tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post3815321372690788997..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Boiling Frogs For Fun And ProfitMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-36562015002800227032011-04-05T15:27:07.311-07:002011-04-05T15:27:07.311-07:00My father-in-law is a retired Horticulture prof fr...My father-in-law is a retired Horticulture prof from OSU. He learned back in the 1070's that the warming trend happening now was predicted... at which time the climate will cool and we will move into an ice age. He checks the bloom dates of several flowering plants in town every year and tabulates the results. His "observations" bear out his expectations. <br><br>We go round an Robert the Skeptichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-45101912322607260662011-04-05T15:27:06.961-07:002011-04-05T15:27:06.961-07:00Global Warming? What global warming? And yes, pigs...Global Warming? What global warming? And yes, pigs do fly, leopards change their spots, the sky is not blue, and off shore drilling for oil is really really safe and will never hurt anyone.Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04155106135649887676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-62825551629334398882010-05-08T08:50:10.839-07:002010-05-08T08:50:10.839-07:00"iceholes". Brilliant!"iceholes". Brilliant!Carol Roperhttp://www.examiner.com/x-44168-Philadelphia-Freethought-Examinernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-21923690706582310282010-04-30T14:38:10.550-07:002010-04-30T14:38:10.550-07:00Global Warming? What global warming? And yes, pigs...Global Warming? What global warming? And yes, pigs do fly, leopards change their spots, the sky is not blue, and off shore drilling for oil is really really safe and will never hurt anyone.Susan Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04155106135649887676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-54026383116026799722010-04-29T09:36:04.531-07:002010-04-29T09:36:04.531-07:00Thanks one and all for fun and informative comment...Thanks one and all for fun and informative comments. If I knew how to operate someone else's laptop here in West Virginia I might have more to say. That's not necessarily good, though.<br /><br />MurrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-73907695034758438372010-04-29T01:14:40.169-07:002010-04-29T01:14:40.169-07:00Ah I recognise him, that's the deliciously cam...Ah I recognise him, that's the deliciously camp BBC weather person Daniel Corbett. And obviously there are so many clouds on his map, how can there possibly be global warming? They'll be saying the skies are full of volcanic ash next.nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-82828041270243287762010-04-28T20:41:21.074-07:002010-04-28T20:41:21.074-07:00One mildly hopeful thing for the future: they teac...One mildly hopeful thing for the future: they teach kids probability as part of basic math, nowadays. It wasn't even on the curriculum in my high school. I think a lot of global warming skeptics are just pig-ignorant about how to reckon up odds and how certain you can be about uncertainties, in the long run. <br /><br />Though it's still terribly frustrating how incapable of evaluating Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-78215308718956554472010-04-28T20:19:37.136-07:002010-04-28T20:19:37.136-07:00If wait to for it to be blatantly obvious we will ...If wait to for it to be blatantly obvious we will be dying, or dead. We are well down that path!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-62083151539387296722010-04-28T20:18:33.619-07:002010-04-28T20:18:33.619-07:00Robert, "Back in the 1070's"? Was t...Robert, "Back in the 1070's"? Was that a typo, and you intended "Back in the 1970's"?<br /><br />Mary Ann the bewilderedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-77570780884719093602010-04-28T20:02:18.627-07:002010-04-28T20:02:18.627-07:00My father-in-law is a retired Horticulture prof fr...My father-in-law is a retired Horticulture prof from OSU. He learned back in the 1070's that the warming trend happening now was predicted... at which time the climate will cool and we will move into an ice age. He checks the bloom dates of several flowering plants in town every year and tabulates the results. His "observations" bear out his expectations. <br /><br />We go round an Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-829180025066553842010-04-28T19:13:51.126-07:002010-04-28T19:13:51.126-07:00Climate is what you expect.
Weather is what you ge...Climate is what you expect.<br />Weather is what you get.digitalzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670556566634503223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-49323669410935020302010-04-28T19:12:41.736-07:002010-04-28T19:12:41.736-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.digitalzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670556566634503223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-29093029977658401732010-04-28T18:40:25.328-07:002010-04-28T18:40:25.328-07:00Rebel, maybe your Georgia friends will understand ...Rebel, maybe your Georgia friends will understand the term "Global Climate Change." Warming, yes, is the dominant trend (a significant amount for ocean behavior, plants, and animals, including us and our already-fragile economy), but cooling other places, and more and more of just plain crazy in a lot of places. <br />Speaking of frogs, this Friday, April 30, is Save the Frogs Day. WearRosemary Lombardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-44753363341932543232010-04-28T18:37:49.145-07:002010-04-28T18:37:49.145-07:00I'm not commenting on the in's and out'...I'm not commenting on the in's and out's of GW and the ramifications thereof. BUT there is some confusion in your post and in one of the comments about meteorology. <br />A weather forecaster is NOT a meteorologist. He/she is a technician, and trained to interpret weather data and satellite images to make a prediction for tomorrow's weather. The training is at bachelor degree Pennyhttp://penjandrum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-2878885417958128972010-04-28T13:58:56.889-07:002010-04-28T13:58:56.889-07:00I'd be lost without the Met Office over here. ...I'd be lost without the Met Office over here. Even if they do get it wrong, they still sound reassuringly accurate.Madame DeFargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172239340844485940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-67525785838987888412010-04-28T13:35:21.600-07:002010-04-28T13:35:21.600-07:00Here in the DC area we are regularly subjected to ...Here in the DC area we are regularly subjected to the blowhards of Congress spouting off about climate change. During the three, yes, three blizzards we had this winter the doubters were absolutely gleeful about the weather and the "proof" that warnings about global warming was nothing more than chicken littlism. The Climate scientists then tried to rebuke with their report that was possumladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08060146825196164963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-79562864571263527002010-04-28T11:29:11.458-07:002010-04-28T11:29:11.458-07:00Thanks for voicing my opinion for me. I'm gonn...Thanks for voicing my opinion for me. I'm gonna share this on Facebook so that my Georgia friends who post stupid things like, "It's 14 degrees outside, evidence that there is no such thing as global warning." can read something intelligent for a change.Olivia J. Herrell, writing as O.J. Barréhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01107021392937169669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-91360232647018256382010-04-28T10:46:05.308-07:002010-04-28T10:46:05.308-07:00I'm pretty well convinced that most people are...I'm pretty well convinced that most people are so stupid and/or shortsighted that we're going to finish boiling that frog long before we ever even think about taking the pan off the stove.MikeWJ at Too Many Morningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357719098554598893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-92200519636253084232010-04-28T08:51:37.904-07:002010-04-28T08:51:37.904-07:00Science Friday did a piece on this a few weeks ago...Science Friday did a piece on this a few weeks ago. When the head meteorologist at CNN, the head meteorologist at AccuWeather, and the founder of the Weather Channel recant their unfounded claims that warming isn't happening, we'll have a major catalyst for progress. If these yahoos knew that the majority of Americans DO understand that warming is happening, would they then change theirKathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207121540248325766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-24683376476961597202010-04-28T06:44:19.091-07:002010-04-28T06:44:19.091-07:00I don't think most people understand that a me...I don't think most people understand that a meteorologist does not necessarily know anything about climate. Weather and climate are two separate disciplines although there can obviously be overlap.Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-84404846592662711332010-04-28T06:25:33.155-07:002010-04-28T06:25:33.155-07:00That's my Texas.
You know us Americans, we ...That's my Texas. <br /><br />You know us Americans, we much prefer celebrity over substance.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.com