49states snowfall.power out at places.what do you think about this snow? anyone prius used for power

Re: 49states snowfall.power out at places.what do you think about this snow? anyone prius used for p

What I think is that this post makes no sense! Perhaps you would like to do some editing to make it literate.

If you are trying to conclude that because there is rare (but not unheard of snow) in pan handle Florida, this is evidence that global warming is not happening, I would conclude that you are woefully ignorant both of the difference between weather and climate, as well as the dynamics of world climate change.

At the same time there is snow in Florida, the Pacific NW has had the warmest January and early February EVER! Are the two issues related? Probably IMHO? Is either (by itself) evidence of anything other than an anomaly? No!

 

Re: 49states snowfall.power out at places.what do you think about this snow? anyone prius used for p

My Prius runs just fine when the power is out.

 

The weather's been pretty strange, alright. Not that it's definitive proof of climate change all by itself, but the increasing anomalies and extremes are cause for concern. 'Winter' in Vancouver is relative at the best of times, compared to the rest of Canada, but this year is especially warm. We may as well give medals for mud wrestling instead of skiing.

note to icarus...English is not Dutchman's first language. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't know the first thing about speaking Dutch.

 

Re: 49states snowfall.power out at places.what do you think about this snow? anyone prius used for p

My apologies for inference.

That said, I think the sub-text (based on posting history) that his post is meant to bolster an anti global warming agenda.

 

Re: 49states snowfall.power out at places.what do you think about this snow? anyone prius used for p

Actually, my impression was the opposite (that the OP was saying the current winter is caused by global climate change). But we could both be reading something into it (I'm not attacking or defending either the OP or you, just indicating how different readers can see different things). Since I'm not that familiar with his previous posts, I took this on face value.

My friend who is chair of the Geosciences Dept. at FHSU patiently points out to me that one season does not a trend make, but that it is still possible the increasingly radical nature of weather patterns may be a result of climate change (it fits previous cases in the fossil and ice records).

As for using the Prius to generate house current, much has been written here on the forum about it, and I agree with a lot of those that conclude it is more efficient to buy a small generator for emergencies. I plan to buy a Honda 1000. A friend has a pair of them (you can buy one with synchronization and one without, and use one or both at the same time) and they work great to supply power to his summer mountain trailer when off the grid. I don't know how much it costs for a reliable aftermarket system to allow the Prius to manufacture house current, but I believe the Honda is about $800, and it is ideal for sensitive electronic equipment (computers, etc).

 

Re: 49states snowfall.power out at places.what do you think about this snow? anyone prius used for p

Snow? What snow? Weather here just south of San Francisco has been very normal. Overcast in the morning, clearing to mostly blue sky. Temperature in the mid 60's (20 C?). It has been raining enough lately that the water level at a local reservoir came up to within about 3 feet of overflowing the spillway. The water district people had been banging the "conserve water" drums a few months ago, but several storms calmed them down. Sorry about Florida...

 

Re: 49states snowfall.power out at places.what do you think about this snow? anyone prius used for p

We had 4" of snow on the coast of NC for the first time in a few years. Warmed up and started melting today and will probably be gone tomorrow. My kind of snow!

It was really a beautiful winter site while it lasted. A lot of parents with young kids in the yards building snowmen and snow forts.

Luckily we never lost power but others around us did.

 

Re: 49states snowfall.power out at places.what do you think about this snow? anyone prius used for p

PL,

Read some other posts in the environmental threads by the OP and see what you think.

If I am wrong,, my apologies.

 

Re: 49states snowfall.power out at places.what do you think about this snow? anyone prius used for p

I wouldn't have guessed Hawaii as the only state without snow. Unlike Florida, Mauna Kea regularly gets snow.

Is Hawaii unseasonably warm for the same reasons as the Pacific Northwest and the Vancouver Olympics?

 

Re: 49states snowfall.power out at places.what do you think about this snow? anyone prius used for p

Will do - as stated, I REALLY wasn't picking on you! Just I find it interesting how opposite we read the OP.

 

Re: 49states snowfall.power out at places.what do you think about this snow? anyone prius used for p

Spokane is having an especially mild winter, after having had a severe winter followed by an especially severe winter. The implication of global climate change may be that we are moving from several hundred years of relatively stable weather (including the entire industrial period of human civilization!) into a period of increasingly erratic weather.

Less than one degree increase in average global temperature can translate into a disruption of previously consistent patterns, resulting in large fluctuations, both up and down, in local weather from season to season, in terms of temperature and precipitation. We could see higher highs in one season and lower lows in another; more precipitation than normal in one season and less in another. Such fluctuations always exist, but they could become drastic, resulting in severe disruptions in agriculture, affecting economics and health. Such economic disruptions would affect the poor more than the rich, and could lead to social upheaval in underdeveloped countries, spilling over into more and more support for fringe movements.

Of course even a fraction of a degree is already giving us melting of global ice reserves on a massive scale, which will affect coastal cities everywhere. Anyone who lives where rivers freeze in winter knows how break-up comes rather suddenly. The ice becomes warmer and warmer as spring comes on, and then suddenly it breaks and is gone in a matter of days. If the ice cap on Greenland were to reach that stage and then melt over the course of, say, ten years, it would be a global disaster as sea level surged upwards.

It may already be too late to do anything about it, so whether you think we should make a concerted effort now, or just enjoy the good times while they last, may depend on whether you have kids and whether you want them to at least have a chance of avoiding the consequences of a climate catastrophe, or simply a gradual reduction in quality of life as everything becomes more difficult.

 

Re: 49states snowfall.power out at places.what do you think about this snow? anyone prius used for p

I went back and re-read a number of Flying white dutchman's posts in the environmental threads. Depending on the post, it is not entirely clear where you come down on the whole issue. From some of your posts, you came across (by my reading and memory) as a global warming denier,,hence my skepticism in my earlier post.

That said, I will give you the benefit of my doubt and sincerely apologize for "going off half cocked".

Icarus

 

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