Weather Banter - View Single Post

Neil Bradley

wrote:
That's interesting; Central Park in NYC is going on its 4th consecutive
snowiest winter on record -- your Global Warming doomspeak rings hollow
on the east coast.

We may have a drought this year, but it's no anomaly.

Yeah, no kidding. We had the 2nd driest spring in Oregon's history in 1976 and
back then it was pretty damned severe. I don't recall anyone screaming "global
warming" back then. It's amazing that people take any odd weather patterns and
blame it on something - El Nino, Global Warming, and god knows what else, and
never bother to take the entire world's weather into consideration (that's what
the word 'global' means, alarmists).

Why are people's memories so selective? We had record flooding in 1996, about 3
years after a drought we had in the early 90s, but no one remembers or remarks
about that. Have one dry winter/spring and everyone screams "global warming". We
had it rain clear into July for many, many years in a row (which is unusual) but
no one mentions nor remembers that. But have one 3 week run of unusual warm
weather and everyone screams global warming and it's constant talk with everyone.

I see people gush about 10 minutes of sunbreak during an all day rain event, but
never mention the 15+ hours of rain.

Sheesh!

The weather *is* beautiful, isn't it?

No, it's not. Far too many negative aspects. There are so many reasons this
isn't a good thing:

1) Air stinks and is yellow/orange (say what you want about LA and most of
California's big cities - LA, San Diego - having 'nice weather', they're smelly
& ugly)
2) Increased traffic EVERYWHERE
3) Constant droning of lawnmowers
4) Having to hear 'Oh, it's such a wonderful day out' all the time
5) Dead/dying lawns and plants
6) Increased pollen count/allergy problems
7) Increased insect population (wasps already are appearing, folks)
8) Neighbor kids with loud car stereos with their windows down
9) More people outdoors late at night and keep others awake
10) Increased costs in electricity and water
11) Dry air, cracked/chapped lips constantly

If you like this kind of weather despite all of these reasons, kindly STFU about
it publicly so as to not rub it in for those of us who hate it. There's almost
nothing more annoying than those mindless people who gush on and on about sunny
days.

--Neil