I wouldn't mind helping to reduce the large constrictor population down there . But I'm not going to pay FL for the privilege of doing it.

Well, they might in pursuit of lunker bass. I did when I had my small boat many years ago. I loved going into the swamp in that pursuit...until the gators made a huge comeback. Got too busy with my work then, anyway.
Sorry to derail the thread.

So far to my knowledge, we don't have them in my part of the state (NW)...yet. Not sure if we will. We had several nights in the teens here this winter, and probably a dozen or so in the 20's. Scraped ice off the car yesterday again. During a more seasonal winter, several nights in the 20's are not uncommon in Jan, Feb, and once in a while late Dec. Might be too chilly for Pythons. Not sure on that since I don't know their habits, but at least the thread is now back on track...sort of.![]()
Yes, there is a new IPCC report coming out at the end of the week. Let's preemptively give you the news. The IPCC says you need to panic now, not later. The world is coming to an end due to global warming.
Climate Report Predicts Dire Threats for People, Including Food, Water Shortages
http://www.weather.com/news/science...4?hootPostID=1e8f238268d538316651f2b3f27de10d
"A planet warmed by human-produced greenhouse gases poses significant risks already to people, cities and nations today and not just in the far-off future, according to a report the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will release at the end of this week.
And those risks could mean "abrupt or drastic changes" that could lead to unstoppable and irreversible climate shifts like the runaway melting of Greenland's glacial ice or the rapid drying out of South America's Amazon rainforest."
Yes, despite having no scientific evidence to support their assertions, the IPCC has doubled-down and gone full bat-shiat alarmist.
[/QUOTE]if you don't like the chart... read the study.
CO2 trails change in ocean temps.
CO2 also trails change in land temps.
Thos
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818112001658
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Highlights
⺠Changes in global atmospheric CO2 are lagging 11â12 months behind changes in global sea surface temperature. ⺠Changes in global atmospheric CO2 are lagging 9.5â10 months behind changes in global air surface temperature. ⺠Changes in global atmospheric CO2 are lagging about 9 months behind changes in global lower troposphere temperature. ⺠Changes in ocean temperatures explain a substantial part of the observed changes in atmospheric CO2 since January 1980. ⺠Changes in atmospheric CO2 are not tracking changes in human emissions.