Guest essay by Eric Worrall
h/t Twitchy – A large public event, a celebration of Cannabis culture, was cancelled in Denver on Sunday, because of heavy snowfall. According to Twitchy, the organisers apparently don’t want to refund the cash they’ve collected, but will honour event tickets at a new date to be announced, after the snow melts.
The Denver 420 Rally leadership team announced that today’s 420 Rally in Civic Center Park will be rescheduled due to weather and circumstances beyond its control. Civic Center Park will be closed to the public today. The new concert date and additional information will be released on www.420Rally.com in the near future.
Read more: http://420rally.com
I’m sure our hearts go out to Denver’s Cannabis community.
But this tragic cancellation leaves an important unanswered question – what is the most effective way to help melt all that snow?
Will smoking more cannabis help clear the snow? My guess is yes. If 1000 pot heads drop ash all over the pristine white snow blanketing Denver, not only will smoking all that weed release urgently needed CO2, which might cause slight localised warming. The ash will lower the albedo of the snow, which should help accelerate the melting process.
On the other hand, the vast smoke cloud released by all the dodgy rollups may trigger a cooling effect, if it reaches the stratosphere.
Let us all hope Denver’s pot heads muddle through this difficult paradox, and get to attend their music event.
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Anybody want another brownie?
Trying again….
Here in Colorado it’s not unusual to have a heavy spring snow. March and April are snow months – which is why we dress in layers. Run the furnace to warm up in the morning, run the air conditioner to cool down in the afternoon. Yes it’s climate change – happens most years. For information the “Hog Back” is about 10 miles west of Denver’s city center. It is the start of the “Front Range”. In the micro climates here, it’s possible to go from plains to alpine in about 10 miles….
Mike
Mike. Are they still skiing there?
A-Basin will probably be open well into June. Memorial Day is a great day for skiing in CO. My routine is to ski in the morning and fly fish in the afternoon…
Well some of you are getting a little more “climate change’ than usual. Denver is already over it’s average total for the month of April and there is another system coming.
I noticed that while 4′ of global warming cancelled a rally for a weed that a foot of rain in eastern TX with more to come and the rains of the last couple of years has changed what the likes of Hayhoe, Dressler, Seager, Schafersman, and Romm once predicted to a permanent drought into periodic semi-permanent floods.
One would think that the State of Texas would at least demand that Hayhoe and Dressler be called to account for their obvious incompetence.
Dudes!
Some people gotta chill. Way too uptight.
Still, I’m bummed. That show was going to be way cool, I mean groovy.
But once they get it together, it will be so hip, i mean the cat’s pajamas,
We are talking The Bee’s Knees.
On the subject of ridiculousness:
The people of Britain have recently voted in an on-line poll to name a research vessel – Boaty McBoatface.
However the science minister has dismissed the public choice:
“You won’t be surprised to know that we want something that fits the mission and captures the spirit of scientific endeavor,” U.K. science minister Jo Johnson told the Telegraph.
Well, fine. But surely “Rent-Seeker McBoondoggleface” is too long.
http://fortune.com/2016/04/18/boaty-mcboatface-win/
Which is worse, I wonder; carbon pollution or cannabis pollution?
Back in my younger days I remember pulling up to stop sign and waiting for it to turn green.
“Cannabis pollution” does not improves ones perception and interpretation of reality…but it can pollute the “data” that one takes in as one conclude what is reality.
We already have the answer.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/health/life-expectancy-decline-mortality.html
I didn’t see anything in that link that addressed cannabis or carbon.
Some nice freshie and some 420 herb go hand in hand. Should not have canceled!
This is what happens when you have more people living here than native Coloradans.
In the Denver Metro area, most of the snow melted as it fell, as it tends to do in April. By Sunday afternoon, the streets and sidewalks were DRY and the 2 ft of snow that fell was down to about 6 inches on the grassy areas. Which admittedly includes parks like Civic Center. As of this morning, most of that has melted too.
The media hyped this storm up so much that there were runs on grocery stores, also proving that far too many people from the Left Coasts live here.
As for the historical records on snow in April, my Facebook memory for Saturday was also a photo of snow. Same day, different year. It can snow here as late as June and it’s not unheard of to snow in July in the mountains.
That’s why you don’t plant flowers until the Sunday after Mother’s Day.
Seattle-The Day They Legalized Pot
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fZNzsPwCQW4/UO9Rxy6bJcI/AAAAAAAAQ_k/Yb1nDyYcbwY/s1600/Seattle.jpg
Life expectancy falling
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/20/health/life-expectancy-decline-mortality.html
Take your pick: negative effects on learning or behavior
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160414214826.htm