How's the weather up there?

[JoeJustice]

Greg,

Been reading about how the the mid-west is really getting hammered with snow this season. I was wondering how things were going in Wisconsin? Here in West Virginia we've had more snow than we've had in many years. It's been 15 years or so since we've had the kind of snow storms we've had here. There's still snow on the ground from the last big storm, which is very unusual here. Most often snow melts completely between storms here.

-Joe

[MikeNY]

Joe it is Global Warming! Looks like Global Warming means colder tempatures and lots of snow, Europe was hammered by snow and cold to. Cold here in Upstate New York. I read where the world will be colder for the next 40 years. This is why we must spend Trillions of Dollars to stop Global Warming or we'll all freeze to death. :drool:

[JoeJustice]

Hey Mike, it's called The Al Gore Effect and is a very legitimate field of meteorological study!

http://brneurosci.org/gore.html

-Joe
:)

[MikeNY]

Joe this is a scientific break through as I read it came to me Al Gore is so full of hot air, it powers gigantic production of methane gas inside Al Gore and his flatulence endanger's humanity itself. Everyone knows that cow flatulence is a green house gas and Al Gore has more gas inside him than 10,000 herds of cows. The man is a walking flatulence bomb about to explode! Now if we can only harness Al Gore for the good of the World. Me thinks that Al Gore's gas production could power Electric Plants all over the Third World and give power to tens of millions, but only if it is done in a Green way and Al Gore Gas is filtered and all emissions capped.

Joe you will be remembered as the man that harnessed the power of Al Gore's farts for the good of mankind! Bravo Joe you are a Green Hero! :dance:

[VRT Man]

Joe, we just had 7 to 8 inches today, and I'll be shoveling tonight, unless my kids get it done. (At work right now.)

We previously had 10 inches fall just before Christmas. That may sound like a lot, but LAST year, Wow! We had 97 (and some tenths) inches for the entire winter, and the weatherman said we broke all records going back to 1886 ! ! And of course, they had horse-drawn sleighs back then, so things were a little easier at least from a snow-plowing aspect. (Snow at the end of my driveway was piled higher than my head at 6 feet).

That's a fair amount (18") for up to today's date of January 7th, but last year at this time, we had about 30 some inches on the ground. This whole past week it's been cold, with temps from 5 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit during the day (night is colder), and nothing expected to get above freezing in about a week.

Greg Mangan

[MikeNY]

Joe this Global Warming is tricky; last winter was the coldest in 177 years here in New York and the year the coolest since I think 1937. We get much more Global Warming and New York will be part of the Artic Circle.

Because of Global Warming Asia, Europe and North America are having record cold weather and it might last 40 more years.

[CecilS]

Minnesota is living up to the nickname Minnesnowta this year One town out on the Minnesota prairie had about 100 kids having to stay overnight at the school because a storm blew in during the school day.

Joe, according to the weather channel you had a snowy weekend. Here is a picture of some of that praire snow that gets blown around.

http://www.bench-talk.com/forums/storage/5/2908/IMG_0062.JPG

[VRT Man]

After a brief respite from the snow, today we are getting what's coming to us. We've had just a little too much enjoyment with no snow for about 2 to 3 weeks. Today, wow! Schools are closed in the greater Milwaukee area, in fact from the Illinois border up to Lake Winnebago, with about 10 to 15 inches of snow. High winds will later accompany it, and it will look like the wintry photo that CecilS posted. Ugh!

--Greg Mangan