OT weather

[Joel Hammer]

Anytime you hear someone talking about the weather 50
years from now, like he knows what is going to happen,
you know you have found a fraud or a fool.


Joel

On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 07:38:15AM +1000, Keith Antoine wrote:
> Well I am backup online after one of our severe tropical storms, but we 
> have been lucky really as others have
> been far worse off then me. We lost power and phone after a storm hit about 
> 4pm last evening, the storm was
> moving at 70kph with winds of 130kph. We have had a storm per night for the 
> last 5 days some which missed this suburb
> but others have been out twice in 2 days. One I know of lost power for 17 
> hrs only to lose it again 12 hrs later.
> Yes there has been loss of life, only 3, but lots of property damage. 
> Brisbane CBD has suffered damage for the
> first time since 74, we lost train services bus services etc, apart from 
> blocked roads. Luckily, again, we might not
> have a storm till Monday; fingers crossed, but the forecast is we will get 
> them all next week.
> 
> BTW I am not talking the whole of Oz just Queensland and the SE corner in 
> particular.
> 
> This is the first time in 15-20 years we have had a monsoon season like we 
> were used to back in the 60's. There was a scientist
> from the CSIRO on tv last week, with some far distant forecasting. That we 
> will be getting more and more hot days as the
> years pass until 2040-50 when water will be so scarce here that it will be 
> more expensive than oil. The El Nino effect will be
> almost permenant. We have had more rain than we have had for many years 
> this season, dams full etc plus flooding.
> There was a reference to the moon moving away from earth an this will have 
> a increasing effect on weather and tides due
> to the fact that up till 30 years ago it was minimal but now its 
> accelerating as the earths gravity field grows less. The days
> are growing longer due to the earths spin slowing as the moon moves away 
> (more than 24hrs). We have not had anything one
> could call a winter, usually west winds and temps around the 2C at night to 
> 16C during the days. Mostly recent temps have
> been 11C and 22C.
> 
> The effects are being felt in the SW Pacific region insofar as they are 
> talking about giving land area in the Far north peninsular
> to the Naruan's so as they can vacate Narua, before they suffer the same 
> fate as Niewe and virtually get wiped out. The converse
> would be that the Americas would get fairly hot summers and more severe 
> winters: Ice ages again ?
> 
> There is some talk around that we are now at the limit of earths pertubance 
> of 23.5 degrees will go a bit more but they are not
> saying how much, we are currently at 23.45, I think.
> 
> Anyone else hear anything at all, but we are experiencing extremes of our 
> type of weather patterns here. We are due for a day of
> 37-39C degrees today but as the high has gone no storms, or so they say. On 
> thing we have not had a cyclone to speak of on the
> east coast for yonks, when we do it'll be a doozy: Brisbane is totally 
> unprepared for one as they have not had one come down so
> low on the coast for 60 years.
> 
> 
> 
> Keith Antoine
> 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061, Australia
> PH: 61733002161
> Retired Electronics Engineer, Practising Geriatric, Brain in Storage 
> 
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