Cyclist0108

It is just a conspiracy theory.

VegasTriker

We have three storms sitting off the California coast waiting to sweep across the western US beginning tonight. No complaints here even though it means leaving my trike in the garage for a couple of days. You only need to see the white "bathroom ring" around the shores of Lake Mead to realize we need lots of rain to make up for the deficit that has built up over more than a decade. The lake is about 40 feet lower than it was when Hoover Dam was at capacity. That's a helluva lot of water to restore. It would be nice if these are long gentle rains so the folks in So Cal don't get washed into the sea and those in northern Nevada don't get flooded out again this week.

rumrunn6

this reminded me that The Dead Sea is drying out. ... The Dead Sea, which borders Israel, Jordan and the West Bank, is one of the saltiest bodies of water in the world. People flock to it for its healing properties, but it's shrinking at an alarming rate.

rumrunn6

love this new tool

Timelapse is a global, zoomable video that lets you see how the Earth has changed over the past 32 years. It is made from 33 cloud-free annual mosaics, one for each year from 1984 to 2016, which are made interactively explorable by Carnegie Mellon University CREATE Lab's Time Machine library, a technology for creating and viewing zoomable and pannable timelapses over space and time.

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pdlamb

Of course, the enormous amount of water that's being removed upstream might have something to do with it.

rumrunn6

oh yeah good point

SquidPuppet

More snow in Colorado would help Mead. I've vacationed on Mead for five decades and it's pretty sad watching this happen.

dedhed

Saturday was still winter - rain yesterday

bikejrff

I don't and I don't.

Hardrock23

We have had snow, rain, and 60-70+ degree sunny weather all in the same week. Typical weather here though. Feb is when it gets cold and the snow really comes in.
As for rain riding, I don't mind it much. Its not bad as long as the temp is 40+. The clean up is the worst part.

bikejrff

I feel your pain, we are from Fort Wayne, IN. Presently spending our second winter in Florida. Setting record highs daily and it's been dry for the past 10 days.

rekmeyata

who pays most scientists?

2 Piece

Riding in the rain is Great! Actually, riding in any inclement weather can and has been some of by best rides.
From 13 digress Fahrenheit in winter, to 110 degrees Fahrenheit in Summer. From sleet and snow to driving rain it is all good.
Layer your clothing correctly, service your bicycle after a wet ride and everything will be fine.

rekmeyata

Fort Wayne say ye? so am I say me.

I haven't figured out where my wife and I want to spend our winters when I retire, probably just go to several different places with the trailer and live in it for a month at a time; or maybe if global warming really gets going staying if Fort Wayne for the winters may be just fine!

wipekitty

Rain I can do. Snow, ice...fine. We got some kind of wet snow, followed by rain that froze as soon as it hit the still bitterly cold ground, followed by weird ice pellets. Result: nasty, bumpy, rutted ice with slush on top - runny on the top from the warmer temperatures but frozen solid from the cold ground temperature.

This was something serious: closed schools down and put quite a few people in the hospital from slip and fall injuries. I'm dying for a ride...

Photogshooter14

I've seen blizzards in July, nothing surprises me anymore...

Hiro11

Last year after the mildest winter I can remember, was had accumulating snow here in Chicago on May 10. Four and a half months earlier, I had done a 60 mile ride on New Year's day as it was almost 60. WTF?

rumrunn6

An overwhelming majority of scientists agree — global warming is happening and human activity is the primary cause. Yet several prominent global warming skeptic organizations are actively working to sow doubt about the facts of global warming.

These organizations play a key role in the fossil fuel industry's "disinformation playbook," a strategy designed to confuse the public about global warming and delay action on climate change. Why? Because the fossil fuel industry wants to sell more coal, oil, and gas — even though the science clearly shows that the resulting carbon emissions threaten our planet.

Rollfast

Move to Boise, Idaho! We'll let you take all you want home with you.


The answer is: You just ain't getting the cold we are. Jetstream.

Rollfast

PS Global warming, schmarming. We just got out of a El Nino pattern of about or so years, now his crazy sister La Nina is drunk and happy.


Same old stuff. Doesn't mean we don't put crap in the skies, it happens anyway. Where were all you guys in the 1800s? Aha.


No, I'm not an ignoramus, look it up.

shafter

An overwhelming majority of WELL PAID pseudoscientists, who are pandering to the politics of the day.

That being said, I get your point and don't want an ugly argument. If you'll stop I'll stop.

rumrunn6

no worries one more thing tho - about who cares - ExxonMobil will return to its Arctic partnership with Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft once the US government lifts international sanctions against against Russia which were imposed after Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. Then payback for that favor chump will be allowed to go forward with his Russian developments which have hit hurdles in the past. so it's in the interest of ExxonMobil, Russia & chump to deny global warming. it's not politics it's repulsive & they're not fooling everyone.

but funny you should bring up politics. did you hear today that Rick Perry Gov. of Texas for 15yrs, no longer wants to abolish the EPA "now that I've learned more about the Energy Department" hello ... the EPA's basic mission is to protect human health and the environment -- air, water, and land.

And as head of the Energy Dept. Rick Perry will oversee:
- 40 percent, or $13 billion, is dedicated to designing, maintaining, and testing the US nuclear weapons arsenal. Much of this work is done at the sprawling array of national research labs that the DOE operates around the country, like Los Alamos in New Mexico.
- 20 percent, or $6 billion, is dedicated to handling nuclear waste and cleaning up the messes spawned by the nuclear weapons programs of the Cold War era — such as the contaminated soil around Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee.
- Another 20 percent goes toward basic science research in the national labs — things like high-energy physics, nuclear physics, and computing research.
- Finally, only 15 percent is devoted to what we typically think of as “energy” programs, including R&D toward new oil and gas drilling techniques, advanced nuclear reactors, renewables, and energy efficiency. There’s also ARPA-e, a federal venture capital fund of sorts that funds long-shot energy technologies like batteries, advanced wind turbines, and cleaner biofuels.

indyfabz

****/m

Rollfast

ExxonMobil, the paranoia of choice. Don't get this perfectly good GCD thread sent to Politics and Religion, please? It makes A&S look great and that wasn't how to do it.

Nachoman

Nice!