‘The cold blob’ could play big role in worrisome hurricane season

twillis2252 · April 7, 2016

Lead article in the Charleston, SC Post/Courier this AM. Thought it may be of interest to post the link to this report:

http://www.postandcourier.com/articl...n-ocean-future

BigVanVader · April 7, 2016

Yeah, we will just have to wait and see what happens once all the ice melts. Nobody really has a clue what the worldwide effects will be, but I would assume mostly bad. I read a article saying that the hottest point in Earths history coincides with the greatest diversity of species so don't worry it will be fine. The problem I have is dinosaurs and such were alive then and I think it would be hard to grow tomatoes with those dam T-rex stepping on them all the time.

Worth1 · April 7, 2016

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Originally Posted by BigVanVader

Yeah, we will just have to wait and see what happens once all the ice melts. Nobody really has a clue what the worldwide effects will be, but I would assume mostly bad. I read a article saying that the hottest point in Earths history coincides with the greatest diversity of species so don't worry it will be fine. The problem I have is dinosaurs and such were alive then and I think it would be hard to grow tomatoes with those dam T-rex stepping on them all the time.

Not to mention the giant stink bugs.

Worth

Ricky Shaw · April 7, 2016

I've got 'Waterworld' on Blu-Ray anybody wanna watch it. Kevin Costner is not that bad in it, really.

BigVanVader · April 7, 2016

That's one of my mom's favorite movies, she just loves her some Costner.

Worth1 · April 7, 2016

Hollywood cant make their mind up.
One movie the world is covered in water the next it is covered in ice.

Deborah · April 7, 2016

Better a T-rex than a stegosaurus-they were herbivores!

Compuaide · April 7, 2016

How high do you think the fence would have to be to keep T out?

pmcgrady · April 7, 2016

My cousin sculpts/creates life size dinosaurs...
www.cmstudio.com
Webpage hasn't been updated in years, but he will create/sell a life size T Rex for around 100k, the current one is 42 feet long, 16-18 feet tall it was found in Fort Peck Montana, it's called Peck's Rex. Be the first on your block to have a huge T Rex in your garden.
Lower right hand corner is a pic of a T Rex and a Parasauralophus found in Canada group photo, I'm the guy on the far left. I believe these went to a museum in Canada.

BigVanVader · April 8, 2016

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Originally Posted by pmcgrady

My cousin sculpts/creates life size dinosaurs...
www.cmstudio.com
Webpage hasn't been updated in years, but he will create/sell a life size T Rex for around 100k, the current one is 42 feet long, 16-18 feet tall it was found in Fort Peck Montana, it's called Peck's Rex. Be the first on your block to have a huge T Rex in your garden.
Lower right hand corner is a pic of a T Rex and a Parasauralophus found in Canada group photo, I'm the guy on the far left. I believe these went to a museum in Canada.

Could I borrow it to test my fence?

Gardeneer · April 8, 2016

In the short run the climate change will be erratic. Me thinks.
In the long run I believe the scientist. But "in the long run we all be dead" .

bower · April 8, 2016

Wow, that is the first I've heard of this "cold blob".

You'd think our weather man (men) would be all over it.

Especially last summer, which was pretty much a 'cold blob' itself.

I for one am worried about hurricanes this year. We just had a fearsome windstorm a few days ago that was close to hurricane force winds and caused a lot of damage, and certainly the forecasters are calling for a stormy spring for us. And we started out the year by getting dinged by Alex in January.

Might be a hard year to put my tomatoes out into some kind of bus shelters.

Never mind the dinosaurs. My friend may have giant flying caterpillars...

Worth1 · April 8, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by bower

Wow, that is the first I've heard of this "cold blob".

You'd think our weather man (men) would be all over it.

Especially last summer, which was pretty much a 'cold blob' itself.

I for one am worried about hurricanes this year. We just had a fearsome windstorm a few days ago that was close to hurricane force winds and caused a lot of damage, and certainly the forecasters are calling for a stormy spring for us. And we started out the year by getting dinged by Alex in January.

Might be a hard year to put my tomatoes out into some kind of bus shelters.

Never mind the dinosaurs. My friend may have giant flying caterpillars...

I skimmed through the article but some speculate that so called blob could set us into another ice age from what I have read elsewhere in the distant past not from the internet.
Another thing they have done is taken core samples from both sides of the mid Atlantic ridge farther and farther out.
By looking at these samples and calculating back in time when they were laid down they can tell that we have had many polarity swaps.
In (geologic time) we are due for another polarity swap.

Worth

bower · April 8, 2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by Worth1

I skimmed through the article but some speculate that so called blob could set us into another ice age from what I have read elsewhere in the distant past not from the internet.
Another thing they have done is taken core samples from both sides of the mid Atlantic ridge farther and farther out.
By looking at these samples and calculating back in time when they were laid down they can tell that we have had many polarity swaps.
In (geologic time) we are due for another polarity swap.

Worth

Yeah the polarity swap is another thing... bye bye internet and all things tech if/when that happens it will have major impact on civilization. Thank goodness it has no effect on turnips. Which is all we'll have growing here if the cold blob does it's stuff.

Just checking the wiki, the cold blob is "off Greenland" big surprise there, it's been shedding blocks of glacier the size of Manhattan regularly the last couple of years.

Actually I was just reading the other night, that there's heat issuing from the earth's core under the glacier there, and making a 'slippery' melted layer for the ice to slide on.

It's as if the missus herself had decided to shed that icy mantle.

And yes, I weep because from where I'm sitting, there is nothing worse than watching Greenland's droppings drifting past in pieces.

bower · April 8, 2016

Well... so funny.

Accuweather says it could put a lid on the hurricane season, if just a bit of the blob water managed to get down south... but not everyone agrees that's even possible.
http://www.naplesnews.com/weather/hu...374971041.html
Gross, gross picture of the blob, that's me Newfoundland on the left of the image folks.... so much smaller than THE BLOB.

April 7, 2016	#1
twillis2252 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: SC & NC Posts: 258	‘The cold blob’ could play big role in worrisome hurricane season Lead article in the Charleston, SC Post/Courier this AM. Thought it may be of interest to post the link to this report: http://www.postandcourier.com/articl...n-ocean-future

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Deborah Riding The Crazy Train Again Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: San Marcos, California Posts: 2,562	Better a T-rex than a stegosaurus-they were herbivores! __________________ "The righteous one cares for the needs of his animal". Proverbs 12:10

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pmcgrady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,836	My cousin sculpts/creates life size dinosaurs... www.cmstudio.com Webpage hasn't been updated in years, but he will create/sell a life size T Rex for around 100k, the current one is 42 feet long, 16-18 feet tall it was found in Fort Peck Montana, it's called Peck's Rex. Be the first on your block to have a huge T Rex in your garden. Lower right hand corner is a pic of a T Rex and a Parasauralophus found in Canada group photo, I'm the guy on the far left. I believe these went to a museum in Canada. Last edited by pmcgrady; April 7, 2016 at 10:15 PM.

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April 7, 2016	#2
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Yeah, we will just have to wait and see what happens once all the ice melts. Nobody really has a clue what the worldwide effects will be, but I would assume mostly bad. I read a article saying that the hottest point in Earths history coincides with the greatest diversity of species so don't worry it will be fine. The problem I have is dinosaurs and such were alive then and I think it would be hard to grow tomatoes with those dam T-rex stepping on them all the time.

April 7, 2016	#4
Ricky Shaw Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Zone 6a Denver North Metro Posts: 1,910	I've got 'Waterworld' on Blu-Ray anybody wanna watch it. Kevin Costner is not that bad in it, really.

April 7, 2016	#6
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Hollywood cant make their mind up. One movie the world is covered in water the next it is covered in ice.

April 7, 2016	#8
Compuaide Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: New York 6b Posts: 50	How high do you think the fence would have to be to keep T out?

April 8, 2016	#11
Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,909	In the short run the climate change will be erratic. Me thinks. In the long run I believe the scientist. But "in the long run we all be dead" .

April 8, 2016	#12
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,793	Wow, that is the first I've heard of this "cold blob". You'd think our weather man (men) would be all over it. Especially last summer, which was pretty much a 'cold blob' itself. I for one am worried about hurricanes this year. We just had a fearsome windstorm a few days ago that was close to hurricane force winds and caused a lot of damage, and certainly the forecasters are calling for a stormy spring for us. And we started out the year by getting dinged by Alex in January. Might be a hard year to put my tomatoes out into some kind of bus shelters. Never mind the dinosaurs. My friend may have giant flying caterpillars...

April 8, 2016	#15
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,793	Well... so funny. Accuweather says it could put a lid on the hurricane season, if just a bit of the blob water managed to get down south... but not everyone agrees that's even possible. http://www.naplesnews.com/weather/hu...374971041.html Gross, gross picture of the blob, that's me Newfoundland on the left of the image folks.... so much smaller than THE BLOB.