{"id":9832,"date":"2011-11-18T17:55:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T22:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=9832"},"modified":"2011-11-18T17:55:45","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T22:55:45","slug":"heads-up-al-gore-so-this-is-global-warming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/11\/heads-up-al-gore-so-this-is-global-warming.html","title":{"rendered":"Heads Up Al Gore – So this is Global Warming?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watchwoman:<\/span><\/strong> Follow the money. Al Gore makes tons of $’s off\u00a0scamming\u00a0the\u00a0be-jabbers\u00a0out of the\u00a0citizenry. \u00a0How? \u00a0Global warming! \u00a0He is the author and finisher of selling carbon credits. \u00a0He profits from selling industry air! That is so\u00a0ridiculous, it is downright funny!!! \u00a0Back in the 60’s they made a movie called “Music Man” and a fast-talking con-guy (Robert Preston) sold instruments to a marching band by terrifying parents about a local pool hall corrupting their children — only there were no instruments. \u00a0Recall the song, “76 Trombones” and think of Al Gore leading the big parade, selling air to fools. \u00a0HA! HA! HA! \u00a0For your viewing entertainment, I’ve included “76 Trombones” video from the movie. \u00a0Enjoy. \u00a0I’ve also highlighted the paragraph about Fairbanks suffering from AIR POLLUTION and having an air advisory in effect. \u00a0Must be all those steel mills and heavy industry in Fairbanks. Oh, wait, there are no smoke stacks in Fairbanks! \u00a0\u25ac \u00a0Donna Calvin<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Even longtime Alaskans taken off guard by deep freeze<\/h1>\n
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FAIRBANKS – A mid-November cold snap seems to have caught even seasoned Fairbanksans off guard.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think anybody was really expecting this,\u201d 43-year-old Shawn Ross, a lifelong Fairbanksan, said. \u201cThis came out of the blue.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the second time in three days, Fairbanks set a new low temperature record on Thursday. A temperature of 41 degrees below zero \u2014 the first 40 below temperature of the season \u2014 was recorded at Fairbanks International Airport at 6:29 a.m., according to the National Weather Service in Fairbanks. That broke the old record of 39 below set in 1969.<\/p>\n

The cold air settling in the flatlands has concentrated air pollution. The Fairbanks North Star Borough issued air quality advisories on Wednesday and Thursday because particulate matter was above the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s standards and rated as unhealthy for sensitive groups.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Fairbanks cold records continue to fall; air quality alert issued<\/a><\/p>\n

Fairbanks set a new record of 35 below on Tuesday and the temperature bottomed out at 39 below on Wednesday, two degrees shy of the record.<\/p>\n

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Location of Fairbanks, Alaska (shown in red)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thursday\u2019s record low of 41 below marked the sixth earliest 40-below temperature recorded by the National Weather Service in Fairbanks since 1904. The earliest it\u2019s ever hit 40 below in Fairbanks was Nov. 5, 1907, when it hit 41 below.<\/p>\n

The last time Fairbanksans saw 40-below temperatures in November was in 1994, when temperatures of 45, 43 and 45 below were recorded on Nov. 24, 25 and 30, respectively.<\/p>\n

The bitter, early season cold had Interior residents wondering if somebody turned the calendar ahead a month or two.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis sort of thing is certainly more common in December and January than November,\u201d meteorologist Dan Hancock at the National Weather Service in Fairbanks said. \u201cWe can go through an entire winter and not get this cold.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ross, who has owned Badger Towing for 11 years, said even he wasn\u2019t prepared for a cold snap this severe so early in the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t have all my trucks on the road,\u201d he said Thursday as he scrambled to keep up with demand for his services from motorists stranded by shredded tires and frozen engines. \u201cI had one driver who had to run down to the store to buy some winter boots because he was still wearing fall boots. He said he\u2019d just wear another pair of socks, but that doesn\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwenty or 25 below is tolerable, but past 30 below it\u2019s a whole different ball of wax,\u201d Ross said.<\/p>\n

Several record low temperatures set more than 40 years ago were broken overnight Wednesday in the Fairbanks area.<\/p>\n

Eielson Air Force Base reported a low of 43 below early Thursday morning, which broke the previous record of 40 below in 1969. It was the second day in a row a new record was set at Eielson. It was 42 below there on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

The coldest temperature reported Thursday morning was a record 54 below in Manley Hot Springs. A temperature of 49 below was recorded at KNJP radio station in North Pole, also a record.<\/p>\n

Other low temperatures around the Interior on Thursday morning were 46 below in Fort Yukon, 45 below in Nikolai, 42 below in Nenana and Tanana and 40 below at Bettles.<\/p>\n

The forecast calls for extreme temperatures through the weekend, though not quite as teeth-chattering as the past few days.<\/p>\n

Highs today are expected to be 15 to 25 below with lows of 25 to 35 below. On Saturday, the forecast calls for highs of 10 to 15 below and lows of 25 to 35 below. Sunday might be a little warmer, with highs of 10 to 20 below and a low of 30 below.<\/p>\n

The record low temperatures for Friday and Saturday are 33 below on both days, which means there is a decent chance for more low temperature records at the airport.<\/p>\n

\u201cHigh temperatures are going to remain well below zero but there will be some cloud cover and a somewhat warmer air mass will move in,\u201d Hancock said.<\/p>\n

As for how long the cold snap may last, forecasters said there\u2019s a chance even colder air could move in early next week. How cold it gets will depend on how much cloud cover there is.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s some inconsistencies in the models right now,\u201d meteorologist Julie Malingowski said. \u201cIf it does clear out, we\u2019re doomed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cold temperatures are already affecting life for residents in Alaska\u2019s second-largest city.<\/p>\n

The Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks canceled races scheduled for Friday night and Sunday at Birch Hill Recreation Area that were expected to attract top racers from around the state, though the club is still hoping to hold a race on Saturday if the temperature warms up to the 15 below range, John Estle, the club\u2019s racing coordinator, said.<\/p>\n

For people like Ross, at Badger Towing, the cold temperatures mean brisk business.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s probably multiplied five times since it got cold,\u201d he said of business at his towing company. \u201cThere were a lot of cars not prepared for this.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are not checking their tire pressure,\u201d he said, adding that tires lose air when it gets cold and then are more susceptible to going flat. \u201cI\u2019ve picked up five today along sitting on the side of the road with flat or shredded tires.\u201d<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s still too early for buried water and sewer lines to freeze, Kirk Krause at Bigfoot Pumping and Thawing said he\u2019s had several calls for frozen water lines inside houses.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlug in your heat tape and turn the heat up,\u201d Krause advised. \u201cA lot of people turn their heat down (to save money on heating oil) and it\u2019s going to cost them more in the end\u201d when pipes freeze.<\/p>\n

With only a foot of snow on the ground to provide insulation from the cold, Krause said it won\u2019t take long at these temperatures to drive the frost line down to the point where it will threaten buried lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt helps, but it ain\u2019t nearly enough, not if the weather stays like this,\u201d he said of the thin snow cover. \u201cWith the lack of snow and this cold, it\u2019s going to push that frost down pretty fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Record Lows<\/strong><\/p>\n

Several record low temperatures were broken overnight Wednesday:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Manley Hot Springs \u2014\u00a054 below<\/p>\n

\u2022 North Pole (KJNP) \u2014 49 below<\/p>\n

\u2022 Eielson Air Force Base \u2014 43 below<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fairbanks International Airport \u2014 41 below<\/p>\n

\u2022 University Experimental Station \u2014 41 below<\/p>\n

\u2022 UAF West Ridge \u2014 40 below<\/p>\n

Earliest 40 Below<\/strong><\/p>\n

There have been five times when a temperature of 40 below or colder was recorded in Fairbanks earlier than it was this year.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nov. 5, 1907 \u2014 41 below<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nov. 10, 1989 \u2014 42 below<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nov. 14, 1956 \u2014 41 below<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nov. 16, 1969 \u2014 41 below<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nov. 16, 1956 \u2014 40 below<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nov. 17, 2011 \u2014 41 below<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0Fairbanks Daily News-Miner – Record Fairbanks cold continues air quality warnings issued<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n