YIKES! Snuggle Up, Campers! Gonna Be C-C-Cold!

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Dig out those coats, galoshes, sweaters and, of course, thermal blankets. The temperature is gonna take a p-lunge. And if you're in Alaska...

YIKES!

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An explosive storm surpassing the intensity of 2012's Superstorm Sandy is expected to reach Alaska's western Aleutian Islands over the weekend and bring unseasonably frigid temperatures to much of the U.S. next week, weather forecasters said Thursday.

What remains of Typhoon Nuri is moving northeast from off the Japanese coast and is mixing with cold air and the jet stream, which will give it the power to produce hurricane-force winds and waves 50 feet high. It could arrive late Friday or Saturday...The storm potentially could be one of the most intensive to ever hit the North Pacific...The system is expected to push cold air into much of the lower 48 states next week..high temperatures in Minneapolis will only reach the upper 20s, and mid-30s are expected in Chicago — more than 15 degrees below normal. Snow also is coming to areas including the northern Rockies and northern Plains.

More here.

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Burrrr! Stay safe and toasty everyone!

 

[Handley_Page]

The UK has been advised of similar (although less drastic) things to come.
Well, I have located my bigger, thicker, Duvet.
Where are my jimjams ?

PS. Would you ask that nice little blonde to come and keep me warm please?

 

[Hypoxia]

This should provoke some seasonal storywriting, yes? Think of Finland. Nothing much to do in Finland in the winter except drink, fuck, and write. So the musical MOD format and Linux and Nokia warez and hot pr0n and lots of other stuff has been written on those long, cold, dark, Finnish winter nights.

Use that as a model. Snuggle up, drink, fuck, and write. Write some Winter Contest stories about drinking, fucking, and writing on long, cold winter nights. It's okay if you fuck friends, family, even enemies, as long as they're not underage. Just stay away from penguins(*) and polar bears -- unless they're were-creatures, of course. Fuck all the were-penguins you want. Long, cold, dark winter nights with nothing to do but drink and fuck were-penguins and write about the experience. Get to work.

(*) Penguins imported from Antarctica via SAS.

 

[Privates1stClass]

So whatever happened to global warming?

Last winter was much colder than normal and we had the coolest July on record. Now this winter is supposed to be colder than normal, too. What gives?

 

[JagFarlane]

So whatever happened to global warming?

Last winter was much colder than normal and we had the coolest July on record. Now this winter is supposed to be colder than normal, too. What gives?

Look beyond the US sometime...Australia might as well be on fire.
The thought with the Northern Hemisphere is that the warmth in the oceans and melting of the ice has destabilized the arctic.

 

[redzinger]

The UK has been advised of similar (although less drastic) things to come.
Well, I have located my bigger, thicker, Duvet.
Where are my jimjams ?

Actually had to turn the central heating on this week.

 

[3113]

Last winter was much colder than normal and we had the coolest July on record. Now this winter is supposed to be colder than normal, too. What gives?

Explanation here.

 

[soflabbwlvr]

So whatever happened to global warming?

Last winter was much colder than normal and we had the coolest July on record. Now this winter is supposed to be colder than normal, too. What gives?

Globally, 2014.is on pace to be the hottest year on record. http://www.theguardian.com/environm...hottest-year-on-record-says-us-science-agency

It's called global warming, not local anomalies.

 

[redzinger]

Yep, we had a horribly mild and wet winter last year.

 

[Hypoxia]

Global Warming does NOT mean that every spot on the planet is hotter all the time (though more hotter people can be appreciated, especially naked and sweating). GW means more energy infuses the hydrosphere+atmosphere, leading to more energetic weather. Hotter hots, colder colds, stormier storms, drier droughts, and shifting weather patterns. Agriculture is already impacted. Mass starvation and migrations will ensue. GW deniers are agents of genocide.

 

[patientlee]

So whatever happened to global warming?

Last winter was much colder than normal and we had the coolest July on record. Now this winter is supposed to be colder than normal, too. What gives?

They renamed it to climate change.

 

[Handley_Page]

They renamed it to climate change.

I wonder what next years "new title" will be ?

 

[3113]

They renamed it to climate change.

I wonder what next years "new title" will be ?

Depends on how many people ask questions showing that they still don't get it. The reason "warming" was changed was because everyone kept asking "if it's warming, why am I in the middle of a cold winter?" (i.e. ignoring that "global" part and somehow thinking their one spot on Earth is the whole planet). That's like being in the middle of a draught and, on one lucky day it rains over your little town, asking "if we're in a drought, why its raining?"

It's tiring that we have to keep doing nitpicky things like change the name in order to satisfy those who refuse to understand rather than spending that time actually trying to reverse this warming trend. At this rate, next years "new title" will be "ohfuckingshit...why didn't we listen?"

And now, we take you back to the snow storm.

 

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More:

The brunt of the storm is expected to pass into the Bering Sea and lose strength, but forecasters warned it will still push unseasonably frigid air into much of the U.S. next week. "It's going to slowly weaken all the way through Sunday," National Weather Service meteorologist Jason Ahsenmacher said. "It's going to be a very slow process."

...The system is expected to freeze much of the lower 48 states next week, forecaster Bruce Sullivan said. Snow also is coming to areas including the northern Rockies and northern Plains. In Great Falls, Montana, the high temperature is predicted to be 17 degrees Tuesday, compared with the normal high of 43...The forecast for Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is a high of 25, which is about 20 degrees below normal. High temperatures in Minneapolis will only reach the upper 20s.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

A little raid down here would be nice, if Alaska can spare some.

 

[Handley_Page]

A little raid down here would be nice, if Alaska can spare some.

Bear, if Alaska wants to keep theirs, you can have some lovely English rain !

 

[voluptuary_manque]

We'll take about 36 inches spread out between now and April 30th!

 

[3113]

A little rain down here would be nice, if Alaska can spare some.

Rain, alas, no, but our temps should be going down to low 70's and under. Light sweaters for us

 

[desertslave]

We're still solidly in the 80s here. I was on the verge of asking Sir if we could put the a/c back on earlier, but it's since cooled down enough that it will be comfortable enough for sleeping, especially if we're extra-snuggly. I'm sure my feet will creep out, as always. He always laughs about this. I learned a Sniglet for it years ago...pederate...the need to have one's feet in the open air. Yup, that's me!

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Rain, alas, no, but our temps should be going down to low 70's and under. Light sweaters for us

And tweed jackets! Yea, TWEED!!!

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