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FNL seeks CCDN for fun and good times

ENVIRONMENT/TODAY: Global Warming Causing More Snow? Come Again? -- FoxNews.com Deadline: Feb 01, 2011 11:00 PM EST
Former Vice President Al Gore told Bill O'Reilly that: "A rise in global temperature can create all sorts of havoc, ranging from hotter dry spells to colder winters, along with increasingly violent storms, flooding, forest fires and loss of endangered species." We need comments from someone who can point out the ridiculousness of his argument, even if you accept the somewhat-implausible argument. I've been assigned this story just now by Fox News in New York for the science and technology desk. I'm looking for comments. Please send comments via e-mail. Please send your name, title and company you represent. Please send comments by 10 p.m. CST. Contact: Gene Koprowski, [redacted]

Come on. Gene is lonely. Can someone please help him out?
For the uninitiated: FNL=Fox News Lunatic, CCDN=Climate Change Denier Nut.

Acorn-mania

Big acorns crashing on your roof?  Sure crashing on mine.  A few sound like one of those cartoon anvils hitting above my head.
Should We Fear the Year of the Acorn? 

Acorns are piling up around the U.S., threatening to cover some cities in nuts. Not really, but there have been an "exceptionally large number of acorns" dropped by oak trees around the country this year, Chicago-area experts say.
This year has been one of the heaviest in memory for the nuts, also called "fruits" of oaks, says Kris Bachtell, a vice president with The Morton Arboretum in Illinois.
A heavy year like this, called a "mast year," is a natural, cyclical process that helps oak trees survive, and doesn't mean they're in bad shape, according to Dr. Gary Watson, the Arboretum's senior scientist and head of research.
Is the hot weather/changing climate to blame?
States were having the opposite problem in 2008 (see "The Mysterious Case of Disappearing Acorns").
Bachtell says warm, dry weather this April and May was "favorable for pollination." Data gathered at the Arboretum, a National Weather Service station, showed that April 2010 was, on average, 10 degrees warmer than April 2009. May was 3 degrees warmer, on average. Frequent summer rainfall was another factor.
What to do with a pile of acorns? Thumb through a recipe book? Bachtell says you can just leave them for the animals, or sweep them up.

Is Utah part of the USA?

Utah House of Reps Passes Resolution Calling Climate Change a Conspiracy

In an effort to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to "cease its carbon dioxide reduction policies, programs, and regulations until climate data and global warming science are substantiated" the Utah House of Representatives has passed a resolution (HRJ012) which basically states the climate change in a conspiracy and efforts to stop it will bankrupt the nation and are precursors to global governance.


WHEREAS, global temperatures have been level and declining in some areas over the past 12 years; WHEREAS, the "hockey stick" global warming assertion has been discredited and climate alarmists' carbon dioxide-related global warming hypothesis is unable to account for the current downturn in global temperatures...

Utah - a State I don't have any interest to visit at this point. The Crazy Train made a stop in Salt Lake City.

Fox News Confused

Weather for the Hopelessly Confused

When you watch the weatherman on TV, you often hear about the highs and lows of the day, humidity levels and precipitation. But sometimes on TV you also see advertisements for places to vacation claiming that their location has a hot and sunny beach climate or a cold and snowy location that is great for skiing. If climate and weather both describe temperature and precipitation, what is the difference?
Weather is "the conditions in the atmosphere in a certain place during a certain time. Weather is always changing [emphasis mine]."


Climate is "what the weather is generally like over long periods of time, such as years or decades in a particular area. A place that has little rainfall has a dry climate, and a place that has high temperatures has a hot climate."

Got that Fox? Hope this little primer helps. Or just a little to complicated for you talking heads. Of course reality many times does not get the big laugh now does it.