dsayers Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/dangerous-arctic-temperatures-state-state-impacts-20140107 Guess global warming must be real *snicker*. I work patrols every night in NW Ohio and was in and out of -40 F wind chill Monday night. I'm also responsible for some snow removal, which I had to do more frequently than ever before just to be able to get in and out. As somebody who does this stuff (and used to get sick like clockwork during seasonal shifts in and out of cold), I'm well dressed for this stuff, including being armored against wind. Not sick yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ribuck Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 I don't envy you working outdoors in those temperatures. But it's not enough data to form an opinion on global warming one way or the other. It's expected to suffer the "coldest temps in two decades" about every two decades or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornellius Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Isn't the point of global warming that you don't get to the coldest point of two decades at the end of those two decades? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ribuck Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Isn't the point of global warming that you don't get to the coldest point of two decades at the end of those two decades? Every year is the end of some two-decade period. Every year is also the start of a two-decade period. So it's not meaningful to talk about the coldest year having occurred at the end of a period. Weather is a chaotic system with huge fluctuations due to its many interacting subsystems. There may be a long-term trend, but twenty consecutive measurements isn't enough to identify that long-term trend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornellius Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 It is meaningful that the cold record is set after and not before. If you don't think so, then I don't want you to reply cause I don't really want to talk to you, if that's alright? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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