tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post1079795124378078405..comments2024-02-12T15:25:44.028+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: Season's Greetings to you allSouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-75017134136131998532015-12-29T15:59:18.161+11:002015-12-29T15:59:18.161+11:00Yes, but Newman is well-known to be a raving loony...Yes, but Newman is well-known to be a raving loony. Does it really matter what he says?Contrail Chooknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-15583165771455521732015-12-29T15:07:10.049+11:002015-12-29T15:07:10.049+11:00Maurice Newman is at it again, too:
http://www.th...Maurice Newman is at it again, too:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/dec/28/climate-sceptic-maurice-newman-says-world-leaders-embracing-junk-science" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/dec/28/climate-sceptic-maurice-newman-says-world-leaders-embracing-junk-science</a>Bernard J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16299073166371273808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-77176766698142265122015-12-29T00:44:19.801+11:002015-12-29T00:44:19.801+11:00FFS, who prepared this rubbish for Kelly? It reek...FFS, who prepared this rubbish for Kelly? It reeks of corporate marketing propaganda, with the scientific ignorance disguised only to the ignorant.<br /><br />This sort of demonstrably false public disinformation should be a crime, especially when the disinformer is an elected member of government.Bernard J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16299073166371273808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-54623467794055494372015-12-28T23:28:48.370+11:002015-12-28T23:28:48.370+11:00Sou,
OTT - but maybe worth a visit. One Fed MP g...Sou,<br /><br />OTT - but maybe worth a visit. One Fed MP going the full denier with awesome incompetence.<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/CraigKellyMP/posts/472141116313861Michaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-33395312445223547642015-12-28T13:29:53.431+11:002015-12-28T13:29:53.431+11:00Merry Christmas!
Today we had our first snowstorm...Merry Christmas!<br /><br />Today we had our first snowstorm in Montreal, and the temperature was only slightly above the monthly norm. Tomorrow we get our first cold snap. In a couple decades this will be normal I guess -- depressing for winter sports fans like myself.numerobisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-77727131478111025612015-12-28T00:42:04.369+11:002015-12-28T00:42:04.369+11:00I am missing commenting here terribly: over at the...I am missing commenting here terribly: over at the Guardian every climate change denier sockpuppet is parroting the line that we can never ever possibly have exceptional flooding because some houses are built on flood plains.Millicentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-4540790487426871352015-12-27T13:02:12.469+11:002015-12-27T13:02:12.469+11:00Thank you for the wonderful photograph, Bert. It i...Thank you for the wonderful photograph, Bert. It is the best Christmas present :)Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-40713413263157315822015-12-27T12:35:04.942+11:002015-12-27T12:35:04.942+11:00Happy holidays Sou, and thanks for all the great e...Happy holidays Sou, and thanks for all the great effort you put in over the past few years to help keep the forces of un-reason at bay... well, as much as that's possible.<br /><br />Sorta OT, but it has rained for all but two days this entire December here in jolly ol' Ireland. And we haven't had a single frost day all year. It's the New Normal, doncha know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-29762675124350706362015-12-27T05:59:55.798+11:002015-12-27T05:59:55.798+11:00Happy Christmas everyone and especial thanks to So...Happy Christmas everyone and especial thanks to Sou for the astonishing amount of work put into this project over the last year. Greatly appreciated :-)BBDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687930416706386215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-68157901659958489172015-12-26T16:33:19.846+11:002015-12-26T16:33:19.846+11:00Bert, I didn't download your image because I h...Bert, I didn't download your image because I have a terrible internet connection, but I've seen the LMC from South America and it is magnificent. I've also had the incredible good fortune to be a professional astronomer for my whole adult life, which gives me the privilege of thinking about the rest of the universe pretty much all the time. <br /><br />I long ago came to the conclusion that we're pretty much stuck with the planet we've got, and that we'd better not screw it up. That's one reason I lurk on these boards (largely on the guardian) and try to do my bit to fight off outrageous nonsense.palindromnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-59090696742970586362015-12-26T01:26:28.677+11:002015-12-26T01:26:28.677+11:00Thanks for all your work this year Sou, and I hope...Thanks for all your work this year Sou, and I hope your family get home safely. I hope this year the world has turned a corner towards sorting this threat out, though I doubt it. Let's hope that when the history of this carbon disaster is written it has a positive outcome, and people like you get a small mention!Captain Flashheartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-61455840810002938212015-12-26T00:08:50.669+11:002015-12-26T00:08:50.669+11:00Ugh, no thanks. I'm happy to hand the baton b...Ugh, no thanks. I'm happy to hand the baton back to you!<br /><br />Given that we're almost halfway from the equator to the pole, these temperatures (and higher, and which are all too common over the last few years) are wreaking havoc on a lot of agriculture, horticulture and ecology, especially with the relatively meagre 500 mm of rain that we've had this year to date.<br /><br />"Pleasant" for us is anything below the mid twenties. Too much of your "pleasant" and we'll start losing* species and crops left, right and centre.<br /><br /><br />[*Some are already on the way out. It's just a matter of time. :-( ]Bernard J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16299073166371273808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-73475969446661493112015-12-25T23:09:52.498+11:002015-12-25T23:09:52.498+11:00It got hotter here as the day progressed, Bernard ...It got hotter here as the day progressed, Bernard - the car reported 38C later in the afternoon. Still a very pleasant day unless you were living or holidaying at Wye River or Lorne (see my other comment).<br /><br />It's the warmest Christmas Day we've had for a long time, but not as hot as earlier this week.<br /><br />Not a good start to the summer fire-wise - and the hotter months are still to come.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-81232253038331606372015-12-25T23:05:01.039+11:002015-12-25T23:05:01.039+11:00Unfortunately it's not to be. There's a dr...Unfortunately it's not to be. There's a dreadful fire in southern Victoria on the famed Great Ocean Road, a favourite holiday destination at this time of the year. At least 50 homes lost so far, and it's heading toward the resort town of Lorne. My niece and her two young children who live in Anglesea are staying the night in Melbourne rather than trying to get home. Longer story - but it's very close to home for them. Lorne is less than 30km east of Anglesea and the fire is currently heading east.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-25/towns-evacuate-as-bushfire-burns-near-great-ocean-road/7054028" rel="nofollow">http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-25/towns-evacuate-as-bushfire-burns-near-great-ocean-road/7054028</a><br /><br />The <a href="http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/3596221/likely-cause-of-barnawartha-fire-revealed/" rel="nofollow">fire up my way</a> is now said to be contained, thankfully.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-44767104705669776302015-12-25T22:58:05.387+11:002015-12-25T22:58:05.387+11:00Just pipped you Sou - we had 36C, with 30-50km/h b...Just pipped you Sou - we had 36C, with 30-50km/h breezes in the afternoon that really sucked the moisture away. A lot of lawns and hay stubble turned crispy brown in hours, and I had to hose the horses down three times - they're not used to such high temperatures in our corner. Usually we don't resort to hosings or swims for the equines until late January...<br /><br />With an hour of Christmas left I'm waiting for the thermometer to drop below the 26C where it's stubbornly hovering, so that I can go to sleep. It's doing my head in, as someone whose first few Christmases were white!<br /><br />Anyway, happy festive season everyone! See you on the other side.Bernard J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16299073166371273808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-51486576955818169442015-12-25T19:31:09.113+11:002015-12-25T19:31:09.113+11:00Merry Christmas everyone.Merry Christmas everyone....and Then There's Physicshttp://andthentheresphysics.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-73153111503412175272015-12-25T15:02:22.471+11:002015-12-25T15:02:22.471+11:00Thanks everyone for your good wishes.
It's a ...Thanks everyone for your good wishes.<br /><br />It's a beautiful day here today. 33C and sunny. Not too hot and not too cold.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-83454608101601446132015-12-25T13:48:32.235+11:002015-12-25T13:48:32.235+11:00Merry Christmas from flyover country. At least we...Merry Christmas from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyover_country" rel="nofollow">flyover country</a>. At least we can boast a white Christmas this year -- take <i>that</i>, El Niño!Raymond Arritthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04648714314250278353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-59152225734879016222015-12-25T11:08:51.444+11:002015-12-25T11:08:51.444+11:00Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you Sou fr...Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you Sou from fridged Montana. Unlike most of the USA, we actually have snow on the ground! Rattus Norvegicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449457204330125792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-31457900146217982662015-12-25T10:45:27.776+11:002015-12-25T10:45:27.776+11:00+1. And one without bush fires.+1. And one without bush fires.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10807913317731807617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-64168562842809120192015-12-25T09:58:54.940+11:002015-12-25T09:58:54.940+11:00Thank you Sou for all you have done this year. The...Thank you Sou for all you have done this year. The Large Magellanic Cloud is high at this time of year.<br /><br />It has taken a lot of nights and work and here is the result. 43MB<br /><br />http://d1355990.i49.quadrahosting.com.au/2015_12/LMC_6P_MosaicM.jpg<br /><br />Here is an image labelled using Atrometry.net 20 MB<br /><br /><br />http://d1355990.i49.quadrahosting.com.au/2015_12/LMC_6P_Label.jpg<br /><br />When contemplating our relative insignificance I wonder about our ability to actually contemplate the vastness of our Universe. The fact we can decide to say we do not know or comprehend will do me. Regards Bert<br /><br />Bert from Elthamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-16772263827582332472015-12-25T06:44:11.179+11:002015-12-25T06:44:11.179+11:00Thanks for your energy Sou you have earned a break...Thanks for your energy Sou you have earned a break.Merry Christmas from Nova Scotia, Canada where Christmas Day is to be sunny and 10C.rumleyfipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03346146988416679423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-55219422946631341002015-12-25T04:42:28.797+11:002015-12-25T04:42:28.797+11:00A happy Christmas from SW Florida, where it's ...A happy Christmas from SW Florida, where it's much too warm for December. FLwolverinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15714397414422766313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-5056147896776044912015-12-25T04:04:38.455+11:002015-12-25T04:04:38.455+11:00Merry Christmas one and all!Merry Christmas one and all!Jammy Dodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360437479098314946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-26504836432848191462015-12-25T03:52:12.686+11:002015-12-25T03:52:12.686+11:00Happy Solstice related holiday, everyone! Into the...Happy Solstice related holiday, everyone! Into the new year...KRnoreply@blogger.com