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Café Pedro 6: And now for something completely different...
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| Crommy |
Posted on 02-06-2013 09:59
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mb2612 wrote:
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Just heard the most fantastic pro-Armstrong arguement ever;
"He only participated in the Giro and Vuelta once so it's safe to assume he would have dominated there aswell, quite possibly winning more than Merckx had he bothered".
Anyhoo, what the HELL is happening with the weather here?!?!?! Here's a quick recap of the weather records that have been broken this month (and within the last two weeks). These records relate to the region (Northern Norway):
- Highest average May-temperature ever
- Highest May-temperature ever
- Least May-rainfall ever
- Most sun-hours in May ever
Keep in mind, this is the NORTH of Norway we're talking about. We also came 0.5C behind the highest recorded May-temp ever in the country (30.6 vs 31.1C).
Probably climate change. Here's a fun statistic for you: If you are younger than 28, you've never lived through a globally colder than average month [source]
Wow, I briefly flicked through the article and couldn't see when they started counting temperatures though.
1880. I should have linked to the actual report, which is here: https://www.ncdc.n...al/2012/10
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| Logghje |
Posted on 02-06-2013 10:47
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The weather is fucked up alot and nobody of the parliaments of governments seems to care about it as much as we do 
I could blame capitalism here but I won't do it  |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 02-06-2013 11:32
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Logghje wrote:
The weather is fucked up alot and nobody of the parliaments of governments seems to care about it as much as we do
I could blame capitalism here but I won't do it
You should rather blame the so-called experts paid by oil firms who lobby to pretend that global warming or that the influence of man on global warming are not proven or are a swindle.
I read or heard that Spring has been so awful in Europe because ice fields around the northern pole are melting, and ice blocks are drifting south, cooling the air. |
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| Logghje |
Posted on 02-06-2013 11:42
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Aquarius wrote:
Logghje wrote:
The weather is fucked up alot and nobody of the parliaments of governments seems to care about it as much as we do
I could blame capitalism here but I won't do it
You should rather blame the so-called experts paid by oil firms who lobby to pretend that global warming or that the influence of man on global warming are not proven or are a swindle.
I read or heard that Spring has been so awful in Europe because ice fields around the northern pole are melting, and ice blocks are drifting south, cooling the air.
Thus capitalism. The oil firms want to keep making as much profits as they can, if the governments would do something about the global warming, one of the first things would be trying to minimize the use of oil...
Ice caps are melting, so the white icy surface of the north pole doesn't reflect the warmth of the sun anymore, so the water absorbs that warmth instead. That's why it's so much hotter in the north of Norway I think.. |
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 02-06-2013 11:46
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Logghje wrote:
Ice caps are melting, so the white icy surface of the north pole doesn't reflect the warmth of the sun anymore, so the water absorbs that warmth instead. That's why it's so much hotter in the north of Norway I think..
The Albedo Effect. Not the primary cause but it is an additional factor to current climate change trends. Also as far as i was aware Norway's waters (and i mean shore's out to 50k) are not seasonally covered in sea ice, so that is not the main reason.
Increased melting causing in part the shifting of various steams (Gulf, Jet etc.) has been the main cause.
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 02-06-2013 19:33
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29C  this years record
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 02-06-2013 19:37
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As long as the prognosis for the summer doesn't come true in Portugal. Coldest winter since 1896. |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 03-06-2013 08:56
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cactus-jack wrote:
Lucky bastard! I haven't seen rain, let alone a teasing cloud, for two weeks! My daily routine is all comprised of wet elements; drinking water, swetting, showering, repeating".
You are welcomed to come to Czech Republic and take all the water away.Here are floods everywhere, 90% of the whole state. There is big river created near my house, while there should not be river at all. 
Five daysd of raining now, water everywhere and still raining. stop it somebody!
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 03-06-2013 09:29
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 03-06-2013 09:42
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Avin i know how you feel, this is St Asaph about a three miles away from my house just a few weeks ago
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 03-06-2013 09:46
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And that is why i live on top of a hill
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| kubys |
Posted on 03-06-2013 09:59
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
cactus-jack wrote:
Lucky bastard! I haven't seen rain, let alone a teasing cloud, for two weeks! My daily routine is all comprised of wet elements; drinking water, swetting, showering, repeating".
You are welcomed to come to Czech Republic and take all the water away.Here are floods everywhere, 90% of the whole state. There is big river created near my house, while there should not be river at all.
Five daysd of raining now, water everywhere and still raining. stop it somebody!
You're invited to HavÃÅ™ov. We don't have any floods there, just rain.
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-06-2013 10:07
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Oh man, I totally forgot about breakfast
I've been awake over 4 hours and only now do I remember I still have to eat breakfast! I'm so bad with food... I can't even count the times I forgot to eat dinner because I was focused on something else |
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| miggi133 |
Posted on 03-06-2013 10:09
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sutty68 wrote:
Avin i know how you feel, this is St Asaph about a three miles away from my house just a few weeks ago
Hm... Quite weird. We hadnt had any severe rainfalls that caused floods since Octobre 2011. Its astonishing what A few miles distance can change. Same with the winter this year, while the whole british Island recieved snow in some form or another, we just had extremely cold weather from November up until March...
Climatology... Maybe something to look into...
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| jph27 |
Posted on 03-06-2013 10:14
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We had floods and snow in Yorkshire and Durham just a few weeks back, but nothing as bad as that. Hope everyone makes it safely through. I live at the bottom of a hill, but fortunately when our river floods it is on the side of the hill which is less populated so there aren't too many problems. |
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| Avin Wargunnson |
Posted on 03-06-2013 10:17
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kubys wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
cactus-jack wrote:
Lucky bastard! I haven't seen rain, let alone a teasing cloud, for two weeks! My daily routine is all comprised of wet elements; drinking water, swetting, showering, repeating".
You are welcomed to come to Czech Republic and take all the water away.Here are floods everywhere, 90% of the whole state. There is big river created near my house, while there should not be river at all.
Five daysd of raining now, water everywhere and still raining. stop it somebody!
You're invited to HavÃÅ™ov. We don't have any floods there, just rain.
Hi mate. Just wait for it, i think Moravia is next on the list, in the second half of the week, as there should be raining. (but nothing brutal like here in South Bohemia through this weekend - it felt like there is someone with giant bucket full of water in the skies and is pouring water down).
I hope Moravia will be fine this time, unlike 1997 and 2002 floods.
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| miggi133 |
Posted on 03-06-2013 10:32
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Ian Butler wrote:
Oh man, I totally forgot about breakfast
I've been awake over 4 hours and only now do I remember I still have to eat breakfast! I'm so bad with food... I can't even count the times I forgot to eat dinner because I was focused on something else
That doesnt bode well for the future... I myself had the same problem a few years back (well, only during holidays when my parents weren't home). Took me a while to get myself to eat breakfast as 2nd order of the day (after showering!). I know its a cliche but Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! Breakfast is one of the most important sources for energy, or better to get you started into the day with full power...
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| kubys |
Posted on 03-06-2013 11:26
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Avin Wargunnson wrote:
kubys wrote:
Avin Wargunnson wrote:
cactus-jack wrote:
Lucky bastard! I haven't seen rain, let alone a teasing cloud, for two weeks! My daily routine is all comprised of wet elements; drinking water, swetting, showering, repeating".
You are welcomed to come to Czech Republic and take all the water away.Here are floods everywhere, 90% of the whole state. There is big river created near my house, while there should not be river at all.
Five daysd of raining now, water everywhere and still raining. stop it somebody!
You're invited to HavÃÅ™ov. We don't have any floods there, just rain.
Hi mate. Just wait for it, i think Moravia is next on the list, in the second half of the week, as there should be raining. (but nothing brutal like here in South Bohemia through this weekend - it felt like there is someone with giant bucket full of water in the skies and is pouring water down).
I hope Moravia will be fine this time, unlike 1997 and 2002 floods.
I think that this year the floods wouldn't splash Moravia, maybe the most southern part like Znojmo, HodonÃn etc. Anyway, here in Silesia We can't see any signs of floods, maybe more to the border with Poland, but here is everything alright atm. Especially in HavÃÅ™ov which is whole built on hill. I feel really sorry for people in Bohemia and their suffering atm.
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| Selwink |
Posted on 03-06-2013 11:29
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Weather is finally getting well here
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 03-06-2013 13:50
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I suppose some of you have already heard of the Heinz-dilemma? What do you think is right?
For those who don't know what it is. A guy named Heinz has a sick wife. She has cancer. There is one medicin that can help here but it's incredibly expensive. Heinz scrambles all his money, loans from everybody he knows but still only has half what the medicin costs. Would it be righteous to steal it?
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