirates alright.

pirates.

4/29/2008 9:54:22 PM

Quote :

"sux for central asia"

More like, "sux for Canada"

That graph is for March. What would you rather be, freezing your ass off or enjoying an unusually warm early spring?

It's funny how we've all been conditioned to think that any unusual warming of the planet must be disasterous and horrible. I bet people living in Siberia are loving that shit right now.

4/30/2008 2:12:46 AM

global warming is good for the economy.

all the money from increased tourism to Siberia and the Yukon Territories will trickle down into their own local populace, encouraging entrepreneurial efforts which will create more jobs.

more jobs there will attract the Mexicans away from the US, allowing our own good God-fearing White Folk to rediscover careers in cabbage picking.

4/30/2008 2:44:04 AM

God told me cabbage picking is a sin.

4/30/2008 4:39:13 AM

Quote :

"Situation A: [Environmental Hippy]- 'ZOMG GLOBAL WARMING, THE ICECAPS ARE GOING TO MELT DESTROYING CIVILIZATION, TAKE YOUR CARS TO THE DUMP AND RIDE YOUR BICYCLES. Situation B: We have ONE month where its significantly cooler then average REGIONALLY; or the number of hurricanes during a season is less then predicted. [the Hooksaw type]- 'you fucking idiots i told you all that decades of data that go into a thesis about global warming is just a part of the secret liberal agenda. one month/season/year cooler OBVIOUSLY disproves any kind of long term climate change' "

And you're above it all, right, HURL. STFU.

4/30/2008 6:46:28 AM

we'll he was spot on with your typical response in that given situation. he never actually proposed that he was above it all. just called it as he saw it.

4/30/2008 10:03:10 AM

serious cat strikes again!

4/30/2008 11:55:40 AM

Quote :

"allowing our own good God-fearing White Folk to rediscover careers in cabbage picking."

lol; hooksaw could finally get his job back.

4/30/2008 12:02:03 PM

got down to 38 last night in Charlotte...new record low...i figured it should be hot as shit right about now, according to predicted warming trends...

4/30/2008 12:07:49 PM

gonna be 80's by end of week.

If you look at last summer june and july were below average; then August was a fucking inferno. Record Hottest; we hit 100 6 times, had 1 day with a high below 90. With the average high being 87/88 for the month.

[Edited on April 30, 2008 at 12:43 PM. Reason : a]

4/30/2008 12:40:12 PM

why not the high 90s?

4/30/2008 12:42:37 PM

ibts

4/30/2008 12:44:56 PM