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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2020 14:05:04 GMT
I got 61% in Geography. I'm scratching my head now.
I will come back later when my eyes are not hurting and tell a miracle story about the snow removal issue and the disappearing ompany and what people did about it here.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jan 1, 2020 15:47:10 GMT
Okay, Geography is interesting. At any rate, Ron lives on the US Eastern Seaboard, which runs from Maine in the north to Florida in the south.
Simplified explanation: The Gulf Stream is a current of water warmed in the shallower region of the Gulf of Mexico that exits the Gulf and joins an Atlantic current that flows north to about Newfoundland, think North Atlantic Drift. Colder water from Greenland tends to force that current toward the south causing it to change course to the east. The warmer current basically turns south again near Scotland, helping moderate winter weather down the western coast of Europe.
Simply put, the Gulf Stream helps keep winters in the middle tier of state along the US East Coast warmer while also moderating winter weather on the other side of the Atlantic.
Weather and precipitation patterns around the world are affected not only by latitude, but also by ocean and atmospheric currents as well as by surface geographic like mountain ranges.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2020 16:14:26 GMT
Talking of temperatures it's 4 degree Celsius here in the UK. I have dual nationality, British and American and lived in the states for many years, mainly on the east coast, in Boston and New Hampshire. I loved the Fall but found the winter very difficult to cope with, All that snow! Over here in England the Fall is nice but the winter is easier to cope with, however it's still cold, brrrr. My son and his family live in California and love the weather over there, so does my daughter who lives in Spain.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jan 1, 2020 16:47:24 GMT
It's 9 C here in South Central Texas with a high about 14 C later this afternoon. While we have some humidity, the ground doesn't retain a lot of heat since the climate is semi-arid. It's still better than the -26 C I've dealt with a few times.
My son by my previous marriage lives in Northern California and last time I heard from him over two years ago he was complaining about the winter weather, something about -15 C and snow. He's had opportunities to get to warmer places so I'm guessing he really likes to complain.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2020 5:05:24 GMT
My son lives in the San Francisco bay area and they have a "warm-summer Mediterranean climate" and their winters are "rainy and can be mild to chilly." He tells me that on a few occasions they can get snow. However he said that in Northern California "they can get snow in the late fall through winter and on occasions into spring." Too much snow for me, I would move to warmer climes. Sphinx-Cameron your part of Texas sounds like an interesting place to live. According to the internet, "Central Texas is made of hills and rivers and ranges from semi-arid in the western part to subtropical in the rest. Summers are hot and humid, while winters are mild.Higher elevations have coniferous tree cover and receive more rainfall than the river valleys that comprise of deciduous trees."
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jan 2, 2020 12:54:39 GMT
It's an interesting area. Lots of plants with thorns or spines, lots of animals with fangs, claws, and at times spines or tusks. I spent six months out at Monterey [south of SF] near the Presidio. Even in summer too chilly.
This is the view [facing south] off the porch earlier today, elevation ~1290 ft.
The closest town is elevation 892 ft while the next closest town is 1242 ft.
By comparison San Antonio is elevation 650 ft While Kerrville is a bit over 1600 ft.
The elevation of the highest mountain in Texas is 8750 ft.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2020 19:45:05 GMT
Ok, everybody lives in a warmer country than me.
Oh, the miracle of two days ago. The guy who ran of with 500 million of everyone's money, and skipped right at the peak of storm season...well, the neighbours with snow blowers went around and cleaned the driveways of those with Bo Pelouse signs. And, Grizzly, a competitor, also went around and with their tractors, cleaned hundreds of driveways for free. They even hired 20 of the delinquent's employees.
We have people in the area without legs and using wheelchairs. Others can barely walk due to age. So, it was a miracle that good people stepped up to help.
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Post by benziger on Jan 2, 2020 20:09:42 GMT
he was complaining about the winter weather, something about -15 C and snow. He's had opportunities to get to warmer places Without getting political: In a few years it will be warmer everywhere. When I think about what I experienced as a child for winter with snow for weeks. And today the whole of December was 5-20°C (40-70°F). Here in Switzerland, ski resorts are closing due to lack of snow for years. Our cistern was empty for the first time last summer. This autumn the Pizol glacier melted completely away. Then I read the newspaper: melting ice in Greenland, Antarctica, burning tundra in Siberia, bush fire in Australia. I plant resistant trees in my garden so that at least my son will have some shade.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jan 2, 2020 21:55:28 GMT
Benzinger,
Regarding my oldest child, he's a putz, but that is a different story. He's been offered choices, but...
Aye, the world is warming. Forty-odd years ago I remember it getting down to 10 F here. Back in the '80s homeless people froze to death in San Antonio during a couple of winters that were fairly harsh. As well, once the Gulf Stream gets pushed further south by glacier melt, winters in Northern Europe are likely to get worse for a time.
I'm in the process of acquiring trees that will survive the current climate where I live. In part for shade, but also because what you have growing can alter the micro-climate in an area. Down in the Big Bend area of Texas you have holdout hardwoods left over from the last Ice Age. Those trees have successfully altered their micro-climate for thousands of years.
You might want to consider trying out Dawn Redwoods and Coastal Redwoods. There are a few others I'm looking at that are more suited to warmish semi-arid.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2020 5:05:16 GMT
It's wonderful that you are both planting trees. They are so essential for our planet.Trees help combat climate chaos by removing harmful emissions from the air around us that are wrecking our planet.I feel so sad when I read about all the trees that are being cut down in the rain forests. Everyone should urge the authrities in their area to plant more trees.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jan 3, 2020 13:48:15 GMT
Out where our little house is it's fairly common for people to clear most of the trees before the house goes in. I told the people who did the work to remove the absolute minimum in order to do the job, and for the most part they listened. I still had a lot of work to do moving rock to control erosion, because when you strip the land naked around here it's unforgiving. The growth that covers it afterward can also be difficult to deal with if you don't like thorns and spines.
As I can get more terracing done it will be time to replace scrub junipers that crowd everything else out with trees that do more to build and retain soil. I also miss some of the tall trees I've lived around in the past.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2020 16:41:07 GMT
We too plant trees in our garden. I'm trying to encourage others to do the same. Where we lived before, in the south of the Uk, we had some beautiful old trees and we had to fight so hard in order to save them.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jan 3, 2020 16:56:36 GMT
We've got roughly 12,626 m sq, with a thin varnish of soil [where it is] over limestone.
Planting trees here up on the bones of a ridge often requires breaking through rock. Some of the rock sheets can be a foot or more thick.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2020 4:46:06 GMT
According to my research human activity and related land use change are the primary cause of accelerated soil erosion. Scientists are warning that soil erosion is a huge problem for humanity and our planet.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jan 4, 2020 10:58:04 GMT
People often don't look at terrain to see where the water runs off when it rains, so when they put a building in they think of immediate use rather than the future.
With our house it was a case of minimizing machinery. Moving rock by hand to slow the water down was tedious but it worked.
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