"Climate changes melting tourism in Swiss Alps"

The Real Bev wrote:
Ted Waldron wrote:

VtSkier wrote:

The Real Bev wrote:

Richard Henry wrote:

wrote:

Climate changes melting tourism in Swiss Alps at
http://www.washtimes.com/world/20060...1635-2501r.htm


One of the feared consequences of the current warming trend is the
Greenland icecap melting, changing the mass balance of the
Atlantic surface water, thus upsetting the flow of the Gulf Stream.
If that happens, they will be skiing down to Sicily.


Isn't there a reason it's called Greenland rather than Whiteland?


Eleventh century marketing.


To defend a convicted murderer like Erik the Red for a moment, when he
went to Greenland, much of Europe and the Northern Hemisphere was much
warmer than a couple centuries later, when a little Ice Age descended on
Europe. (The guesses are sun spots to volcanic eruptions, with the ash
blocking out the sun rays) I believe that they could actually farmed on
the Southern Tip of Greenland at the time. by the middle of the 15th
Century the settlements Erik the Red started were abandoned, and the
settlers went back to cod liver cusine of Iceland and Norway.


But we're pretty sure that this cooling (or the previous warming) wasn't
caused by anything the Vikings did, right?

Well the Vikings brought their cattle to Greenland with them.

Cow farts have been seen as a factor in global warming. The
climate was in fact cooling, so, no, it wasn't anything the
Vikings did.

The Real Bev wrote:
Richard Henry wrote:
wrote:

OK, smartass, will east and west switch too? Does it rotate or flip?

Being an electrical engineer, I want to know if electrons will become
positive.

And will drains swirl the other way?

Yep. And ski lodges will be at the top of the hill - you'll ski down at
the beginning of the day and take the lift back up after the last run.

OHMYGOD! It's happening already! Starting in Pennsylvania!!!

//Walt

"Mary Malmros" wrote in message news:BKqRf.1607
OK, smartass, will east and west switch too? Does it rotate or flip?

Well, your existing compass can't flip, because it's made the way it is.
If I understand right, while the north end of the needle now points to
Ellesmere Island, now the south end will. But you know what? It ain't
no big deal. Right now, you line up the north-marked end of the needle
with north on the dial; if it reverses, you just line up the
south-marked end of the needle with north on the dial, and bingo, you're
pointed at Ellesmere Island the way you used to be. East is still east
and west is still west and never the two shall meet.


And how is it that you know where the magnetic pole will end up?
I certainly don't presume to know that. I'd say it's highly unlikely.

Bob

"VtSkier" wrote in message ...

As for Jupiter, it has long been thought to be Sol's alter
ego as part of a binary system. Its lunar "children" are nearly
planets themselves, and the the only other liquid water in
the Solar System may well be found on one of those moons.

They just pictured ice geysers on a small moon of Saturn, using a space probe.
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn7924

Bob

Bob wrote:
"VtSkier" wrote in message ...

As for Jupiter, it has long been thought to be Sol's alter
ego as part of a binary system. Its lunar "children" are nearly
planets themselves, and the the only other liquid water in
the Solar System may well be found on one of those moons.


They just pictured ice geysers on a small moon of Saturn, using a space probe.
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn7924

Bob


Neat, thanks.

Bob wrote:

"Mary Malmros" wrote in message news:BKqRf.1607

OK, smartass, will east and west switch too? Does it rotate or flip?

Well, your existing compass can't flip, because it's made the way it is.
If I understand right, while the north end of the needle now points to
Ellesmere Island, now the south end will. But you know what? It ain't
no big deal. Right now, you line up the north-marked end of the needle
with north on the dial; if it reverses, you just line up the
south-marked end of the needle with north on the dial, and bingo, you're
pointed at Ellesmere Island the way you used to be. East is still east
and west is still west and never the two shall meet.



And how is it that you know where the magnetic pole will end up?

It was the use of the word "reverse" that twigged me. Presuming that it
was a correct usage, logically, what I wrote should correctly describe
how a compass behaves, post-_reversal_.

I certainly don't presume to know that. I'd say it's highly unlikely.

You'd say _what_ is highly unlikely? That "reverse" means what the
dictionary says it means?

On 14 Mar 2006 05:06:54 GMT, l (Miko the pooch)
wrote:

In article ,
The Real Bev writes:
OK, smartass, will east and west switch too? Does it rotate or flip?

It doesn't matter because at the point where the polarity switches the
earth is going to spin backward. So the sun will still rise on the east...

....over a really remarkable pile of wreckage from the 1000 MPH
whiplash*.

bw
(*depending on latitude, of course)

bdubya wrote:

On 14 Mar 2006 05:06:54 GMT, l (Miko the pooch) wrote:

In article , The Real Bev
writes:
OK, smartass, will east and west switch too? Does it rotate or flip?

It doesn't matter because at the point where the polarity switches the
earth is going to spin backward. So the sun will still rise on the
east...

...over a really remarkable pile of wreckage from the 1000 MPH
whiplash*.

bw (*depending on latitude, of course)

I'm having difficulty visualizing that. I see a sort of writhing, twisting
motion but I don't understand how that would work. Could you possibly do an
interpretive dance to elucidate?

--
Cheers,
Bev
================================================== =====================
"Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things that I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the
bodies of the people who ****ed me off."

bdubya wrote:
On 14 Mar 2006 05:06:54 GMT, l (Miko the pooch)
wrote:

In article ,
The Real Bev writes:
OK, smartass, will east and west switch too? Does it rotate or flip?
It doesn't matter because at the point where the polarity switches the
earth is going to spin backward. So the sun will still rise on the east...

...over a really remarkable pile of wreckage from the 1000 MPH
whiplash*.

Nope, it'll all happen sans inertia - didn't you know Venus is due to
come whipping around again soon? I think she makes a pass by Jupiter as
well; I'll have to refer to my Velikovsky to be certain.

lal_truckee wrote:
bdubya wrote:

On 14 Mar 2006 05:06:54 GMT, l (Miko the pooch)
wrote:

In article ,
The Real Bev writes:

OK, smartass, will east and west switch too? Does it rotate or flip?

It doesn't matter because at the point where the polarity switches the
earth is going to spin backward. So the sun will still rise on the
east...


...over a really remarkable pile of wreckage from the 1000 MPH
whiplash*.


Nope, it'll all happen sans inertia - didn't you know Venus is due to
come whipping around again soon? I think she makes a pass by Jupiter as
well; I'll have to refer to my Velikovsky to be certain.

Do you suppose that when this happens we'll get a new drop
shipment of petroleum? I think it was Velikovsky who said
petroleum deposits came from outer space.

This would certainly fix our energy woes for a while and make
the Republicans a lot more re-electable.