tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post8852876010035024873..comments2023-09-22T09:03:09.417-04:00Comments on Townie Bastard: Winter?towniebastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03129158923604362272noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-88491116190043185492010-02-24T00:25:00.866-05:002010-02-24T00:25:00.866-05:00...hmmm ....Gosling's Black Seal gets co-write......hmmm ....Gosling's Black Seal gets co-writer credit on the above missive I see....<br /><br />Regards,<br />etc.The Perfect Stormnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-83073474118237875022010-02-23T21:56:22.398-05:002010-02-23T21:56:22.398-05:00The Toronto area is experiencing what the Environm...The Toronto area is experiencing what the Environment Canada is saying we're experiencing a "snow dought" this winter. More simply, a drought altogether.<br /><br />They are putting it down to ....wait for it....wait....not global climate change.<br /><br />Instead they're saying it fits with the larger global weather patterns they've sussed out of the data in the past 20 years...or, you likely already guessed it...El Nino and El Nina (I've alreadey forgotten which from the GO train ride home reading I did this evening). It's the regularly scheduled warm upwelling of water in the South Pacific that they've found has been something going on well before the Al Gore was a little el, er "al".<br /><br />Anyways, not a climate change sceptic so much as willing to accept that our climate mechanics are far (far) more complex and interconnected than we're aware of. What passes for warm weather and a light dusting of snow in Mississauga (and environs further north) is also the culprit in atrocious weather only a few hundred kms south.<br /><br />Go ahhhh "weather" I guess.<br /><br />Melodie: as for complaining about the weather, we're Canadian! That's what we DO!<br /><br />Regards,<br />etc.The Perfect Stormnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10757771.post-1010176583551309702010-02-20T14:25:21.690-05:002010-02-20T14:25:21.690-05:00Well although I'm pretty sure that it's no...Well although I'm pretty sure that it's not that great for the environment, after these few years of extremely cold winters and way too cool and rainy summers (Yes, I'm from Toronto area)...I am a bit relieved to be having a more 'mild' winter. Now for us down here, I don't think we've had THAT much of a mild winter...but we are getting WAY less snow! For me, I love it. It makes bearing the way too long winter season a little easier.<br /><br />I really hope that this year we'll get a HOT summer. And really, I would love if it doesn't rain. I kind of don't care if the lawns go brown...grass is quite resilient. <br /><br />I feel like the past few years have been more like: Long winters that are harsh, cold and bitter, followed by an extended spring weather with too much rain (and only a few sparse 'hot' days...that I desperately cling too).<br /><br />Sorry for the long comment. And maybe I kind of sound like a bad Canadian for complaining about the winter...And I probably sound like I'm ignorant towards the state of our environment. Oops.<br /><br />Next year though, I'm pretty sure next year will return to normal cold winters for ALL of Canada. lolMelodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16765004925673883980noreply@blogger.com