Strange Weather - Global Warming to blame?

Naffa · 1 Apr 2006 at 19:49

I'm not sure if people on here have had experience yet. But down here in Somerset it's been a strange couple of days with it being swelteringly hot and i mean hot as in you cant wear a jumper.. then suddenly it started to rain for about half an hour then it went to being hot again.. then the same thing would happen. This has been happening for about 3 days down here if im not mistaken.

Now this maybe just me but this doesnt seem normal.. I'm not sure if global warming is to blame but its just a possibility.

Anyone else had experience of this?

Please discuss.

Gilly · 1 Apr 2006 at 19:51

No.

In answer to the question in the title.

divine` · 1 Apr 2006 at 19:52

Ban 4x4s I say.

alexakasloth · 1 Apr 2006 at 19:57

It's like this afaicr...

atpbx · 1 Apr 2006 at 19:59

Run for the hills!!

Bang wonky bits of wood across your windows at funny angles!!

Wrap silver foil around your head and hide under the bed!!

MiGSY · 1 Apr 2006 at 20:02

atpbx said:
Run for the hills!!

Bang wonky bits of wood across your windows at funny angles!!

Wrap silver foil around your head and hide under the bed!!

LOL

basmic · 1 Apr 2006 at 20:09

Why do people always blame "strange" weather on global warming? Probably the same pussies who weep when the country gets 1" of snow, and they call it "atrocious". :rolleyes:

I once heard we're at the end of an ice age - which makes sense to me, given today's weather.

Did you honestly expect nothing but birds chirping in the spring, sun in the summer, rain in autumn, and snow in winter?

spud3912 · 1 Apr 2006 at 20:15

it could just be mayb that there was a solar flare or something that meant we got more heat that normal. and i agree ban the 4x4s. end of an ice age?? i thought we were due one

Naffa · 1 Apr 2006 at 20:22

basmic said:
Why do people always blame "strange" weather on global warming? Probably the same pussies who weep when the country gets 1" of snow, and they call it "atrocious".

I once heard we're at the end of an ice age - which makes sense to me, given today's weather.

Did you honestly expect nothing but birds chirping in the spring, sun in the summer, rain in autumn, and snow in winter?

just so you know i dont think global warming is happening as a result of cars and pollution etc i believe it to be a natural phonomenon because there were no humans to pollute the atmosphere at the beginning of the last ice age.. i do think pollution is going to have some kind of bad effect, obviously its going to. but i dont think global warming is one of the side effects. i only said it in my op as a possibility.

with regards to the snow in winter sun in summer comment i do know that that is highly unlikely.. but for it to be blisteringly hot then ice cold with rain then hot then rain again all day.. the boot just doesnt fit on this one.

spud3912 · 1 Apr 2006 at 20:27

i agree that global warming possibly happens naturally but i also think that pollution is just speeding up this process.

Naffa · 1 Apr 2006 at 20:28

spud3912 said:
i agree that global warming possibly happens naturally but i also think that pollution is just speeding up this process.

fair comment

basmic · 1 Apr 2006 at 20:29

spud3912 said:
i agree that global warming possibly happens naturally but i also think that pollution is just speeding up this process.

I'm not saying pollutions is helping the weather.

But what I am saying is, we're having weather now that our Great Grandparents saw in their youth.

Jokester · 1 Apr 2006 at 20:32

basmic said:
But what I am saying is, we're having weather now that our Great Grandparents saw in their youth.

Yep, same weather, just a degree or so warmer.

Jokester

yermum · 1 Apr 2006 at 20:33

Seeing as how we can't cope with a little bit of snow, and a couple of dry winters leads to drought in the South, what will happen when the magnetic poles shift at some time in the not too distant future?

Jokester · 1 Apr 2006 at 20:35

yermum said:
Seeing as how we can't cope with a little bit of snow, and a couple of dry winters leads to drought in the South, what will happen when the magnetic poles shift at some time in the not too distant future?

Not much will happen as far as I'm aware, except you'll have a slightly (1 in 1000) increased chance of developing cancer.

Jokester

LordSplodge · 1 Apr 2006 at 21:37

Jokester said:
Not much will happen as far as I'm aware, except you'll have a slightly (1 in 1000) increased chance of developing cancer.

Jokester

Magnetic poleshift causes all electrical stuff to stop working! :eek:

Jokester · 1 Apr 2006 at 21:38

LordSplodge said:
Magnetic poleshift causes all electrical stuff to stop working!

No it won't.

Jokester

FeFiDoh · 1 Apr 2006 at 22:14

april showers :rolleyes:

and start of spring so its gonna get hot, and it being so hot u cant wear a jumper is hardly warm

LordSplodge · 1 Apr 2006 at 22:46

Jokester said:
No it won't.

Jokester

I thought I saw an episode of Horizon that said it would but I may be wrong...

Jokester · 1 Apr 2006 at 22:50

LordSplodge said:
I thought I saw an episode of Horizon that said it would but I may be wrong...

Yeah, there was a program on last year with "OMG we're all going to die!!!!111" style scare stories to get people watching. But in the end they said that the only short term consequences of having no magentic field would be a slightly increased risk of cancer.

Longer term (millions of years) is that the atmosphere gets blown away.

Jokester