The Storm Is Coming

[valdizzle]

That IS a cool picture....and not to bring this up again, but kind of looks like a map they used in the movie I referenced

 

[David H]

Supposed to go down to -10 Celsius in Dallas tonight: http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/ustx0327

Thats highly unusual for that city

 

[jayfinley2001]

^^^ No shit. I was working in Dallas a few years ago and was talking with one of the guys I was working with. We were talking about bad drivers and I said "imagine if they got snow"?? He said: they got a storm a few years ago that dumped an inch down. They had 500 accidents in the first 15 minutes lol........

 

[Ron]

Heard from our friends in Dallas yesterday... they've had ice storms, and HUGE power problems! With rolling brown outs, and even 20-30 black outs 2-3 times a day the last couple days! :shock:

They are simply not equipped to deal with these freezing temps... and if it snows even a little? All hell breaks loose! :gasp:

 

[Scarecrow Man]

^^^ That's why (when I travelled) I had bragging rights over most states. We not only get the freezing cold, searing heat, extreme humidity, tons of snow, but also high winds, the odd tornado and even the odd earth quake. Do we fold up and hide under the covers? Nope...we deal with it because:

We Are Canadian........

 

[gc_vulcan]

Amen eh.

 

[~Stabbing the Drama~]

Ya'll hit the bulls-eye! :


On another note...

The Sun had a great word for describing the lack of "snowmageddon"...

They called it "snowverkill"!

 

[GodZilla]

snowverkill, now that's funny!!!

No wonder Montreal laughs at Toronto......shit I was up there years after Mayor Mel called in the army and they were STILL laughing about it.

Hell, even up here I still hear about it from time to time and what was that, 10 yrs ago? lol.....

 

[cathrl69]

Yeah, they still mock us in Northern Ontario, the actual North, Quebec, the East Coast, and most of the Prairies over that as well. We're probably OK in the warm parts of BC though.

The good news is that Toronto is actually doing a better job of laughing at itself. And, from a family of many teachers, it's always good to remind parents that they aren't babysitters. Who knows, maybe this will get the 'action news' segments of the media to calm down a little as well? So, despite the disruption, maybe it will do some good.

 

[the_beave]

Good article today by Lorrie Goldstein on global warming: http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2011/02/02/17129376.html

Al Gore now claims severe snowstorms are all part of the global warming process. Only problem is he forgot to include that in his move 'Inconvenient Truth'. He conveniently added that theory later



Something tells me Al Gore is just making shit up as he goes along

 

[No.]

Please... Don't get me started on his "Goreness"... :grrrrrr: :grrrrrr: :grrrrrr: :grrrrrr:

 

[JoKTM]

OH we're back to this? lol...I thought we moved past it?

I will say this then STFU:

Anyone who doesn't think we're fucking up the planet is delusional. EOS.

Here's a perfect example:

Home Depot wanted to build a store down where tent city used to be around cherry street. They took soil samples and had them tested.

Know why they couldn't build? There was an estimated 100,000 metric tons of contaminated soil that would have to be "cleaned" before they could build. Now they weren't putting in a park, they weren't putting in a daycare, they were going to PAVE the whole fricken thing.

How did those toxins get there? Osmosis? Immaculate pollution? Too many ducks pooping?

If there is one small tract of land that is too polluted to PAVE how many millions are there too polluted to live on?

 

[dafiglebob]

[video=youtube;3T5xg57C-BA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T5xg57C-BA&feature=player_embedded[/video]

 

[Dorkie Yorkie :D]

This is a shot of lakeshore drive in Chicago....lol...least when we had cars stranded it was out in the middle of nowhere, NOT downtown lol

(but doesn't that look just like a shot from one of those "end of the world" disaster movies? lol)

 

[Mrs. C]

I'm not saying there isnt pollution going on tboy, but surely even you know the difference between CO2's and illegal toxic dumping, dont you??

You're getting way off-topic now, illegal dumping of toxic waste has absolutely nothing to do with global warming

 

[Xtreme Poetess]

Actually, it wasn't caused by illegal anything. It was the toxins leaching into the soil from the industries that used the land for the past 100 yrs.

For eg: at the new(ish) studio city on eastern avenue. I was driving home from work one day when they were tearing down the old tannery building. I saw on top of the pile some beautiful 30' long wooden beams, had to be 24" high x 12" deep. I went to the shop across the street to grab a bunch of guys to salvage (aka steal) them. The boss already called about them and the demo company told him that they were so full of toxins that anyone handling them had to wear a special protective suit. All the stuff was soaked in it. (they used some pretty nasty chemicals during the tanning process).

Same as when they tore down the gardiner extension. There was talk that the old concrete was full of asbestos.

If that's the case in these small places, imagine what is under the big chemical plants? ie: Dow chemical etc?

You're stuck on CO2, but I'm talking about fucking up our environment in general. Anyone who drives a car, rides a bus, flies, takes the train is kidding themselves if they think they're not polluting the air we breathe, the ground we walk on and the water we drink......(there was a study done a few years ago and they discovered that per person, a train is the most wasteful, a plane second, and the private owned car is the least, next to a motorcycle of course).

Oh and another eyeopener? Everyone thinks public transit is SO enviro friendly. Well, they too are mistaken. Think about it: when a bus, streetcar, subway is FULLY loaded, yes, they are efficient but how often does that happen? How many millions of miles are driven when the vehicle is empty or almost empty? Then couple in moving the vehicle to the specific route etc and the numbers just get even worse.

The saying goes: the most energy efficient trip is the one not taken. Hence why I delay trips into town until I have about 20 things to do. Then I try and get them all done at the same place.....For eg: instead of going to my bank and taking money out, when I'm buying materials at Homo Depot, I'll get cash back instead. Same as deposits. If I have one? Unless I positively absolutely have to have access to the money, I'll delay until I have other banking to do.

 

[nykkibabyyy]

[video=youtube;cdxaxJNs15s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdxaxJNs15s&feature=player_embedded[/video]

 

[Sudmeister]

That is what the media has been feeding us for years.

 

[Sahara]

'Al Gore now claims severe snowstorms are all part of the global warming process. Only problem is he forgot to include that in his move 'Inconvenient Truth'. He conveniently added that theory later"

Actually when I discussed the topic of "Global Warming" when it first hit the news with a climatology professor he actually said that part of the issue was that extremes would become more extreme. So when its cold it will be colder and when its hot it will be hotter.
I still declare bullshit on it though.

 

[Mayur]

I'm still on the fence about GW, and thats because neither side has been terribly convincing.

But I have ZERO doubt that Al Gore is in it for the money. Anyone with half a freaking brain can see that