I knew it was hot...

Pangloss62 · 07-17-2006, 02:23 PM

...but not THAT hot. That's right, we just had "the warmest first half of any year since records began in 1895." You can read the whole analysis at this NOAA site:http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2663.htm

Here in Hotlanta, it's been running about 6 to 8 degrees above normal for the last few weeks, and they say we'll have more of the same. And then there's our famous smog; OK, it's not as famous as LA smog, but were trying really hard:

07-17-2006, 02:33 PM

Why do they say 'warmest' when they mean 'hottest' ?

MaggieL · 07-17-2006, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddug

Why do they say 'warmest' when they mean 'hottest' ?

Because they're climatologists, and they want to use the same word when describing winters too. After all, the "warmest February on record" probably doesn't actually qualify as "hot" at all...especially if one is referring to, say, Maine.

On the other hand, you could assume it's a conspiracy to cloak global warming too...you know..."global hotting"?

Happy Monkey · 07-17-2006, 02:46 PM

Because if you average over the whole Earth, it's very nice!

barefoot serpent · 07-17-2006, 02:51 PM

move to South Dakota...

oh, maybe not: Pierre yesterday at 117 deg. (all-time record high!)

Pangloss62 · 07-17-2006, 02:59 PM

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Pierre yesterday at 117 deg. (all-time record high!)

But that's a dry heat

ferret88 · 07-17-2006, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Pangloss62

But that's a dry heat

yeah, and so's a furnace, but i wouldn't wanna be there either

bluecuracao · 07-17-2006, 06:01 PM

There was a tourist couple from Phoenix in my neighborhood pizza shop recently, and they were telling the local guy working the counter that it was 112 degrees in AZ that day...and he sincerely responded, "Oh, but it's a dry heat!"

We laughed and laughed and laughed.

07-17-2006, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by bluecuracao

There was a tourist couple from Phoenix in my neighborhood pizza shop recently, and they were telling the local guy working the counter that it was 112 degrees in AZ that day...and he sincerely responded, "Oh, but it's a dry heat!"

We laughed and laughed and laughed.

It is very different than a humid heat. When we were in Death Valley hiking and it was over a hundred it was NOTHING like a hundred in FL. MUCH easier to deal with.

07-17-2006, 03:06 PM

Thank you for being so weather-wise , MaggieL . Pangloss is therefore not a climatologist , and he does not know what he is on about .

Pangloss62 · 07-17-2006, 03:22 PM

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and he does not know what he is on about .

Huh? What kind of construction is that?

Actually, weather and climate are areas of interest for me. In fact, I'm going to experience some adiabatic cooling after work today.

MaggieL · 07-17-2006, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddug

Thank you for being so weather-wise , MaggieL . Pangloss is therefore not a climatologist , and he does not know what he is on about .

Of course, he wasn't the one who questioned the diction. :-) Specifically he says Atlanta is hot right now, and I'd take him at his word on that point.

"Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get."

Happy Monkey · 07-17-2006, 03:37 PM

British. "on about" means "talking about".

Pangloss62 · 07-17-2006, 03:45 PM

British. Figures. Like saying: "Buddug is a wanker for saying I don't know what I'm on about."

Trilby · 07-17-2006, 03:44 PM

It's f*cking HOTT here in OHIO (four-five days in the nineties) you can't even go outside. You can't even poke your nose out the door.

I'll take winter any day over this.

07-17-2006, 02:23 PM	#1
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	I knew it was hot... ...but not THAT hot. That's right, we just had "the warmest first half of any year since records began in 1895." You can read the whole analysis at this NOAA site:http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2663.htm Here in Hotlanta, it's been running about 6 to 8 degrees above normal for the last few weeks, and they say we'll have more of the same. And then there's our famous smog; OK, it's not as famous as LA smog, but were trying really hard: __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

07-17-2006, 02:46 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Because if you average over the whole Earth, it's very nice! __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-17-2006, 02:51 PM	#5
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	move to South Dakota... oh, maybe not: Pierre yesterday at 117 deg. (all-time record high!) __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

07-17-2006, 03:37 PM	#13
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	British. "on about" means "talking about". __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-17-2006, 03:45 PM	#14
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	British British. Figures. Like saying: "Buddug is a wanker for saying I don't know what I'm on about." __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

07-17-2006, 02:33 PM	#2
Buddug Guest Posts: n/a	Why do they say 'warmest' when they mean 'hottest' ?

07-17-2006, 06:01 PM	#8
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	There was a tourist couple from Phoenix in my neighborhood pizza shop recently, and they were telling the local guy working the counter that it was 112 degrees in AZ that day...and he sincerely responded, "Oh, but it's a dry heat!" We laughed and laughed and laughed.

07-17-2006, 03:06 PM	#10
Buddug Guest Posts: n/a	Thank you for being so weather-wise , MaggieL . Pangloss is therefore not a climatologist , and he does not know what he is on about .

07-17-2006, 03:44 PM	#15
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	It's f*cking HOTT here in OHIO (four-five days in the nineties) you can't even go outside. You can't even poke your nose out the door. I'll take winter any day over this. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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