13 Apr 08
http://timblair.net/
It's a treat to freeze your feet in the Mississippi sleet! More evidence
of non-warming via reader Candy A., currently freezing her A off in
Minnesota:
The ****pping season on the Upper Mississippi River is officially open
for another year. A tow pu****ng 15 barges arrived in St. Paul early this
morning, becoming the first to make it through Lake Pepin, which is
still ice-covered in some spots. A 2nd tow that was also pu****ng 15
barges went through the lock and dam in Red Wing around 5 this morning
on its way to St. Paul.
This is the latest opening of the ****pping season on record.
Due to too much ice, which has also delayed Mississippi-borne Iowan dam
structures:
It's way icier than usual:
The average opening date of the navigation season for the last 30 years
has been March 20. In 2007, the first tow to make it to St. Paul was the
MV Cooperative Venture, a tow owned by American River Trans****tation
Company of St. Louis, on March 29.
This late start, due to unusually cold spring temperatures, breaks the
previous late record of April 7, 1978.
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Warmest Regards
Bonzo
"There is no compelling evidence that carbon dioxide has any significant
control over the direction of global temperature and climate. The
processes that regulate the interannual to decadal fluctuations of
climate are poorly understood and, as yet, unpredictable" William
Kininmonth, Meteorologist, Former Head, National Climate Centre, Bureau
of Meteorology, 1986-1998
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