I'm really f...ing tired of winter

Aquarians · Apr 8, 2023

On the other hand as a kid I'd be wandering the forests with no concern whatsoever. Turns out the communist government was doing a good job of keeping the beasts in control and away from human populations (they were fed regularly in the deep woods and shot if approaching human habitat). Not anymore, they'd bred well out of control and now they're everywhere. A mother bear and it's cubs were filmed on the street I sent you a picture.

This one if from a few days ago, some guys went hiking in the woods:

This is from where I grew up, there was no such "things" there back then:

jnbadger · Apr 8, 2023

Aquarians said:
On the other hand as a kid I'd be wandering the forests with no concern whatsoever. Turns out the communist government was doing a good job of keeping the beasts in control and away from human populations (they were fed regularly in the deep woods and shot if approaching human habitat). Not anymore, they'd bred well out of control and now they're everywhere. A mother bear and it's cubs were filmed on the street I sent you a picture.

This one if from a few days ago, some guys went hiking in the woods:

This is from where I grew up, there was no such "things" there back then:

Jesus. I've seen a few black bears around here, but they're never interested in eating me. They always run away when they see people. (In this neck of the woods, anyway). I think I'll make it a live long goal to never see a grizzly in the wild. So far so good.

jnbadger · Apr 10, 2023

Well, Wednesday will be almost 30 degrees above normal and 45 degrees warmer than last Wednesday. But at least we had a nice bonus of 25 mph winds when it was cold last week.

There will definitely be some grillin and chillin over the next few days.

TreeFrogTrader · Apr 11, 2023

jnbadger said:
Well, Wednesday will be almost 30 degrees above normal and 45 degrees warmer than last Wednesday. But at least we had a nice bonus of 25 mph winds when it was cold last week.

There will definitely be some grillin and chillin over the next few days.

Some of those warm weather spikes can be really damaging to crops and fruit trees if they happen in springtime. The warm weather forces them to bud out or blossom early but then - whammo- the weather drops back down into the thirties and kills off all the buds and blossoms. The trees live but do not bear fruit or much fruit later and the germination of other crops gets messed up. The plants can handle the cold when they are dormant but once they break their dormancy they cannot handle near freezing temps again.

jnbadger · Apr 11, 2023

TreeFrogTrader said:
Some of those warm weather spikes can be really damaging to crops and fruit trees if they happen in springtime. The warm weather forces them to bud out or blossom early but then - whammo- the weather drops back down into the thirties and kills off all the buds and blossoms. The trees live but do not bear fruit or much fruit later and the germination of other crops gets messed up. The plants can handle the cold when they are dormant but once they break their dormancy they cannot handle near freezing temps again.

Yep, we're worried about that. My brother is an airline pilot, but he does some crop farming in the summer with a partner who stays local and takes care of things when he's on the road. And I know they don't drill fresh seed every year. They may have to this year. We also have about ten fruit trees in the yard which may not any fruit.

Aquarians · Apr 11, 2023

Have you guys heard of this?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

That's something to be worried about.

We're living in a much more connected world with much higher crop yield, but still... One year with no crops would be tough. Probably not starvation stuff but tough. And what if there will be two years? :|

TreeFrogTrader · Apr 11, 2023

Aquarians said:
Have you guys heard of this?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

That's something to be worried about.

We're living in a much more connected world with much higher crop yield, but still... One year with no crops would be tough. Probably not starvation stuff but tough. And what if there will be two years? :|

Yup. I am aware of that event. And yes, it was caused by the volcanic ash filtering out the sunlight.

I actually think about it sometimes in regard to climate change.

Ironically, we do not exactly control natural events so we could equally wake up and find that we are freezing our collective arses off because some volcano starting spewing ash and there is nothing we can do about it. You may recall that no so long ago there was that volcano in Iceland that went on for quite a bit. We don't stop those things, they go as long as they want.

And right as we speak, there are several volcanos around the world that are quite rowdy. One in Siberia, another next door in the Aleutians and some South American ones. If you just get one that doesn't seem to understand that it is supposed to stop after a couple weeks then you can dramatically change the climate - just as happened in 1816. Never good when you freeze your arse off during global warming. That is not how the script is supposed to go.

But that risk is there.

When I lived in Maine, if I had my hand on the global thermostat in January, I would crank it up to about 72 degrees. If that causes Micronesia or some places to go under water due to glaciers melting, well, they can move. We are talking about my personal comfort. Nope, in January I cannot see how global warming could be a bad thing.

Aquarians · Apr 11, 2023

TreeFrogTrader said:
Ironically, we do not exactly control natural events so we could equally wake up and find that we are freezing our collective arses off because some volcano starting spewing ash and there is nothing we can do about it. You may recall that no so long ago there was that volcano in Iceland that went on for quite a bit. We don't stop those things, they go as long as they want.

Something like that already happened and it might happen again. "Winter is coming" would be an understatement. Like how long did winter last in Game Of Thrones? 2-3-10 years? How bout 100 million years?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball_Earth

Overnight · Apr 11, 2023

Aquarians said:
Something like that already happened and it might happen again. "Winter is coming" would be an understatement. Like how long did winter last in Game Of Thrones? 2-3-10 years? How bout 100 million years?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball_Earth

When the sun starts expanding into a red giant before collapsing into a white dwarf, nobody will have any worries, because we'll all be dead. So really, who cares about the climate on earth, since it is doomed anyway. This is why green energy is pointless. The planet is pointless, just like our race.

Darc · Apr 11, 2023

murray t turtle said:
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ACTUALLY alligator attacks are on the increase in America;
if one ever grabs you + backs in a deep water death spiral with out your gun\
stick your fist down its throat, its water flap will let water rush in\ drowned gator shock + awed alligator.
And after the [USa] policeman shot the 'gator it dropped the child, but the kid was a dead duck anyway so to speak.
Keep alert when active anywhere .........................................................

Most of the incidences of surviving Crocodile attacks I've heard of are by ramming the Fingers into their Eyes, just like any animal attack I guess. Crocs and Gators are fast runners but they tire quickly apparently.

Watch this Croc attack this Bloke in Northern Australia recently. The power as it explodes out of the water driving him back, then taking the Dog.