It just doesn’t get any better than this. The Occupy Wall Street Mob had a “Climate Justice Day” scheduled for today. I don’t think they figured on a “Nightmare on Wall Street” irony like this.
I notice Bill McKibben isn’t there. Strange how he talks a big game about climate and weather events becoming more extreme, but when the going gets tough… well you know. No mention of this comedic slap in the face by nature on the 350.org website.
Here’s the record statement from NOAA/NWS:
SXUS71 KOKX 300633 RER NYC RECORD EVENT REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 0221 AM EDT SUN OCT 30 2011 ...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL SET AT CENTRAL PARK NY... A RECORD SNOWFALL OF 2.9 INCHES WAS SET AT CENTRAL PARK NY YESTERDAY...OCTOBER 29. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF TRACE SET IN 2002. ...RECORD OCTOBER SNOWFALL AMOUNT SET FOR CENTRAL PARK NY... CENTRAL PARK RECORDED 2.9 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ON OCTOBER 29 2011 SINCE SNOWFALL RECORDS BEGAN IN 1869...AN INCH OF SNOWFALL HAS NEVER BEEN RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THE LAST TWO TIMES THAT MEASURABLE SNOW FELL IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER WAS...OCTOBER 21 1952 WITH 0.5 INCHES AND OCTOBER 30 1925 WITH 0.8 INCHES. THEREFORE...THIS BREAKS THE DAILY RECORD FOR SNOWFALL IN OCTOBER AND THE MOST SNOWFALL EVER RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.
The irony, it b-b-b-burns:
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I get the impression that Occupy is a meld of “community organizers” and communists.
And it’s been the earliest this kind of snow storm has hit New York since the Civil War? That would the the same time as the tail end of the Little Ice Age.
“Robert Austin says:
October 30, 2011 at 2:16 pm
Does this prove that there really is a god”
Monbiot clearly seems to think so. See
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2010/dec/02/cancun-climate-change-summit-monbiot
Cancún climate change summit: Is God determined to prevent a deal?
“Now He’s at it again. Last week, just before the resumption of last year’s failed climate talks, the UK recorded its lowest temperature for 25 years, just down the road from where I live. “
Latitude said October 30, 2011 at 2:06 pm:
Just as a Segway is a liberal version of a 4×4 pickup truck. Can show up many places, that are territory that’s well-traveled and long paved over, when the weather is accommodating. Goes whichever way that whomever is in charge tilts. Looks exciting in videos and pictures, not so much up close in person. Looks like it can really go somewhere, but really doesn’t get that far. Will eventually run out of energy, then take a long time to get charged up again. Makes for quite a status symbol, among a certain receptive audience. But can’t do any large or heavy moving, just shuffles people around.
Oh well, at least it beats actual physical effort to move your own self someplace you’d rather be.
😉
Wait, you’re serious? The saddest thing was the loss of some old trees? Isn’t that like a flea crying over the loss of a single hair from the weekly shave? Storms kill trees, they always have. Occasionally storms will come through that will take out your favorite tree. Finding this remarkable in the slightest makes me wonder if you’ve ever taken an astronomy class in your life.
Sorry for the snark. I just can’t imagine posting that with my name on it. I literally have no concept of the idea of being so introverted as a species that the loss of a tree registers on the mind.
I can’t help it but apparently whenever it is hot, “alarmists” mistake weather for climate – and when it’s too cold the same happens with “skeptics”. It was funny at the start but it’s not anymore.
Why is everyone busting on R. Gates comment? He’s been quite reasonable and measured in the last few months. I thought his /sarc comment was a decent enough attempt at humor. Not ROTFLOL but worthy of a smile. Respect humor, even if you’re on the wrong end of it. We won’t get through this unless we laugh.
Hey Gates, just think, the trees and faunas were a heck of a lot bigger when Earth had big dinosaurs. Trees and faunas got a bit smaller during the smaller mega-mammals. Everything living on terra firma is now even smaller. We need more CO2?
Nice to see that NOAA statement openly referring to 1952, about 60 years ago. And only a day or two ago, the good old AGW BBC were reporting that the current Bangkok floods were ‘the worst in 60 years’. It’s interesting to note how very often that 60-year figure crops up, considering that ‘all this is due to human-generated CO2 emissions’.
R. Gates saith: “…My sister lives in Portland ME, and a 100 year old maple in front of her house was split in half by the heavy snow. That fact alone tells you how rare this snowstorm was, as trees don’t get that big and old if these kinds of storms are frequent.”
True. I, for one, enjoyed your entire post and can find no fault in it.
Amino Acids in Meteorites says:
October 30, 2011 at 9:12 pm
And it’s been the earliest this kind of snow storm has hit New York since the Civil War? That would the the same time as the tail end of the Little Ice Age.
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My understanding is that is when they started keeping regular records – so who knows when the last time NYC had such a storm. Rather misleading of them to say “since the civil war” when that’s when the records start . . . .
C’mon people… the nicest comment I have seen, coming from R Gates…. Give the guy/girl a break. And old trees do have a very special place. I can relate to that. (From a persistently cool Cape Town… holding thumbs that it will blow over in the direction of Durban just at the right time..)
I feel bad for the cemetery when Gore passes away. Should form a nice glacier tomb.
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CNN said that up to 58cm had fallen in some areas. Is that right, or have they confused their units?
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The colder they are the better.
Hugh Pepper says:
October 30, 2011 at 3:37 pm
“ad hominem”,” demonizing” ? Losing your sense of proportion there aren’t you Hugh? I took is as gentle mocking of McKibben. If you want to see real ad homs you need to visit warming fundamentalist sites (PS thank you to the contributor who suggested “fundamentalist” recently).
My suspicion goggles are always on when I read R Gates comments, but in this case I think he made a totally reasonable comment, so why are people attacking him/her?
Four times snow has fallen this early in the US of A apparently (I assume on east coast?), can anyone shed light on how this compares and when it previously snowed in October?
Anthony, I wasn’t referring to your post, I was referring to the comments.
It is nice to take the piss out of the warmists when stuff like this occurs, but I am some what averse to cold as a motor cyclist in southern Australia.
The climate per se has been some what inclement of late, rather unusually cool to bloody cold, with the odd nice warm to hot day.
What you are copping up in the north, we are getting a tad of it also. This cycle to cold may be a harbinger of worse to come if old Sol decides to stay on holidays for an extended period.
Cold is for penguins, polar bears, seals and Eskimos, not for cranky old motorcyclists.
Pesky snow!
It’s a travesty how climate disruption disrupts our important CAGW conferences …Copenhagen, Cancun, and now CLIMATE JUSTICE DAY…
Is there no justice?
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Do I detect climate warming cynicism in R Gates comment. Welcome to the real world. I also regret the loss of venerable trees – we need them and the bigger the better, for all sorts of reasons not just ecologically but also aesthetically.
PS Although I say the bigger the better, as a bonsai enthusiast the little ones often have greater aesthetic impact.
Pete of Perth says:
October 30, 2011 at 8:26 pm
I wish it would snow in Perth Australia; nothing but sand flies and sharks here. Last time I skied was 1982 when I lived in Seattle.
We hosted CHOGM on the weekend and not a word about CAGW from our PM Gillard.
[http://www.chogm2011.org/home]
Pete
—————————\Pete what you have missed is this gem!
far from Not mentioning it, the fools plan to make it a headline event
agreement by heads of government…is in the title doc
Oh damn its a PDF and I dont know how to get the link onto this page…
the top 2 starting rcs tout CC as of huge import and its to mentioned frequently.
JuLIARS ??apponted eminent persons group, seems to be like soteros best mates advisory crowd.
BAD NEWS for citizens.
Hilarious isn’t it?
An added piece of ‘GOOD NEWS’!:-
This THUNDERSNOW in NE USA was explicitly predicted to that day from 30days ahead by us at WeatherAction using our Solar Lunar Action Technique – nothing to do with CO2!
See this link: http://twitpic.com/7844m5 and a brill vid of Jim Cantore getting scared of thundersnow http://wxch.nl/s4541S
Thanks Piers Corbyn
Hilarious isn’t it?!
AND EXTRA GOOD NEWS
We at WeatherAction forecast this heavy THUNDERSNOW in NE USA to the day from 30days ahead using our Solar-Lunar-Action-Technique – nothing to do with CO2! http://twitpic.com/7844m5
Also see this Top VID of Jim Cantore getting freaked out by thundersnow http://wxch.nl/s4541S
Thanks
Piers Corbyn
For those of us who grew up climbing trees, picnicking in their shade, the loss of a tree is sad. That being said, a 100 year old tree isn’t that old, and must have started growing shortly after the folks New England quit cutting down every hardwood they could find to build ships and furniture, as well as support the war effort – pick one (prior to 1900).