calgary https://scienceblogs.com/ en Freak Summer Snowstorm in Calgary Leaves 30,000 Without Power https://scienceblogs.com/illconsidered/2014/09/freak-summer-snowstorm-in-calgary-leaves-30000-without-power <span>Freak Summer Snowstorm in Calgary Leaves 30,000 Without Power</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I grew up in Calgary and a small bedroom community west of it called Bragg Creek.  This event is not on a par with the flooding of a couple years ago, but it still qualifies as "freaky".</p> <p><a href="http://mashable.com/2014/09/11/snowstorm-calgary/">Freak Summer Snowstorm in Calgary Leaves 30,000 Without Power</a>.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/illconsidered" lang="" about="/author/illconsidered" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">illconsidered</a></span> <span>Fri, 09/12/2014 - 03:50</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/extreme-weather" hreflang="en">extreme weather</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/calgary" hreflang="en">calgary</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/freak-weather" hreflang="en">freak weather</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/snow" hreflang="en">Snow</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/snowtember" hreflang="en">snowtember</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1599332" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1410534890"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>And you certainly want to indicate that a summer snowstorm is an unequivocal sign of anthropogenic global warming?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1599332&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="dN4PJy5Bt2ZOh4CSOBgyXzjEfbFK79Hl_EDroSwL5M0"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">freddy (not verified)</span> on 12 Sep 2014 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/11013/feed#comment-1599332">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1599333" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1410538642"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>@1 No, for these types of events we alarmists invented the term: Climate Change. </p> <p>See? This is why we p0wn septics: we've got all corners covered. Many thanks to Frank Luntz and the conservative party for this brilliant strategy.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1599333&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="v2Ga6a7nhGJEBvVpQD0i8z03FmK0CHAEk8VDbSDW0Ww"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">cynicus (not verified)</span> on 12 Sep 2014 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/11013/feed#comment-1599333">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1599334" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1410553994"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Unfortunately, the freak aspect was not the fact of snow (every few years we get snow on Labour Day weekend), but the amount. Such a pile is more common in May, and comes from the collision of a cold front from the North (which pass through all the time) and a moist air mass, and those are increasing with increasing ocean temps. I expect we'll see this a little more often, but it's still fairly uncommon.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1599334&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="lSMs4K2LbTFP5Wlr501dduVUtHshNNmUZeTB7RU7knU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">stewart (not verified)</span> on 12 Sep 2014 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/11013/feed#comment-1599334">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1599335" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1410709625"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p><i>"....And you certainly want to indicate that a summer snowstorm is an unequivocal sign of anthropogenic global warming?.....?</i></p> <p>So fuckwit freddy - where does it say anything about global warming in Coby's post?</p> <p>You just have the standard trolling denier version of turrets syndrome. You can't help but deny climate change whenever anyone mentions unusual weather.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1599335&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="xEIfjIVAle83ud2O7E7CoBV5NDL3LKF1U-vGG0TE4Is"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">mandas (not verified)</span> on 14 Sep 2014 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/11013/feed#comment-1599335">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1599336" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1410998098"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Here is the solution to Global Drought and Global sea level rise!! </p> <p><a href="http://geniussolutionsink.blogspot.com/2014/08/solution-to-global-sea-levels-rising.html">http://geniussolutionsink.blogspot.com/2014/08/solution-to-global-sea-l…</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1599336&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="BCVSbmoj2BJQ40A5K0jTFWnnaQ1oNid-scWd7ehHUag"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian Olmsted (not verified)</span> on 17 Sep 2014 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/11013/feed#comment-1599336">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="47" id="comment-1599337" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1411033007"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Hi Adrian,</p> <p>I read your post but would really need to see the work behind this statement:<br /> "In closing this solution is cheap, it does not cost a lot of money"</p> <p>Then it might be interesting to have a closer look at the physics. Thanks for the comment!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1599337&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="8XdbZLvdsCbe2JUIU8rJB2zjhbkoz70HRG3SlpoS0so"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a title="View user profile." href="/author/illconsidered" lang="" about="/author/illconsidered" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">illconsidered</a> on 18 Sep 2014 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/11013/feed#comment-1599337">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/author/illconsidered"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/author/illconsidered" hreflang="en"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1599338" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1411123322"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Great Poe Adrian. Funniest thing I have read for some time. You should write for The Onion.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1599338&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="H9fx5ak5Ew4X66i9OBmhPg5Q-NlvLdxoJd-gk5ooZrk"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">mandas (not verified)</span> on 19 Sep 2014 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/11013/feed#comment-1599338">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-1599339" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1412653432"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Hello,<br /> Here is the Solution to Global sea level rise and Global Drought!!!</p> <p><a href="http://geniussolutionsink.blogspot.com/">http://geniussolutionsink.blogspot.com/</a></p> <p>Thanks!</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=1599339&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="kI2-M4rpgkxe-kzsZBE3IGiG4RM5bedqO4iCnYvuDkU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Adrian Olmsted (not verified)</span> on 06 Oct 2014 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/11013/feed#comment-1599339">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/illconsidered/2014/09/freak-summer-snowstorm-in-calgary-leaves-30000-without-power%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Fri, 12 Sep 2014 07:50:25 +0000 illconsidered 41841 at https://scienceblogs.com