humans will always complain about the weather...
Part of what makes us human IMO.
We had a wonderful weekend, cross country skiing both saturday and sunday, as well as a couple times after work earlier in the week. Hope the cold will keep for a little longer, but I fear that might stretch my "luck budget".
Perhaps better to look at much longer time-lines when considering the Earth's temperature.
Life will continue. Don't worry.
We might have just avoided another ice age thanks to a well timed industrial revolution.
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The last snow in my area was 8 years ago and it made a complete collapse like in Spain.
It is now 14C with a south wind called 'jugo' which brings rain, and after 'jugo' comes a 'bura' north wind that can reach gusts of 200km/h which is quite cold and lowers the temperature below 0C but without snow and rain . At 0C on the 'bura' you feel like it’s -15C, no matter how many clothes you wear it’s always winter.
It is now 14C with a south wind called 'jugo' which brings rain, and after 'jugo' comes a 'bura' north wind that can reach gusts of 200km/h which is quite cold and lowers the temperature below 0C but without snow and rain . At 0C on the 'bura' you feel like it’s -15C, no matter how many clothes you wear it’s always winter.
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As of 30s ago I can say the weather is damn fantastic, a much needed return to a healthy climate .
Unless you live in, say, Bangladesh ...
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Our little corner of the country is much different than the rest. Canada is still a very cold country in the winter. The Vancouver area is not.in Canada the snow reaches the chimney. A lot has changed there.
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Unless you live in, say, Bangladesh ...
Jan
was there an inauguration in Bangladesh too ?
Bora (wind - Wikipedia) Wow, sounds awful.
The 'bura' is born here, on the Velebit mountain.
My son was afraid that the 'bura' would take him away, we literally froze, it was only the beginning of October, the sea was still pleasant for swimming at that time.
Photos are from the Kubus viewpoint on altitude of 927m.
You can see that the islands on the north side are completely bare, only grass can grow, everything else is uprooted by the 'bura'. This grass, which is salty because of the sea carried by the 'bura', is grazed by sheep and thus the famous Pag cheese is made.
Velebitska bura/Bura wind on Velebit Mountain and Adriatic Sea - YouTube
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Very nice shots grunf.
The other side of Velebit is greener, but the climate is different, it snows there
A little less than an hour's drive from this viewpoint is the Nikola Tesla Memorial Center in his birthplace Smiljani.
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2” of snow fell this morning whilst we were having breakfast. As ever down here it won’t last but makes a nice chance to get some proper winter weather. Happiness is a 5 year old
Making their first snow Angel ever!
My neighbour has a one year old sheep dog, fun to watch him barking and trying to catch the falling snow flakes. It's almost gone now.....
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