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[quote]People usually don‘•t make such a big deal about melting ice.
But this past winter was either an unusually cold and snowy one for the Great Lakes region or a throwback to winters past, depending on your point of view in this era of climate change.
Whichever, here’•s an announcement for the record books: June 6 was the official date that the Great Lakes region bid adieu to the winter‘•s last remaining ice cover.[/quote]
[quote]In 40 years of record-keeping, there‘•s no evidence of Great Lakes ice cover lasting until June.[/quote]
[url=http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2014/06/13/Great-Lakes-free-of-ice-at-last/stories/201406130096]**SOURCE**[/url]
It was a really fucking shitty winter in the Great Lakes region.
Insane how long it took. I remember flying over the Great Lakes a few months ago and I just couldn't believe how much ice cover there was.
And yet people still try to deny climate change.
Climate change, global warming, greenhouse effect
As a Chicagoan, I was confused when I walked outside. I was suddenly sweating in my coat and the sweat didn't immediately freeze. Also there was a strange thing on my front lawn apparently called "Grass". These creatures called "Insects" were buzzing about and these other weird things called "flowers" were out and about.
Needless to say Chicagoans Cheered Winter finally fucking off.
[QUOTE=draugur;45089841]And yet people still try to deny climate change.[/QUOTE]
same how now in the south we are getting day to day rain coverage when we never really get this much in the summer, meanwhile the west is in a near dust bowl like condition due to drought.
I still don't believe it's gone. Here in Toronto, I still half-expect to wake up tomorrow and find snow on the ground.
It's been quite warm so far here in the PNW, but we got quite a bit of rain today to make up for it.
Ah fuck. This means I have to wait longer until the lake is at a decent temperature (And for Lake Ontario, that's saying quite a bit. Best swim temps usually hit around late July.)
Can't swim comfortably until mid august here, until then the rivers are all bloated with snow melt.
Then again, this year wasn't a particularly good year for the snow pack.
[QUOTE=draugur;45089841]And yet people still try to deny climate change.[/QUOTE]
Wait, what? If anything, climate change should be making the planet warmer, not colder. This has nothing to do with climate change.
Warmer ocean temps doesn't directly mean warmer weather everywhere
Thats fucking ridiculous. I used to live on Lake Huron. I cant imagine it still being that cold this late in the year.
I also used to live in Northern Alaska. The arctic sea ice cover usually broke up around this time of year. This winters ice freeze in the great lakes essentially lasted as long as ice did in fucking northwest Alaska.
[QUOTE=FunnyBunny;45090058]Wait, what? If anything, climate change should be making the planet warmer, not colder. This has nothing to do with climate change. You have no idea what you're talking about.[/QUOTE]
Great lakes freezing over was because of a collapse of the circumpolar vortex due to warmer conditions in the north pole. Basically cold air that is usually confined to the arctic circle was allowed to drop down south, making winter miserable.
Was it anthropogenic? Can't be certain. Was it irregular? Certainly.
Quoting part of the article, just in case.
[quote]While it‘•s hard for officials to predict too far into the future, Mr. Masters cautioned against thinking that this past winter -- and its massive ice cover -- will be repeated.[/quote]
[QUOTE]...depending on your point of view in this era of climate change.[/QUOTE]
Oh no you didn't.
i remember some bits of lake michigan straight up looking like a glacier. it was cold as fuck out here
[QUOTE=God of Ashes;45090152]i remember some bits of lake michigan straight up looking like a glacier. it was cold as fuck out here[/QUOTE]
I never thought -20 would be routine
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