http://youtube.com:80/watch?v=e-LOtKIIKcg

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10515979

There once was an admin named jeez
who commented on poet Sam’s sneeze.
We know when Watt is away
the admins will play
bringing the site to its knees.

Anthony’s the man;
Smart, kind, and well-reasoned.
He’s a man, a weatherman,
for each and every season.

…for now

First they said we’d freeze
in the nineteen seventies.
Then they said we’d burn
from the nineteen nineties on.
Oops, I’m starting to sneeze;
I guess it’s back to freeze.

Reply:
There once a poet name Sam
His posts not regarded as spam
He posts as he please
But he started to sneeze
‘Cuz the Sun’s hiding out on the lam.

~jeez

Here in NoCal, while we’ve had a reprieve from the cold the past few days (it’s almost, strangely, Indian Summer like), the squirrels are extremely active, as if it were fall. Except, there are only immature acorns. Meanwhile, the raccoons savaged one of my apple trees recently – again, something far more typical of fall. Last year, along the entire West Coast, climatic Fall was ushered in by an extremely early Yukon cold front on July 30th. Could it be that climatic Fall will start this year in June?

Also, it should be very interesting to watch ENSO the next 12 months. It looks like it is transitioning to ENSO neutral, and we should see another EL Nino within another 12 months or so. If the next El Nino is as weak and short lived as the last one, the negative PDO could turn out to be a 2 or 3 decade event. During the transition from La Nina to El Nino it will be interesting to see if Joe Bastardi’s theory concerning “teleconnection signaling” will occur. Joe B. believes there are some cases where teleconnections can signal each other (how? I have no clue). In this case, a warming Pacific could “signal” the Atlantic, and the Atlantic would correspondingly cool to offset rising Pacific SSTs. Sounds far-feteched.

Yeah, Pierre, anecdotes, by themselves, are worth about as much as a bucket of warm spit. The problem is they just keep coming.

“By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP, Associated Press Writer
Wed Jun 11, 8:03 AM ET

LONGMIRE, Wash. – One hiker died on Mount Rainier and two others awaited rescue Wednesday after a freak June blizzard caught them high on the volcano’s flank.”

LONGMIRE, Wash. – One hiker died on Mount Rainier and two others awaited rescue Wednesday after a freak June blizzard caught them high on the volcano’s flank.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_re_us/mount_rainier_fatal_8

Saying that AGW is over – definitely pulls at the strings of belief and trust in the earth/sun’s own abilities:

I’m saying AGW has never really started, much less over.

“During this extremely quiet period of solar activity shouldnt we be expecting a global cooling rather than a localised area?”

We are – the four main sources of global temperature summaries have been reporting a cooling trend for the last year or two. Anecdotal evidence is good for two things:

1) Alerting people to the possibility that something interesting is going on.

2) Providing examples of what a new trend might be bringing.

The current use for anecdotal evidence is primarily for amusement and discussion around the water cooler.

Almost like we want the earth to change (not…actually it’s pretty damn nice right now relatively speaking)…

So that we can edure life’s many varieties (i.e. weather…tendencies of weather)…and to feel the grasp of earth’s control over us.

We, the global climate skeptics…may not wish for cold but all of us disagree with the null hypothesis that is global warming because of a bias in data accumulation, political interests, and the fearful tactics used. We really want sensible discussion to make our voices be heard…about something we find fascinating and important.

Saying that AGW is over – definitely pulls at the strings of belief and trust in the earth/sun’s own abilities: to never stay constant, and being unpredictable. It’s the way we’ve always liked it. Of course some in the path of a huriccane might say otherwise. It’s about survival. It’s about man vs. nature. It’s the thrill of being human….fighting against that which you have no control. Or…at least wondering about it.