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Cold winter ahead

Posted on December 15, 2015 | 4 comments

Never mind the climate lies from Paris and the White House, nor the warm December we’ve been having so far in Central Texas, the cold is coming. Boy, is it coming, according to WeatherBell Analytics forecaster Joe Bastardi:

  • Overall, a snowy, colder than normal winter is expected in the South and East
  • Core of winter will be later rather then earlier
  • December could be very warm with February very cold
  • El Niño is a big influence but not the only factor

Snow here would be a minor miracle. It happens occasionally but only just. But in so generally warm a climate, a bitter cold and wet month (i.e. February) would be plenty impressive enough.

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

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More Looney-Tunes science

Posted on March 3, 2014 | 3 comments

The American Physical Society (physicists) will talk this month about building 1,000-foot high walls in Texas, North Dakota and Oklahoma to reduce tornadoes.

“Why is it a bad idea if it could save lives and property? Simply, the law of unintended consequences. If walls almost 1000 feet in height are placed in the Central U.S., not only would tornadic activity be disrupted, but precipitation patterns would be, too. Vast areas on the lee side of the walls would see significant decreases in rainfall and areas on the windward side of the walls would see increases…”

Not to mention how dreadful it would be living in the shadow of one of these mothas. So maybe we won’t be seeing them. Or…

Shoot, if the feds can’t build a fence between Mexico and the U.S., how could they build something like this?

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Posted in Blogosphere, Science/Engineering, Texana, Weather/Climate

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