Chris Horner writes in with this. This is pretty funny. It is window into their possibly half-joking, still overly earnest view of their historical importance in choosing a gift for Susan Solomon.
It lends credence to the view that they think they are heroes, saving the world. From the University of Arizona Overpeck FOI production #1 pp 94-95:
Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 10:03:39 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Re: Gift for Susan?
From: “Kevin E Trenberth” <trenbert@ucar.edu>
To: hegerl@duke.edu Cc: “Richard Somerville” , herve.letreut@lmd.jussieu.fr, v.ramaswamy@noaa.gov, “Piers Forster” , peter.lemke@awi.de, “Nathan Bindoff” , jto@u.arizona.edu, eystein.jansen@geo.uib.no, “Ken Denman”, “Phil Jones”, brasseur@ucar.edu, randall@redfish.atmos.colostate.edu, richard.wood@metoffice.gov.uk, francis.zwiers@ec.gc.ca, meehl@ucar.edu, stocker@climate.unibe.ch, “Bruce Hewitson”
Hi all
The way these have gone in the past is that the CLAs and invited scientists get together and produce a draft revised SPM in response to the comments, so that there is already proposed revised wording. We are alone the first two days and the opportunity to do something like this comes at the end of this, long before we know the final outcome.
The previous meetings have become drawn out and tense, with no breaks and over-running the time alloted for translation. It seems likely that the meeting will occupy all the time allotted and more, no matter that an extra day has been allocated.
I feel sure that the best gift for Susan and the TSU is a successful meeting and an acceptable SPM and accepted report. The kudos will then surely follow. And you all have some control over that by doing your homework.
It seems to me that we should indeed have an award ceremony though and Rocky Mountain chocolates would be most appropriate rather than a tacky plaque. Maybe a card signed by all would be more valued. Who knows it might be valuable in the future?
Happy New Year
Kevin
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Here’s a possible card they could circulate, I think when the next ice age starts to set in, it would indeed be worth something with all those signatures.
With apologies to Jerry Hish
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“Maybe a card signed by all would be more valued. Who knows it might be valuable in the future?”
Like a baseball signed by the 1919 Black Sox? Maybe a menu signed by the conferees at Luciano’s Havana Conference? An autographed Heidi Fleiss client list?
The Rocky Mountain Choclate store in Estes Park, Colorado is where a young bear pried open the door 7 times, took his treats outside to eat on the sidewalk, and never broke a glass case. Climate scientists of the IPCC variety should be so polite.
Rocky Mountain chocolates aren’t the only gift. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever can also be a hazard. RMSF is a rare form of rickettsial disease, caused by a small bacterium known as Rickettsia rickettsii. R. rickettsii lives inside the cells that line the blood vessels of infected animals and humans.
The tick is the primary home or reservoir for R. rickettsii. Because ticks can also spread the organism to humans and other animals, they are sometimes referred to as vectors for transmission of RMSF. Several different types of ticks can carry R. rickettsii. For example, the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) is the most common vector in the eastern, central, and Pacific U.S. In the West, the Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) is the primary vector for RMSF. Ticks can pass the organism to their offspring, creating a new generation of infected ticks. Ticks can also be infected by feeding on an infected person or animal.
The gift that goes on giving.
Romeo locks his basement flat
and scurries up the stair.
With head held high and floral tie,
a weekend millionaire.
“I will make my bed with her tonight!” he cries.
Can he fail, armed with his chocolate surprise?
Genesis, “The Cinema Show”, 1973 (awesome song!)
“Theo Goodwin says:
August 25, 2012 at 3:08 pm
See Bishop Hill’s site for an interesting discussion of several important emails:
http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2012/8/25/fighting-mad.html”
From emails
“It might be possible for us to do it now – IF we had a hero to lead the effort – right now, I’m maxed out (but would be happy to help).”
It seems they found their “Hero” in Al Gore