Saturday, January 13, 2024

Seeing a bit of slushy rain in Redding now

 Although when I moved to Redding they told me it rarely snowed here in the winter.  I've seen snowflakes every winter since, and there were two decent snowfalls last winter.

Which leads me to believe the interglacial warm period is over, and now the next ice age begins.  Brace yourselves...

During the 2.5 million years of the Pleistocene, numerous glacials, or significant advances of continental ice sheets, in North America and Europe, occurred at intervals of approximately 40,000 to 100,000 years. The long glacial periods were separated by more temperate and shorter interglacials.

During interglacials, such as the present one, the climate warms and the tundra recedes polewards following the ice sheets. Forests return to areas that once supported tundra vegetation.

Also interesting reading: Milankovitch Cycles


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11 comments:

  1. bogsidebunnyJanuary 13, 2024 at 10:40 AM

    Speaking of the current weather. Bills-Steelers AFC Wild Card game in Buffalo postponed until Monday due to weather. Somewhere in Heaven Bart Starr is shaking his head and laughing his ass off

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2024 at 11:31 AM

      Overpaid over-hyped posers, haven’t seen a game in years, fug em all.

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    2. ElmoJanuary 13, 2024 at 11:49 AM

      You're right, Bogs. Isn't that the game that was played when it was -17 below?

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    3. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2024 at 6:32 PM

      It was postponed because of the risk to fans getting to and from the stadium, not because of the playing conditions.

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  2. Wayne WilsonJanuary 13, 2024 at 12:02 PM

    Don't worry, newsome will take care of it.

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    1. ElmoJanuary 13, 2024 at 6:55 PM

      There is no 'e' at the end of 'Newsom', and the first letter of his name is properly written with an upper case 'N'.
      I hope this helps, wayn.

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    2. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2024 at 5:41 AM

      I always thought his name was Nuisance ;-)). - Nemo

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2024 at 3:06 PM

    Here in Texas several local businesses have announced they are closing down Mon-Tues, in anticipation of bad weather. This really has me shaking my head, this over-weening, female-driven hand-wringing safety-ism. F*ck me, I can figure out if it's safe to proceed, thanks. Just get your ass to the liquor store and make sure it's open for business, on time, and same for the grocery and gas station.

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  4. JohnJanuary 13, 2024 at 6:09 PM

    Here in Colorado Springs, the wind chill it's -30 degrees. The snow from a week ago is still on the ground.

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2024 at 7:37 PM

    Milankovich cycles and solar cycles combined = climate change. Anyone thinking that paying out more money to .gov is going to change things is seriously delusional.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2024 at 9:16 AM

    The last glaciation got zapped by something extraterrestrial... The Younger Dryas events. Lots of evidence.

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