"Look! It's the first day of Spring!"
cried out Jason this morning as he looked outside at the bright sunny day, the green grass and the total absence of snow.
All that snow from a few weeks ago is gone.
I am pretty sure this is going to go down as the warmest winter (in thses parts anyway).
All that snow from a few weeks ago is gone.
I am pretty sure this is going to go down as the warmest winter (in thses parts anyway).
[Updated at 17:21, 08-January-2007 to fix broken link. Thanks Renny.]
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Btw: Did you meant to have a link in your post?
I've just started exercising using Nordic poling;that's walking using ski poles and I'm getting some pretty funny looks! It gets the heart rate up and helps me balance and take weight off my bad foot so it could be great!
rennyba: I am not terribly worried about it. I find it more interesting than frightening.
MOI: I don't know about that. Apparently, el nino is pretty big off teh coast of Peru, that sends a lot of warm weather our way. Certainly in Ottawa, the beginning of January (the past 15 years) always experiences a thaw. They wring their hands and wonder if Winterlude will go off as planned.
barbara: weather is never caused by a single factor, however, el nino does have a large effect. As to global warming ... hmmm . I remember back in the early 70s when global cooling was all the rage (yeah, I am that much of a geek) and we might have an new ice age as early as the year 2000. Then this faded away. In the 80s global warming became the battle cry. In the 90s it changed to "climate change". Actually, "climate change" is a master stroke because no matter what happens, the climate changes and the pundits can say, "See? We told you climate change."
I think reducing all forms of pollution, reducing all forms of waste and profligation is essential. But it won't happen. People are too selfish to give up any real or percieved advantage - let the other people give it up. It is always those damned foreigners.
ingrid there was slush yesterday, but nothing today. It is supposed to be above 0 the whole week.
MOI: definitely no skating. I don't think there is any frozen water in the Ottawa-Gatineau area. Certainly does not look good for Winterlude this year.