Category Archives: Weather/Climate

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Posted on January 15, 2010 | Comments Off on Next: Global Warming causes dandruff

Well, sure, since Danny Glover says it caused the earthquake in Haiti. Doh.

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Sleepy sun awakening

Posted on January 15, 2010 | Comments Off on Sleepy sun awakening

Or so it has seemed since sunspots began returning back in December. Too late, apparently, to hinder the Arctic cold snap that put much of the northern hemisphere in the deep freeze until recently.

If, that is, you accept the cosmic ray theory of climate change. Many scientists don’t. Meanwhile the  sunwatchers among them also aren’t ready to declare the end of the solar minimum just yet. In the last few years, the sun has amply proved how little we know about its behavior.

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Thunderstorms moving in

Posted on January 15, 2010 | Comments Off on Thunderstorms moving in

So far the weather warriors’ radar is all greens and yellows so, hopefully, that artillery-like thunder rumbling through now and then won’t get much worse. We are forecast to get heavy rain overnight, today and tonight, and are under a flash flood watch. Nice that the temp is in the 50s. Won’t be any snow or ice.

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Global warming takes a break

Posted on January 12, 2010 | Comments Off on Global warming takes a break

GlobalCoolingVery considerate of it, don’t you think? Funny how it can do that, eh?

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Frozen New River

Posted on January 11, 2010 | Comments Off on Frozen New River

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Claude Cooper, our OCS alumni group’s president-for-life, took this shot because he lives nearby. It’s the North Carolina source of the very old New River which flows north to become one of West Virginia’s major water ways. Too many rapids for it to freeze there, but not here in NC with its recent record freezes. Could be the start of a new mini-Ice Age. In which case, bye-bye AGW.

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Frozen pipes?

Posted on January 9, 2010 | Comments Off on Frozen pipes?

Awoke early this morning to discover it was 19 degrees outside and the hot-water faucets in the back bathroom (farthest from the hot water heater and in the coldest part of the house) were not running.

We opened them, called the plumber (who said to open them and the cabinet under the sink and set up a space heater aimed at it) and have followed his advice and are awaiting a forecast warmup above freezing by noon. We should know then if we have burst pipes and can anticipate an indoor flood.

UPDATE:  Disaster averted at 10:20 a.m. Mrs. Charm heard a thunk and the wide-open hot-water faucets started pouring. Yay. So far, so good. This was right after the old space heater died, so we’re lucky. Outdoor temp still seems to be slightly below freezing.

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Record freeze

Posted on January 8, 2010 | Comments Off on Record freeze

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This is Upper Michigan not Central Texas. There’s no snow on the ground here at all. But it feels like the picture because it sure is cold. The elephant ears in the front yard at the Rancho are turning black, like rare reader Diller’s ladyfinger banana plants. He’s a farmer in the West Central Florida panhandle where he has cows to worry about. JD Allen, down in Brazosport, likewise expects to lose his red and yellow hibiscus. I’m worried for the rose bushes in the Back Forty. Time will tell.

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Posted in Antique Roses, Blogosphere, Rancho Roly Poly, Texana, Weather/Climate

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