Our police station has a bench in front that's designated for Criagslist type meetups. I've never done that, but I guess you would go inside & let them know what you're doing so they can keep an eye out? Our department is super helpful, and I'm sure they'd rather spend a bit of time preventing a problem with a transaction than mopping up after one gone bad.
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TxGal
Day by day
Not much out there this morning.
electroverse.net
Harvard Study Shows Deep Oceans Are Actually Getting Colder
February 3, 2020 Cap Allon
A Harvard study has found that large parts of the deep Pacific are getting colder, likely the result of a climate phenomenon that occurred hundreds of years ago.
Around the 17th century, Earth experienced a prolonged cooling period dubbed the Little Ice Age (LIA). The event brought chillier-than-average temperatures to much of the Northern Hemisphere, and was likely attributable to a multidecadal decline in solar activity.
Though it’s been centuries since this all played out, researchers say the deep Pacific still appears to be responding to the LIA cool-down.
The models suggest temperatures are dropping at a depth of 2km (1.2 miles)
“Climate varies across all timescales,” said Peter Huybers, a professor at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
“Some regional warming and cooling patterns, like the Little Ice Age and Medieval Warm Period, are well known. Our goal was to develop a model of how the interior properties of the ocean respond to changes in surface climate.”
The Medieval Warm Period lasted between the 9th and 12th centuries and warmed Earth’s climate to levels much higher than those witnessed today.
It was followed not long after by the Little Ice Age, mid-1600s thru 1800s, which can be correlated to a sharp decrease in solar output as well as disruptions to ocean currents.
The Little Ice Age brought cold intervals to Europe between mid-1600s to the 1800s. Rivers froze over — ‘frost fairs’ were held on the Thames
According to researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Harvard University, this long-ago cooling period could still be showing its face in the temperatures of the deep ocean.
To test this, the team compared measurements taken during the 1870s by scientists on the HMS Challenger to modern data.
During the study in the late 1800s, the researchers of the time dropped thermometers deep down into the ocean between the years 1872 and 1876, collecting more than 5,000 measurements in total.
“We screened this historical data for outliers and considered a variety of corrections associated with pressure effects on the thermometer and stretching of the hemp rope used for lowering thermometers,” Huybers said.
The comparisons showed that in the deep Pacific Ocean, at a depth of around 2km (1.2 miles), temperatures are actually dropping.
According to the team, this could influence our understanding of how much heat the ocean has absorbed in the last century, suggesting it could be as much as 30 percent less than previously assumed.
“These findings increase the impetus for understanding the causes of the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age as a way for better understanding modern warming trends.”
The new paper is published in the journal Science.
Another Cooling Period is Due
It’s more than likely that the modest warming Earth experienced from 1980 to 2010 was the result of natural causes — the correlating increase in solar activity being the obvious culprit.
And now as our sun shows signs of entering another relative hibernation, as it did 400 years ago during the Maunder Minimum, it could be supposed another cold spell is on the cards.
We’ve been trending cooler for around the last 10,000 years after all, since the end of the last full blow glacial period. There have been brief spikes of warmth — which have allowed civilizations of the day to flourish — however, the trend is clear, and the trend is down:
Furthermore, the cold periods have been getting progressively colder — clearly visible in the GISP2 Ice Core data (above) — and there’s zero reason to expect this next one (forecast in red) to buck the trend.
Our climate and the mechanisms controlling it are far too complex for us to fully understand at this point –be cautious of those professing to have all the answers and spouting “settled science” rhetoric– but if you put together what is known, and study it objectively, the data would suggest the next period of global cooling is now on the cards.
The climate is cycle, after all; never linear.
Harvard Study Shows Deep Oceans Are Actually Getting Colder - Electroverse
Harvard Study Shows Deep Oceans Are Actually Getting Colder: the warming our planet experienced from 1980 to 2010 was due to natural causes all along.
electroverse.net
Harvard Study Shows Deep Oceans Are Actually Getting Colder
February 3, 2020 Cap Allon
A Harvard study has found that large parts of the deep Pacific are getting colder, likely the result of a climate phenomenon that occurred hundreds of years ago.
Around the 17th century, Earth experienced a prolonged cooling period dubbed the Little Ice Age (LIA). The event brought chillier-than-average temperatures to much of the Northern Hemisphere, and was likely attributable to a multidecadal decline in solar activity.
Though it’s been centuries since this all played out, researchers say the deep Pacific still appears to be responding to the LIA cool-down.
The models suggest temperatures are dropping at a depth of 2km (1.2 miles)
“Climate varies across all timescales,” said Peter Huybers, a professor at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
“Some regional warming and cooling patterns, like the Little Ice Age and Medieval Warm Period, are well known. Our goal was to develop a model of how the interior properties of the ocean respond to changes in surface climate.”
The Medieval Warm Period lasted between the 9th and 12th centuries and warmed Earth’s climate to levels much higher than those witnessed today.
It was followed not long after by the Little Ice Age, mid-1600s thru 1800s, which can be correlated to a sharp decrease in solar output as well as disruptions to ocean currents.
The Little Ice Age brought cold intervals to Europe between mid-1600s to the 1800s. Rivers froze over — ‘frost fairs’ were held on the ThamesAccording to researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Harvard University, this long-ago cooling period could still be showing its face in the temperatures of the deep ocean.
To test this, the team compared measurements taken during the 1870s by scientists on the HMS Challenger to modern data.
During the study in the late 1800s, the researchers of the time dropped thermometers deep down into the ocean between the years 1872 and 1876, collecting more than 5,000 measurements in total.
“We screened this historical data for outliers and considered a variety of corrections associated with pressure effects on the thermometer and stretching of the hemp rope used for lowering thermometers,” Huybers said.
The comparisons showed that in the deep Pacific Ocean, at a depth of around 2km (1.2 miles), temperatures are actually dropping.
According to the team, this could influence our understanding of how much heat the ocean has absorbed in the last century, suggesting it could be as much as 30 percent less than previously assumed.
“These findings increase the impetus for understanding the causes of the Medieval Warm Period and Little Ice Age as a way for better understanding modern warming trends.”
The new paper is published in the journal Science.
Another Cooling Period is Due
It’s more than likely that the modest warming Earth experienced from 1980 to 2010 was the result of natural causes — the correlating increase in solar activity being the obvious culprit.
And now as our sun shows signs of entering another relative hibernation, as it did 400 years ago during the Maunder Minimum, it could be supposed another cold spell is on the cards.
We’ve been trending cooler for around the last 10,000 years after all, since the end of the last full blow glacial period. There have been brief spikes of warmth — which have allowed civilizations of the day to flourish — however, the trend is clear, and the trend is down:
Furthermore, the cold periods have been getting progressively colder — clearly visible in the GISP2 Ice Core data (above) — and there’s zero reason to expect this next one (forecast in red) to buck the trend.
Our climate and the mechanisms controlling it are far too complex for us to fully understand at this point –be cautious of those professing to have all the answers and spouting “settled science” rhetoric– but if you put together what is known, and study it objectively, the data would suggest the next period of global cooling is now on the cards.
The climate is cycle, after all; never linear.
Martinhouse
Deceased
A little bit of good news...A friend stopped by a little while ago with her son and they gave me a piece of horseradish root and a couple of Jerusalem Artichoke roots from his place.
A little bit of bad news, to me, at least...he told me he has been full vegan for two years now. He must be eating lots of beans and peanut butter and bread, though, because he certainly hasn't lost his roughly 15 pounds of that extra insulation he's had for the last ten years or more!
A little bit of bad news, to me, at least...he told me he has been full vegan for two years now. He must be eating lots of beans and peanut butter and bread, though, because he certainly hasn't lost his roughly 15 pounds of that extra insulation he's had for the last ten years or more!
TxGal
Day by day
Not much out there this morning on the GSM. We seem to be in a natural lull right now as we begin the move into early spring. Can't come fast enough! We've been very warm the last few days with strong winds, but tonight a big arctic cold front comes in (hopefully in a gentle way), dropping temps way back into winter. Ick.
Garden centers are beginning to get more stock in, and that's a good thing. We have a peach tree starting to blossom, but with the cold front coming in that will get nipped. Happens every spring, so I know we're moving into a pretty time of year here.
Otherwise, all eyes appear to be on the coronavirus, with good reason...another reason to have a garden going when spring hits your particular area.
Garden centers are beginning to get more stock in, and that's a good thing. We have a peach tree starting to blossom, but with the cold front coming in that will get nipped. Happens every spring, so I know we're moving into a pretty time of year here.
Otherwise, all eyes appear to be on the coronavirus, with good reason...another reason to have a garden going when spring hits your particular area.
Nowski
Let's Go Brandon!
^^^^THIS^^^^
My AO is in The Upstate of South Carolina,
and I am about 75 miles south of Asheville NC.
It is like springtime here. Last week, a couple of days went
down into the upper 30's, and there was even a brief period
of snow flurries.
That has been it so far, for this non-winter.
Unless the grand solar minimum kicks it up a notch or two,
it is going to be next to impossible to discuss with people,
what the grand solar minimum is, and why they need to
prepare for it.
Here is a pic of my Davis Vantage Vue weather console,
what it is indicating, has been typical so far for the most
of this winter.
Please be safe everyone.
Regards to all.
Nowski
von Koehler
Has No Life - Lives on TB
There several errors in thinking here. First is to generalize a person's local weather condition, and assume or project it to everywhere else.
Second, the effects of the Grand Solar Minimum do not only happen in the Winter season with the cold and snow.
Third, some of the most lethal results have come during the Summer [bad weather causing crop failures].
A weakening solar wind allows for more cosmic rays to penetrate the Earth's atmosphere causing torrential rains and floods.
Diseases, both in animals and humans, arise.
The Sun is still in the later stages of solar cycle 24; with the next cycle to be even worse.
von Koehler
Second, the effects of the Grand Solar Minimum do not only happen in the Winter season with the cold and snow.
Third, some of the most lethal results have come during the Summer [bad weather causing crop failures].
A weakening solar wind allows for more cosmic rays to penetrate the Earth's atmosphere causing torrential rains and floods.
Diseases, both in animals and humans, arise.
The Sun is still in the later stages of solar cycle 24; with the next cycle to be even worse.
von Koehler
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John Deere Girl
Veteran Member
We are in the Midwest, and it has felt like spring most of the winter. Our fruit trees and bushes have buds already, and our strawberry plants never died back. We have one elderberry bush with a tiny green leaf. I still have carrots growing in the garden.
Nowski
Let's Go Brandon!
I follow the weather forecasts, and a cold front is coming in
later this week, bringing with it lots of rain.
However, the temps are to stay pretty much as they are now.
My sister was in contact earlier with her SIL out in Oklahoma.
They are under a winter storm warning.
The weather is for sure not normal now. It changes tremendously
from one day to the next, cold then hot, rainy and then no rain.
No pattern at all, where there could be at least days or even
a week or 2, of the same weather.
Just checked spaceweather.com, and the sun is blank again today,
and the cosmic rays are near a space age high.
I continue to prepare, as I know that changes are coming that
are going to make everyone notice, even those that continue
to believe the AGW crap, that is being pushed very hard right now.
Please be safe everyone.
Regards to all.
Nowski
later this week, bringing with it lots of rain.
However, the temps are to stay pretty much as they are now.
My sister was in contact earlier with her SIL out in Oklahoma.
They are under a winter storm warning.
The weather is for sure not normal now. It changes tremendously
from one day to the next, cold then hot, rainy and then no rain.
No pattern at all, where there could be at least days or even
a week or 2, of the same weather.
Just checked spaceweather.com, and the sun is blank again today,
and the cosmic rays are near a space age high.
I continue to prepare, as I know that changes are coming that
are going to make everyone notice, even those that continue
to believe the AGW crap, that is being pushed very hard right now.
Please be safe everyone.
Regards to all.
Nowski
Martinhouse
Deceased
There's a short new Adapt 2030 podcast out. Freak weather all over. Runs 7:03
TxGal
Day by day
Thank you, Martinhouse! As she said, Adapt 2030 has a new podcast out:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsDvOPBeHcQ
Mud Volcanoes, Electrical Double Speak and Spinning Winds (942)
Run time is 7:02
Six mud volcanoes open in Trinidad after the Jamaican offshore quake, feet deep hail buries cars this time in Spain, it was an atmospheric compression hail event. Stop using email to save the climate double speak as 5G is rolled out using a cooling unit for each tower. Another atmospheric river pounds the USA west coast as the Grand Solar Minimum continues to intensify.
Mud Volcanoes, Electrical Double Speak and Spinning Winds (942)
Run time is 7:02
Six mud volcanoes open in Trinidad after the Jamaican offshore quake, feet deep hail buries cars this time in Spain, it was an atmospheric compression hail event. Stop using email to save the climate double speak as 5G is rolled out using a cooling unit for each tower. Another atmospheric river pounds the USA west coast as the Grand Solar Minimum continues to intensify.
northern watch
TB Fanatic
Earth Is About To Enter A 30-Year "Mini Ice Age" As The Sun Hibernates, Scientist Warns
by Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Wed, 02/05/2020 - 17:25
Authored by Elias Marat via TheMindUnleashed.com,
A scientist has warned that Earth could be facing a mini ice age due to the Sun radiating less energy and heat toward our planet. According to the expert, this would mean that the planet would be plunged into a period of extreme winter and chilly cold storms during the next 30 years.
According to NASA, the Sun will reach its lowest activity in over two centuries in 2020. As a result of it going into a natural period of hibernation, Earth could see temperatures drop, resulting in food shortages on a global scale. The temperature could also drop by as much as one degree Celsius over a period of roughly 12 months—an incremental yet significant change in climate conditions that could have unpredictable results.
Valentina Zharkova, a professor at Northumbria University’s department of mathematics, physics, and electrical engineering, told the Sun that the period will be an expanded version of the solar minimums that naturally occur every 11 years. However, rather than lasting only a few years, the “Grand Solar Minimum” could last for up to 33 years.
The professor, who has published multiple scientific papers on the subject, said:
The last Grand Solar Minimum known to have occurred was the Maunder Minimum, which lasted from 1645 to 1715. During that frigid 70-year period, temperatures plummeted across the globe and famous waterways in Europe including the Thames and Amsterdam canal completely froze over.
However, other experts believe that the cold period that occurred during the Maunder Minimum was also triggered by other factors including the gigantic plumes of ash spewed out in a series of volcanic eruptions.
Likewise, experts believe that climate change will ensure that the world remains in the grip of fast-heating planetary conditions regardless of any Grand Solar Minimums.
Professor Matthew Owens, a solar scientist at Reading University, told the Sun:
www.zerohedge.com
by Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Wed, 02/05/2020 - 17:25
Authored by Elias Marat via TheMindUnleashed.com,
A scientist has warned that Earth could be facing a mini ice age due to the Sun radiating less energy and heat toward our planet. According to the expert, this would mean that the planet would be plunged into a period of extreme winter and chilly cold storms during the next 30 years.
According to NASA, the Sun will reach its lowest activity in over two centuries in 2020. As a result of it going into a natural period of hibernation, Earth could see temperatures drop, resulting in food shortages on a global scale. The temperature could also drop by as much as one degree Celsius over a period of roughly 12 months—an incremental yet significant change in climate conditions that could have unpredictable results.
Valentina Zharkova, a professor at Northumbria University’s department of mathematics, physics, and electrical engineering, told the Sun that the period will be an expanded version of the solar minimums that naturally occur every 11 years. However, rather than lasting only a few years, the “Grand Solar Minimum” could last for up to 33 years.
The professor, who has published multiple scientific papers on the subject, said:
The last Grand Solar Minimum known to have occurred was the Maunder Minimum, which lasted from 1645 to 1715. During that frigid 70-year period, temperatures plummeted across the globe and famous waterways in Europe including the Thames and Amsterdam canal completely froze over.
However, other experts believe that the cold period that occurred during the Maunder Minimum was also triggered by other factors including the gigantic plumes of ash spewed out in a series of volcanic eruptions.
Likewise, experts believe that climate change will ensure that the world remains in the grip of fast-heating planetary conditions regardless of any Grand Solar Minimums.
Professor Matthew Owens, a solar scientist at Reading University, told the Sun:
Zerohedge
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
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Martinhouse
Deceased
New Adapt 2030 podcast. 8:13 minutes
Geoengineering glaciers to control sea level rise!
Geoengineering glaciers to control sea level rise!
TxGal
Day by day
Thanks Martinhouse! (Been home a while, just very, very tired. Cold as the dickens here)
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOm7MnU71qM
Geoengineering Glaciers with Palindromes of Twos (935)
Run time is 8:13
Underwater geoengineering to stop glacial retreat is the newest thought coming from the planet tinkering crowd. Hundreds of miles of boulders underwater to move water currents away from glacial fronts is the plan. Palindromes for 02/02/2020 not seen in 900 years and epic heat sweeps through Italy and Switzerland as the Middle East freezes.
Geoengineering Glaciers with Palindromes of Twos (935)
Run time is 8:13
Underwater geoengineering to stop glacial retreat is the newest thought coming from the planet tinkering crowd. Hundreds of miles of boulders underwater to move water currents away from glacial fronts is the plan. Palindromes for 02/02/2020 not seen in 900 years and epic heat sweeps through Italy and Switzerland as the Middle East freezes.
Nowski
Let's Go Brandon!
Just got an alert from the National Weather Service.
Flash flood warnings are now in effect, until 4pm.
It has been raining all night here, sometimes very heavy,
and there has been lots of thunder with this storm,
which usually doesn't occur that often during the winter here.
I can hear the rain hitting the roof really hard right now.
Earlier I pulled open the kitchen curtain to check the driveway,
and it is flooded.
My sister said yesterday, that the weather seems like late
spring or early summer. I have discussed with her before,
about the grand solar minimum, and that weather like what is
happening now, should be expected.
At least it ain't cold. Many people around here are in short sleeves.
Please be safe everyone.
Regards to all.
Nowski
von Koehler
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Martinhouse
Deceased
Has anyone else noticed that lately the language from our favorite podcast guys is getting a wee bit salty?
Not criticizing them. With the research they must be doing, I'm sure they are feeling far more strain than I am from all the latest events of both weather and virus contagion.
Not criticizing them. With the research they must be doing, I'm sure they are feeling far more strain than I am from all the latest events of both weather and virus contagion.
Seeker22
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Me and my big mouth. Tonight will be our third freezing night. The wind is awful and this cold should last well into next week. After many beautiful days, Winter is back. This pendulum do swing weather is classic GSM.
northern watch
TB Fanatic
severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 6h6 hours ago
Arctic outbreak spreading across the eastern Europe with cold northerly winds today. Attached is windchill temperature map (a feel of temperature combined with winds). The much colder airmass will bring new snow and very cold days across SE Europe this weekend. Map:@meteociel
Arctic outbreak spreading across the eastern Europe with cold northerly winds today. Attached is windchill temperature map (a feel of temperature combined with winds). The much colder airmass will bring new snow and very cold days across SE Europe this weekend. Map:
northern watch
TB Fanatic
severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 2h2 hours ago
An incredibly rapid intensification of a new cyclone ongoing int the far North Atlantic today – central pressure should drop for more than 30 mbar until tomorrow morning and push below 930 mbar!
An incredibly rapid intensification of a new cyclone ongoing int the far North Atlantic today – central pressure should drop for more than 30 mbar until tomorrow morning and push below 930 mbar!
TheSearcher
Are you sure about that?
severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 2h2 hours ago
An incredibly rapid intensification of a new cyclone ongoing int the far North Atlantic today – central pressure should drop for more than 30 mbar until tomorrow morning and push below 930 mbar!
That doesn't seem right at all. That is a cold as a witch's, uh, you know, but it's acting tropical? Huh?
TheSearcher
Are you sure about that?
TheSearcher
Are you sure about that?
Um, look at the temps.
Profit of Doom
Dismember
Uh, bullshit. CO2 isn’t causing warming.
TxGal
Day by day
Once again, not much out there on the GSM front. We're in a lull, for now, and all eyes seem to be (rightly) on the Coronavirus. Even our regular podcasts such as Adapt 2030 and Ice Age Farmer are covering it. As strongly as many of us are/were preparing for the GSM with garden plans and stocking up, it would seem vastly more important now than even we thought.
Martinhouse (and others) - as concerned as we were about the possible shortages of seed potatoes this spring, so far I'm not seeing that here. I received my order of seed potatoes that I ordered on line, and all local feed stores have seed potatoes in. We got lucky, I guess. :-)
Thank you all for continuing to keep this thread running. A few of you know that I have a close family member in the hospital with a serious health condition who is heading to surgery soon. I will continue to visit and post when possible, and when my energy levels permits :-) You all are great!
Martinhouse (and others) - as concerned as we were about the possible shortages of seed potatoes this spring, so far I'm not seeing that here. I received my order of seed potatoes that I ordered on line, and all local feed stores have seed potatoes in. We got lucky, I guess. :-)
Thank you all for continuing to keep this thread running. A few of you know that I have a close family member in the hospital with a serious health condition who is heading to surgery soon. I will continue to visit and post when possible, and when my energy levels permits :-) You all are great!
Martinhouse
Deceased
TxGal, there was a podcast from Ice Age Farmer yesterday, and there's one from Diamond, but, as you said, they cover the Coronavirus. The GSM Channel hasn't posted but I think they are near Albany, NY and I'll bet their power is out.
MY feed store has gotten in their seed potatoes and onion sets now, but not the little bundles of tiny onions, which I prefer. tomorrow I'll call the main guy there and find out when they're going to order their bedding plants. If I can get those at this feed store, I won't have to go back into my big town for shopping and will be able to go into near-total quarantine.
Please do be careful when making so many trips to doctor and hospital. The new Coronavirus might not be here yet, but I'm hearing this second wave of the annual influenza is hitting pretty bad and is nothing to shrug off.
Will be glad when you can be back to posting, but don't stress over it. I'm not very good at it, but I will at least make mention of it when any of our regular podcast guys post new ones about the GSM.
MY feed store has gotten in their seed potatoes and onion sets now, but not the little bundles of tiny onions, which I prefer. tomorrow I'll call the main guy there and find out when they're going to order their bedding plants. If I can get those at this feed store, I won't have to go back into my big town for shopping and will be able to go into near-total quarantine.
Please do be careful when making so many trips to doctor and hospital. The new Coronavirus might not be here yet, but I'm hearing this second wave of the annual influenza is hitting pretty bad and is nothing to shrug off.
Will be glad when you can be back to posting, but don't stress over it. I'm not very good at it, but I will at least make mention of it when any of our regular podcast guys post new ones about the GSM.
TheSearcher
Are you sure about that?
Thanks to you, really all of the "regulars" on this thread. The more I read, the more I am convinced that the GSM is sneaking up on the us, and most of the world is unaware. I'd say too that CoronaChan's fan dance is taking up a lot of attention, hence a slowdown of this thread. The Sun and Earth and their mutual interactions don't care, we'll get hit with something anyway, so we keep watching.
I have to ask, could somebody tell me if my posts above about the North Atlantic cyclone are too paranoid? I am definitely not trying to make this thread about me, but that hurricane-like storm seems way anomalous, especially with Eastern Europe being smacked at the same time. If I'm wigging out too much, I'd be happy to hear it.
Martinhouse
Deceased
Searcher, I don't think those posts are the least bit paranoid. We NEED to know what's going on all over the world, not just our little immediate areas.
About the Corona virus...there is a podcast that might be of interest to many of you. I don't know how to post links but you can find it at Deep South Bama with Mr. Tom and it is his latest one on You Tube. It is about contagion persisting after recovery. If he's right, this might be some awfully important information. It's 38 or 37 minutes long.
About the Corona virus...there is a podcast that might be of interest to many of you. I don't know how to post links but you can find it at Deep South Bama with Mr. Tom and it is his latest one on You Tube. It is about contagion persisting after recovery. If he's right, this might be some awfully important information. It's 38 or 37 minutes long.
TheSearcher
Are you sure about that?
Thank you!
Nowski
Let's Go Brandon!
Excellent updates regarding the grand solar minimum.
Over the past several days, The Upstate of South Carolina,
went through basically what would be a blizzard for this area.
County roads were basically shut down, and there were bunches
of crashes out on the state roads and the interstate.
I ventered out to see how the blizzard was going,
and took some pics, which I have uploaded.
This should be the end of the winter for here,
and its time to get the garden ready.
Please be safe everyone.
Regards to all.
Nowski
Over the past several days, The Upstate of South Carolina,
went through basically what would be a blizzard for this area.
County roads were basically shut down, and there were bunches
of crashes out on the state roads and the interstate.
I ventered out to see how the blizzard was going,
and took some pics, which I have uploaded.
This should be the end of the winter for here,
and its time to get the garden ready.
Please be safe everyone.
Regards to all.
Nowski
TheSearcher
Are you sure about that?
All the while Wunderground is saying this is America's warmest winter ever...
Martinhouse
Deceased
Actually, temperature wise, this has been quite a mild winter where I am in north central Arkansas. The GSM difference in this area is that it is cloudy far more than half of the time now, and just when it seems the rain is over and we might get some sun, here comes another batch of rain! And even when the temp is mild and it doesn't rain, there is more often than not a wind out of the NNW that is icy...bone-chilling, even when one stays in the sun.
Nowski
Let's Go Brandon!
Text I received from my sister.
Got behind a lady at Dollar General this afternoon...she just moved here not sure where from & she's never seen weather like we've had... rain tornadoes & snow all in the same week...said her backyard is a lake with neighbors stuff floating by..
I told her, welcome to the Grand Solar Minimum.
Got behind a lady at Dollar General this afternoon...she just moved here not sure where from & she's never seen weather like we've had... rain tornadoes & snow all in the same week...said her backyard is a lake with neighbors stuff floating by..
I told her, welcome to the Grand Solar Minimum.
northern watch
TB Fanatic
Hurricane-force winds pound UK and Europe, upend travel
Storm Ciara has battered the U.K. and northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains
By SHEILA NORMAN-CULP Associated Press
9 February 2020
LONDON -- Storm Ciara battered the U.K. and northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains Sunday, halting flights and trains and producing heaving seas that closed down ports. Soccer games, farmers' markets and cultural events were canceled as authorities urged millions of people to stay indoors, away from falling tree branches.
The storm, named by the U.K.'s Met Office weather agency, brought gales across the country and delivered gusts of 97 miles per hour to the Isle of White and 93 mph (150 kph) to the village of Aberdaron in northern Wales. Propelled by the fierce winds, a British Airways plane was thought to have made the fastest New York-to-London flight by a conventional airliner.
The Boeing 747-436 completed the 3,500-mile transatlantic journey in 4 hours and 56 minutes, landing 102 minutes early and reaching a top speed of 825 mph (1,327 kph), according to flight tracking website Flightradar24. Two Virgin Airlines flights also roared across the Atlantic, with all three smashing the previous subsonic New York-to-London record of 5 hours and 13 minutes, Flightradar24 reported.
Storm surges ate away at beaches and pounded rock cliffs and cement docks. The Met Office issued more than 250 flood warnings, and public safety agencies urged people to avoid travel and the temptation to take selfies as floodwaters rose. Residents in the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland in northwest England battled to protect their homes amid severe flooding as the River Eden burst its banks.
At least 10 rail companies in Britain sent out “do not travel” warnings, while nearly 20 others told passengers to expect extensive delays. The strong winds damaged electrical wires and littered train tracks with broken tree limbs and other debris, including a family trampoline.
Huge crowds of stranded, frustrated travelers were seen at London’s King's Cross and Euston train stations. Train crews planned to work all night to try to restore service, but Monday morning commutes were expected to be long and chaotic.
Dozens of flights were canceled at London airports due to heavy wind. Heathrow Airport and several airlines consolidated flights Sunday to reduce the number of cancellations. British Airways offered to rebook customers for domestic and European flights out of Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports. Virgin Airlines canceled some flights.
Lufthansa airlines said there would be numerous cancellations and delays beginning Sunday afternoon and running until at least Tuesday morning. The airline planned to keep operating long-haul flights at its main Frankfurt hub. Eurowings, a budget subsidiary of Lufthansa, canceled most flights for the duration of the storm.
Brussels Airport also saw delays or cancellations.
Two huge ports on either side of the English Channel, Dover in England and Calais in France, shut down operations amid high waves. Dover was partially reopened after being closed for 10 hours. Ferries stopped running there and across the region, including in the turbulent Irish Sea and North Sea.
The Humber Bridge in northern England also shut down, a move its website said was only the second time the massive bridge had been entirely closed.
Breaking with her usual Sunday routine, Queen Elizabeth II did not attend church in Sandringham to keep her out of harm's way during the storm.
The Met Office said most of the the U.K. likely had seen the worst of Ciara by 9 p.m., when the storm had moved on to northeastern Scotland. However, forecasters predicted more blustery weather Monday, including much colder temperatures and snow in some northern areas.
“While Storm Ciara is clearing away, that doesn't mean we're entering a quieter period of weather,” Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said. “Blizzards aren't out of the question."
In Ireland, an estimated 10,000 homes, farms and businesses had their power knocked out Sunday. National weather agency Met Eireann warned that a combination of high tides, high seas and stormy conditions had created a significant risk of coastal flooding, particularly in the west and northwest.
Fierce winds knocked out electricity in northern France as well. Paris authorities sent out a warning to residents and tourists alike to stay indoors for their own safety. Parks and cemeteries in the city of Lille and nearby towns shut down as strong winds cracked heavy branches. Open-air markets closed early.
Luxembourg and the German city of Cologne announced that all school children could stay home Monday to avoid travelling under dangerous conditions.
In Germany, where the storm was known as "Sabine,” national railway operator Deutsche Bahn canceled long-distance trains to destinations most at risk, including Emden and Norddeich in Germany's northwestern corner, the northern city of Kiel and the North Sea island of Sylt.
"We have learned from previous storms that it's better not to have trains travel into critical regions in the first place,” Deutsche Bahn spokesman Achim Stauss said. “What we want to avoid is trains getting stuck between stations.”
Teams of railway employees fanned out with chainsaws to remove any fallen trees blocking the tracks.
In Denmark, meteorologists warned about possible hurricane-force winds coming late Sunday, and flights were canceled out of Copenhagen. Danish authorities warned motorists not to cross large bridges, including the Great Belt Bridge that links eastern and western parts of Denmark.
The storm was also expected to smash into southern Norway's coast and hit southern and western parts of Sweden.
In the world of sports, dozens of soccer games, horse races, rugby matches and other events were called off, including the Premier League match between Manchester City and West Ham. A 10-K run in London that was expected to draw 25,000 participants was also canceled.
The Dutch football association called off all matches Sunday in the top-flight league due to safety concerns, as did Belgium’s top two soccer leagues, the Jupiler Pro League and Proximus League. A German soccer league match between title challenger Borussia Moenchengladbach and Cologne was also put off.
Yet in the Netherlands, an intrepid band of cyclists made the most of the wild conditions to take part in the Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships.
Using only basic bikes without gears, lightweight frames or drop handlebars, contestants rode a timed 8.5-kilometer (5.3-mile) course along the coast of southern Zeeland province. Blasted by winds, blinded by blowing sand from nearby beaches, the cyclists struggled to stay upright.
“I survived, but it’s very tough,” said Hans Deting, 56, his right hand dripping with blood after being blown off his bike.
"This is a bucket list thing,” rider Edwin van Gaalen explained, as he leaned on his handlebars, gasping for breath after finishing.
Ultimately, the gale-force winds became too strong even for this macho event. Organizers brought the race to an early end after 250 of the 300 riders had finished.
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Angela Charlton in Paris, Geir Moulson in Berlin and Mike Corder in Neeltjejans, the Netherlands, contributed.
Hurricane-force winds pound UK and Europe, upend travel
Storm Ciara has battered the U.K. and northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains
By SHEILA NORMAN-CULP Associated Press
9 February 2020
LONDON -- Storm Ciara battered the U.K. and northern Europe with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains Sunday, halting flights and trains and producing heaving seas that closed down ports. Soccer games, farmers' markets and cultural events were canceled as authorities urged millions of people to stay indoors, away from falling tree branches.
The storm, named by the U.K.'s Met Office weather agency, brought gales across the country and delivered gusts of 97 miles per hour to the Isle of White and 93 mph (150 kph) to the village of Aberdaron in northern Wales. Propelled by the fierce winds, a British Airways plane was thought to have made the fastest New York-to-London flight by a conventional airliner.
The Boeing 747-436 completed the 3,500-mile transatlantic journey in 4 hours and 56 minutes, landing 102 minutes early and reaching a top speed of 825 mph (1,327 kph), according to flight tracking website Flightradar24. Two Virgin Airlines flights also roared across the Atlantic, with all three smashing the previous subsonic New York-to-London record of 5 hours and 13 minutes, Flightradar24 reported.
Storm surges ate away at beaches and pounded rock cliffs and cement docks. The Met Office issued more than 250 flood warnings, and public safety agencies urged people to avoid travel and the temptation to take selfies as floodwaters rose. Residents in the town of Appleby-in-Westmorland in northwest England battled to protect their homes amid severe flooding as the River Eden burst its banks.
At least 10 rail companies in Britain sent out “do not travel” warnings, while nearly 20 others told passengers to expect extensive delays. The strong winds damaged electrical wires and littered train tracks with broken tree limbs and other debris, including a family trampoline.
Huge crowds of stranded, frustrated travelers were seen at London’s King's Cross and Euston train stations. Train crews planned to work all night to try to restore service, but Monday morning commutes were expected to be long and chaotic.
Dozens of flights were canceled at London airports due to heavy wind. Heathrow Airport and several airlines consolidated flights Sunday to reduce the number of cancellations. British Airways offered to rebook customers for domestic and European flights out of Heathrow, Gatwick and London City airports. Virgin Airlines canceled some flights.
Lufthansa airlines said there would be numerous cancellations and delays beginning Sunday afternoon and running until at least Tuesday morning. The airline planned to keep operating long-haul flights at its main Frankfurt hub. Eurowings, a budget subsidiary of Lufthansa, canceled most flights for the duration of the storm.
Brussels Airport also saw delays or cancellations.
Two huge ports on either side of the English Channel, Dover in England and Calais in France, shut down operations amid high waves. Dover was partially reopened after being closed for 10 hours. Ferries stopped running there and across the region, including in the turbulent Irish Sea and North Sea.
The Humber Bridge in northern England also shut down, a move its website said was only the second time the massive bridge had been entirely closed.
Breaking with her usual Sunday routine, Queen Elizabeth II did not attend church in Sandringham to keep her out of harm's way during the storm.
The Met Office said most of the the U.K. likely had seen the worst of Ciara by 9 p.m., when the storm had moved on to northeastern Scotland. However, forecasters predicted more blustery weather Monday, including much colder temperatures and snow in some northern areas.
“While Storm Ciara is clearing away, that doesn't mean we're entering a quieter period of weather,” Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said. “Blizzards aren't out of the question."
In Ireland, an estimated 10,000 homes, farms and businesses had their power knocked out Sunday. National weather agency Met Eireann warned that a combination of high tides, high seas and stormy conditions had created a significant risk of coastal flooding, particularly in the west and northwest.
Fierce winds knocked out electricity in northern France as well. Paris authorities sent out a warning to residents and tourists alike to stay indoors for their own safety. Parks and cemeteries in the city of Lille and nearby towns shut down as strong winds cracked heavy branches. Open-air markets closed early.
Luxembourg and the German city of Cologne announced that all school children could stay home Monday to avoid travelling under dangerous conditions.
In Germany, where the storm was known as "Sabine,” national railway operator Deutsche Bahn canceled long-distance trains to destinations most at risk, including Emden and Norddeich in Germany's northwestern corner, the northern city of Kiel and the North Sea island of Sylt.
"We have learned from previous storms that it's better not to have trains travel into critical regions in the first place,” Deutsche Bahn spokesman Achim Stauss said. “What we want to avoid is trains getting stuck between stations.”
Teams of railway employees fanned out with chainsaws to remove any fallen trees blocking the tracks.
In Denmark, meteorologists warned about possible hurricane-force winds coming late Sunday, and flights were canceled out of Copenhagen. Danish authorities warned motorists not to cross large bridges, including the Great Belt Bridge that links eastern and western parts of Denmark.
The storm was also expected to smash into southern Norway's coast and hit southern and western parts of Sweden.
In the world of sports, dozens of soccer games, horse races, rugby matches and other events were called off, including the Premier League match between Manchester City and West Ham. A 10-K run in London that was expected to draw 25,000 participants was also canceled.
The Dutch football association called off all matches Sunday in the top-flight league due to safety concerns, as did Belgium’s top two soccer leagues, the Jupiler Pro League and Proximus League. A German soccer league match between title challenger Borussia Moenchengladbach and Cologne was also put off.
Yet in the Netherlands, an intrepid band of cyclists made the most of the wild conditions to take part in the Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships.
Using only basic bikes without gears, lightweight frames or drop handlebars, contestants rode a timed 8.5-kilometer (5.3-mile) course along the coast of southern Zeeland province. Blasted by winds, blinded by blowing sand from nearby beaches, the cyclists struggled to stay upright.
“I survived, but it’s very tough,” said Hans Deting, 56, his right hand dripping with blood after being blown off his bike.
"This is a bucket list thing,” rider Edwin van Gaalen explained, as he leaned on his handlebars, gasping for breath after finishing.
Ultimately, the gale-force winds became too strong even for this macho event. Organizers brought the race to an early end after 250 of the 300 riders had finished.
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Angela Charlton in Paris, Geir Moulson in Berlin and Mike Corder in Neeltjejans, the Netherlands, contributed.
Hurricane-force winds pound UK and Europe, upend travel
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severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 4h4 hours ago
A very powerful windstorm#CIARA continues rapidly moving east-southeast across Denmark, Benelux, NW Germany, and N France tonight. A convective line will introduce dangerous and damaging severe winds spreading across while Germany in the next 12 hours!
A very powerful windstorm
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severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 36m36 minutes ago
A new record of eastbound overseas flight times has been set across the North Atlantic on Feb 9th. It took less than 5 hours for British Airways’ Boeing 747 from New York to London!
A new record of eastbound overseas flight times has been set across the North Atlantic on Feb 9th. It took less than 5 hours for British Airways’ Boeing 747 from New York to London!
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severe-weather.EU @severeweatherEU 13h13 hours ago
Severe windstorm#CIARA spreading across the UK and Ireland – near 80 mbar pressure difference is observed between Scotland and Spain. Damaging winds will be rapidly moving across western Europe through the afternoon and evening hours:
Severe windstorm
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Northern Watch, thanks for posting these. I've been wondering how Europe was faring since I'd seen the forecast for this big storm.
This was the big storm that provided the tailwind for the record setting flight today as well.
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