90 to 100 degrees in Bellingham WA!

**emetic** · 07-10-2007, 12:14 AM

Originally Posted by rideit

and the drought in Australia.

dude it's been raining pretty consitently on the east coast here for the last 6 weeks. Half the places that were in drought are now flooded.

And besides the drought here has nothing to do with global warming, Australia has always had long periods of little rain followed by short burts of heavy rain. It's just weather patterns.

**f2f** · 07-10-2007, 12:15 AM

screw the extremes, GW. instead, base your argument (if you have such) on the means for the last century.

i'll start you off with a couple of graphs, because they are so nice to look at:

this one is from here:

this one is from here:

and a bonus one, just because it's so shiny:

and, just for the record, if you think that a lack of temperature extremes for a certain period means that there is no change in the average for that period you fail at basic statistics.

**Gunder** · 07-10-2007, 12:28 AM

Fuck, enough with the its 20~30 above normal its gota be global warming B.S.

First off, Washington state is home to the LAST TWO SITES OF WORLD RECORD SNOWFALL.

Second, Bellingham / Western WA in general has at least 1 week of 80~100F WEATHER EVERY YEAR! it's just that some times its earlier other times later in the summer, so this whole ABOVE NORMAL BS is all relative.

Third, we are having the EXACT SAME weather pattern that we did prior to the last world record so I'm not complaning......

C'mon does it really get much better than having the world's snowiest place an hour a way, and living in a climate that has moderate temps nearly all year long???? Just ask all the fucking hippies living on thestreat here, they will tell you that A, we got the best climate for living on the streets and the best drugs to go with it

**fiddler** · 07-10-2007, 12:57 AM

All afternoon I'll be loving it in my 35' long tin can driving up and down Northwest Ave. If it's over 90 outside it'll be over 100 inside the damn bus. And management

says (from their air conditioned offices) that we don't need A/C in the new fleet of buses we're getting in a couple of years.
It should be slightly cooler close to the water but out in the county it will be blazing.
Time to find a snowbank to burrow into.

**Gunder** · 07-10-2007, 01:03 AM

Originally Posted by fiddler

All afternoon I'll be loving it in my 35' long tin can driving up and down Northwest Ave. If it's over 90 outside it'll be over 100 inside the damn bus. And management

says (from their air conditioned offices) that we don't need A/C in the new fleet of buses we're getting in a couple of years.
It should be slightly cooler close to the water but out in the county it will be blazing.
Time to find a snowbank to burrow into.

You know if you drive faster the bus will be cooler

Secretly hopes all busses on state street start dooing 55mph so that my speeding isnt so obvious

Ohh... BTW I think that "Muzzy" has just been over indulging in the substances I referred to above when placing the bus order.

**refried** · 07-10-2007, 01:04 AM

It will be a little cooler out on the islands, still warm, but at least most of the tourists have left.

**grrrr** · 07-10-2007, 01:08 AM

And its a nice time to be sitting on Toad Lake having a cool-down beer. You guys out to come up here - its 5 or 6 degrees cooler, and the lake is a nice 66 right now.

I for one don't complain. After that long wet season I'm ready for a few days of blast furnace. Hopefully the winds will kick up and I can sail. Best thing about being sidelined for the season - I'm actually lazing this summer.

**AstroPax** · 07-10-2007, 07:33 AM

Originally Posted by minddoc

20 to 30 degrees above normal!

Meanwhile, in Argentina...

http://www.france24.com/france24Publ...sxdw6&cat=null

**DaveTV** · 07-10-2007, 07:45 AM

Gotta love the New England coast in July & August - while it pushed 100 in DC/PHI/NYC yesterday:

Portland, Maine:

Hull, Massachusetts

**refried** · 07-10-2007, 08:17 AM

I Spent most of my summers in Maine to avoid the heat and humidity on Long Island, I hate hot humid weather,I Should just close the shop and go boating.

**Below Zero** · 07-10-2007, 08:26 AM

Whether you believe in global warming or not, the things that men like Al Gore are asking everyone to do are good things. Why not just do them? Recycling, energy effiecent homes, driving less, buying a hybrid car, etc.

**bossass** · 07-10-2007, 09:08 AM

Seriously, fuck any of you who chuck a soda can, or beer can, in the garbage. It's so fucking easy to recycle these days. Shit, in Oregon all you gotta do is set your cans on the curb or next to a wall. The bums will get them within an hour.

And if what you're saying is true, Gunder. I guess i'll be staying with you most of next winter.

**tenB** · 07-10-2007, 09:59 AM

Its the middle of July. It gets hot, even in the Northwest.

If you want cooler temperatures, drive to the coast!

**Mofro261** · 07-10-2007, 10:05 AM

Originally Posted by tenB

Its the middle of July. It gets hot, even in the Northwest.

If you want cooler temperatures, drive to the coast!

.... where it's meant to only be 90 today.

**cincystar** · 07-10-2007, 10:17 AM

wow rideit youre getting really touchy over this! My point was 20 - 30 degrees above normal may very well be a "normal fluctuations". Are you telling me that over the past few hundred years temperates have not normally flucuated 20-30 degrees above average? Thats ludicrous.

Now if you can convince me that this ONE temperature spike in WA is a direct effect of global warming then ill shut up....Otherwise youre wrong, for the time being anyway. Im not saying i dont believe in the whole global warming thing but that is a totally normal temperature flucuations in one and area and is going to be damn near impossible to link bellinghams 90 degree temps this week to global warming. Good luck though oh and stop being so defensive, sorry if I hurt your feelings.

**Gerome** · 07-10-2007, 10:32 AM

Whether there is global warming or not, a smaller global footprint by each person has a positive impact on the environment in general. And if your electricity bill is $5 cheaper because you diligently turn off the lights, there's one less scoop of coal out of the strip mine, and there's one more beer for you to drink.

"Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticided grain,
For strip-mined mountain's majesty above the asphalt plain.
America, America, man sheds his waste on thee,
And hides the pines with billboard signs, from sea to oily sea.”

George Carlin

**grrrr** · 07-10-2007, 10:33 AM

They're calling for a high of 80 in the Islands today. Now upgraded our forecast here for 94-96...compared to the previous high of 84 for today. I'm not able to find any data on Bellingham, but the all-time high for Seattle was 100, set in 1994.

GlobalWarming · 07-10-2007, 11:13 AM

Originally Posted by f2f

screw the extremes, GW. instead, base your argument (if you have such) on the means for the last century.

i'll start you off with a couple of graphs, because they are so nice to look at:

this one is from here:

this one is from here:

and a bonus one, just because it's so shiny:

and, just for the record, if you think that a lack of temperature extremes for a certain period means that there is no change in the average for that period you fail at basic statistics.

Reading comprehension isn't one of your strengths, is it?
Thanks for saying what I already stated.

Originally Posted by GlobalWarming

I am an average rising temperature of the entire globe as a whole. Just pointing out regional temperature fluctuations and claims that deserts are getting larger (which is a precipitation factor not directly affected by me) is ignorant.

Read, comprehend, then post.
Too many people like you just want to argue and not listen. You're now on the ignore list.

**tenB** · 07-10-2007, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by Mofro261

.... where it's meant to only be 90 today.

90 at the beach sounds like a great day! With cold nw winds at 15-20, you'll still need a sweatshirt..........

I thought only old people whined about the weather like this.

**f2f** · 07-10-2007, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by GlobalWarming

You're now on the ignore list.

oh my, such an honor!

what i was referring to, and what your logic comprehension skills missed, was this:

Originally Posted by GlobalWarming

While you're at it, notice only one record high has been recorded in the 2000's. Only 4 recorded in the 90's. Now look at the 30's. 24 recorded high temperature records in the 1930's.
The numbers don't lie, but the special interest groups, corporations and politicians are all making a fortune off of you. Keep fluffing me, for their sake.

**rideit** · 07-10-2007, 01:16 PM

GW, trust me, you didn't hurt my feelings...you merely insulted your own intelligence!

**grrrr** · 07-11-2007, 07:24 PM

Bellingham tied the all-time record of 94 today, and it looks like Friday Harbor broke their previous record of 93 with a 95.

So, global warming, you were saying?

GlobalWarming · 07-11-2007, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by grrrr

Bellingham tied the all-time record of 94 today, and it looks like Friday Harbor broke their previous record of 93 with a 95.

So, global warming, you were saying?

It was much warmer 5 years ago in Washington, according to your logic, our area was globally cooling until this year. Another idiot on ignore.

THURSDAY (7/12) FRIDAY (7/13)

LOCATION RECORD FORECAST RECORD FORECAST
HIGH YEAR TEMP HIGH YEAR TEMP

WASHINGTON...

SPOKANE 103 1967 101 102 2002 104
COLVILLE 105 2002 105 104 2002 107
REPUBLIC 103 1940 99 102 1938 104
OMAK 105 2002 106 103 1935 105
WENATCHEE 104 2002 105 105 1965 105
MOSES LAKE 106 2002 106 108 2002 106
WILBUR 103 2002 100 102 2002 103
RITZVILLE 106 2002 103 106 2002 105
PULLMAN 102 1967 99 98 2002 102

IDAHO...

BONNERS FERRY 102 1940 101 96 1960 104
SANDPOINT 98 1940 96 94 2002 99
COEUR D`ALENE 102 1975 100 102 1926 103
KELLOGG 106 1967 102 105 1967 106
LEWISTON 110 1967 107 110 2002 109
WINCHESTER 96 1967 94 93 2002 95

**grrrr** · 07-11-2007, 10:59 PM

Originally Posted by GlobalWarming

It was much warmer 5 years ago in Washington, according to your logic, our area was globally cooling until this year. Another idiot on ignore.

Too damn easy to pull your chain...are you really that stupid?

**Gunder** · 07-11-2007, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by GlobalWarming

It was much warmer 5 years ago in Washington, according to your logic, our area was globally cooling until this year. Another idiot on ignore.

THURSDAY (7/12) FRIDAY (7/13)

LOCATION RECORD FORECAST RECORD FORECAST
HIGH YEAR TEMP HIGH YEAR TEMP

WASHINGTON...

SPOKANE 103 1967 101 102 2002 104
COLVILLE 105 2002 105 104 2002 107
REPUBLIC 103 1940 99 102 1938 104
OMAK 105 2002 106 103 1935 105
WENATCHEE 104 2002 105 105 1965 105
MOSES LAKE 106 2002 106 108 2002 106
WILBUR 103 2002 100 102 2002 103
RITZVILLE 106 2002 103 106 2002 105
PULLMAN 102 1967 99 98 2002 102

IDAHO...

BONNERS FERRY 102 1940 101 96 1960 104
SANDPOINT 98 1940 96 94 2002 99
COEUR D`ALENE 102 1975 100 102 1926 103
KELLOGG 106 1967 102 105 1967 106
LEWISTON 110 1967 107 110 2002 109
WINCHESTER 96 1967 94 93 2002 95

WTF every site you listed here is for areas east of the cascades, wich are ALWAYS warmer than the west side.