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From: Michael Mattias on 27 Jan 2008 10:19
"Judson McClendon" <judmc(a)sunvaley0.com> wrote in message
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> They don't call Chicago "the Windy City" for nothing. :-)

No they don't, but the "Windy City" sobriquet does not originate with the
weather.

It was a reference to the inordinate number of politicians and the primary
activity thereof.

MCM



From: Judson McClendon on 27 Jan 2008 10:37
"Michael Mattias" <mmattias(a)talsystems.com> wrote:
> "Judson McClendon" <judmc(a)sunvaley0.com> wrote:
>> They don't call Chicago "the Windy City" for nothing. :-)
>
> No they don't, but the "Windy City" sobriquet does not originate with the weather.
>
> It was a reference to the inordinate number of politicians and the primary activity thereof.

Interesting, thanks for the info. :-)


From: Alistair on 27 Jan 2008 14:17
On 27 Jan, 14:37, "Judson McClendon" <ju...(a)sunvaley0.com> wrote:
> "tlmfru" <la...(a)mts.net> wrote:
> > Making much of record low temperatures in one tiny locality doesn't get one
> > very far.  The earth is far from uniform at that level of consideration so
> > you'd logically expect all sorts of variation.  The AVERAGE temperature of
> > the whole earth's surface is what's important.
>
> However, checking 1,000 year old tree rings or ice cores from tiny
> localities apparently is a valid technique for proving global warming. ;-)
>

Yes. And we've been through that already.
From: Alistair on 27 Jan 2008 14:18
On 27 Jan, 14:54, spamb...(a)milmac.com (Doug Miller) wrote:
> In article <5h8op3h67shs8ke3l0peinksc3mqt89...(a)4ax.com>, Robert <n...(a)e.mail> wrote:
> >If you want cold, go to Duluth or International Falls MN, where the NORMAL
> > AVERAGE January
> >low is -20 and the record is -45. They're having a heat wave right now, it's 7.
>
> >Given that people can live anywhere they want, why does anyone choose to live
> > in Duluth?
>
> I'm guessing you've never lived in a cold climate before. People *do* get used
> to it.
>
> And brutally cold winters do help some, in keeping riff-raff away.
>
> --

HAs anyone noticed that the quality of riff-raff isn't what it used to
be?
From: Alistair on 27 Jan 2008 14:19
On 27 Jan, 15:02, "Judson McClendon" <ju...(a)sunvaley0.com> wrote:
> "Michael Mattias" <mmatt...(a)talsystems.com> wrote:
> >>>              L    H    Record low
> >>>1/19     -2    6       -2
> >>>1/20     -4  10       -4
> >>>1/21    10   28      -2
> >>>1/22    10   30       3
> >>>1/23     7    16     -2
> >>>1/24    -2    10      0
> >>>1/25    -2              1
>
> >> Having been to Chi-town in the winter, I would have thought the
> >> records were a lot lower than that.
>
> > Even though the 'official' temperature is taken at O'Hare Field well to the western edge of Cook County, Lake Michigan is still a
> > 'warming influence' on winter temperatures. (The lake is about 20 miles from O'Hare as the crow flies. Of course, crows are not
> > dumb enough to fly around when it gets this cold)
>
> > And by the way, if you don't think zero  is cold, take a walk around the block next time gets this way. For extra credit, do NOT
> > walk facing backward when your circuit reaches its "directly into the wind" leg.
>
> I had a friend in the USAF who was from Kodiak, Alaska. He said the
> temperatures there were often -30 F, but that it was usually so dry, when
> the wind wasn't blowing they could go out for 5 minutes or so in their
> shirt sleeves without getting too chilled, if the show didn't get them wet..
> They don't call Chicago "the Windy City" for nothing. :-)
>
> For those not familiar with "lake effect snow", areas around the Great
> Lakes get lots of snow because the winds over the lakes pick up humidity
> and drop much of it as snow over the surrounding area.
> --

You could have got a dig in about the locality of tree-ring
measuremnts and the validity of global warming whilst you were at it.
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