Sunday, November 22, 2009

Current
Weather
47°F

Coldest temps since 1996 on the way

Low of 10 expected Friday night

By E.B. FURGURSON III and SHANTEE WOODARDS Staff Writers

Published 01/14/09

J. Henson - The Capital
Gaile Jones of Eastport is bundled up against the frigid cold as she crosses the Spa Creek bridge on her way back home.

Baby, it's cold outside.

That will be the refrain between now and Saturday as the coldest weather since 1996 will start moving in, plunging temperatures into the low 20s tonight.

But that is just the beginning.

A classic Alberta clipper will swoop into the area driving temperatures to the lowest point in a dozen years. Tomorrow night's low will be around 14 degrees. Friday night's low will bottom out at 10, with single digits in some outlying areas.

The high on Friday will be in the low 20s.

After tomorrow's high of around 32 degrees the temperature will not likely rise above the freezing...

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doesn't sound so bad nils - 2009-01-19 18:29:26

If Market house ended up underwater it wouldn't be any worse off than what the Moyer administration has done to it...

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Kevin M. - Annapolis, MD - Karma: Bad

How long do we wait? - 2009-01-19 15:26:16

Anne, if you want nasty then all you need to do is look at Emma's comments - it was she who called me a "Nazi." Sounds like the pot calling the kettle "black." I do think Anne makes part of a good point. There is a lot of shrill language on BOTH SIDES of the argument. The reason that environmentalists may be louder is that they are fighting the entrenched energy system that has highly-paid scientists and politicians in their pockets. The concern is that some fear it's already too late. How long do we wait? What do you need as confirmation that we're in trouble - when the water is lapping at the door of the Market House? Turning around a ship as big as the Earth is going to take a long time. Do you want to leave this problem for your children and your childrens' children?

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Nils Pedersen - Arnold, MD - Karma: Neutral

Nils - 2009-01-18 22:39:36

Its great to hear your statistical and fantastically laden facts based on a poll provided by the "Independent" as the basis for your argument. Further, it is wonderful that you use the National Geographic Magazine as your source of facts. If these are the "good science" facts that you talk about that refute the opposition to "global warming" than we are all in trouble

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Johnathan Locke - Edgewater, MD - Karma: Good

31K Scientists Disagree - 2009-01-18 18:59:34

It is the so-called environmentalists who are arguing global warming from an ideological point of view and typical of the left going to extreme measures to silence dissent. There are at least 31K U.S. scientists who disagree (http://www.petitionproject.org/). Why can't there be an honest debate without those who disagree being attacked? Because the data and analysis behind the case for global warming is so weak. That is why they are so afraid and so nasty.

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Anne Gibboney Huske - Annapolis, MD - Karma: Neutral

Deniers - 2009-01-18 13:15:03

I hear a true convert to the Bush administration?s attempt to make scientific decisions on pure ideology instead of good science. It?s utterly fantastical to suggest that the vast majority of scientists believe climate change isn?t real and dangerous. In a recent poll by the Independent only one out of 80 scientists polled said that they were ?optimistic about the ability of the climate system to cope with increases in man-made CO2 without dangerous climate change.? Speaking of Nazis ? strangely there are also people who claim that the Holocaust never occurred. Yes, anyone with a little middle-school knowledge knows how the carbon cycle works. We all know that there have been warm periods and glacial periods. But take a look at the recent National Geographic that addresses the subject. Greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere are rising to levels off the charts compared to the last few hundred millennia. Sure, plants need CO2; but vast tracks of the earth?s forests, particularly the Amazon, are being clear-cut and burned reducing the planet?s ability to absorb CO2. You want an extreme look at greenhouse gasses take a look at Venus. The suggestion that the carbon cycle is going to be naturally balanced just because it always has been is short sighted and dangerous.

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Nils Pedersen - Arnold, MD - Karma: Neutral

Climate Change - 2009-01-17 09:26:57

Much like other systems in life, Climate change is cyclical. Is it happening, yes, has it happened before, yes, did it happen before man showed up and started driving around 6 MPG Hummers on a daily basis, yes. About the only thing we can do as humans is try to lessen our impact on the environment, but not to the point of stagnation. Until we realize we can't save every variation (species) of animal, maybe we could spend that money on feasible renewable energy. I honestly, can't stand when Entomologists discover something like a "red spotted bowl weviel" in field being used to grow corn, and then, because it is on the endangered species list, that farmer is essentially stuck with the land and can't work it. I meam really, who are we really looking after here. It is natural, when one species propagates that it displaces others. Short of banning all human breeding we will never be able to stop this. We will always have an impact on earth, as do all animals, but to what extent, like Emma states, no one is really clear on.

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Johnathan Locke - Edgewater, MD - Karma: Good

Natural cycle - 2009-01-17 07:57:28

Maybe the SUN has something to do with temperatures on earth?
Nils and other Eco-Nazis tell us it's cow pharts and BREATHING. (And make a buck off it too!)
And since nothing can be done about the (Non) problem why not prolong it and make some money trading nonsensical 'Carbon Credits'? And note to Nils, trees and anything green NEED CO2! And the oceans warm THEN exude CO2 not the other way around. Try it with a warm beer and a cold beer. Which goes flat faster? And NO there is no 'consensus' among REAL scientists, in fact most deny Climate Change is caused by Man.

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Emma G. - West River, MD - Karma: Neutral

The last of the ostriches - 2009-01-15 22:04:10

Geesh, even very-soon-to-be former President Bush (one-time oil executive) has pulled his head out of the sand and admitted that there?s something to this climate change thing. While ?global warming? is correct ?climate change? is more accurate. This means the changes in the climate are going to be more severe and extreme, more violent and varied. We?re already seeing more hurricanes and tornados. Our mid-Atlantic summers are getting hotter. Ironically the upper Mid-West may see colder winters even as the Arctic ice sheet shrinks. And now there are fears that the dust bowl of the ?30s is on the verge of returning. The remaining deniers are mostly a handful of conservatives yet to take off their anti-conservation blinders. Ironic to is that more and more businesses are recognizing that a ?green economy? can be a profitable one. That was one of Barack Obama?s campaign themes. What left-wing conspiracy will Emma fault when water is lapping at the stoop of her West River home?

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Nils Pedersen - Arnold, MD - Karma: Neutral

Wow - 2009-01-15 14:35:25

When will folks realize that global warming does not mean that it will never be cold or snow again? It's fart by the way.

No, America needs a new direction, where people realize that their actions, the car they drive, the food they eat, the energy they use, has both effects and costs beyond the monthly bill. Sad.

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J F. - Annapolis, MD - Karma: Bad

Global Warming? - 2009-01-14 22:21:26

So much for that. Oops! It's 'Climate Change' now so no matter what happens our taxes go up because we; Breathe, phart,drive automobiles, burn coal or wood....America needs a break from Left Wing loonie B.S.!

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Emma G. - West River, MD - Karma: Neutral