Ok, now I'm getting the feeling I get from laughing at the people who think Finland is all ice, contains polar bears and penguins etc, except in reverse. ;__;
Still odd you got snow before us though. I imagine it didn't stay for long?
Nope, it didn't even stick anywhere (or so I hear, I was out of town that weekend). It's probably a good thing though because people in Texas flip out when there's even a hint of snow and start driving like fucktards.
The rapidly changing climate is not just in Texas. It's like that in the central northern states as well as the southern ones.
Snow is quite rare in some parts of Texas. Just depends on where you are.
| Words Of Wisdom said: The rapidly changing climate is not just in Texas. It's like that in the central northern states as well as the southern ones. Snow is quite rare in some parts of Texas. Just depends on where you are. |
twesterm said:
This really isn't an issue of changing climate, it's just Texas is in a weird enough spot so that it gets all kinds of weather and is just all around random at times. I also wouldn't call snow fall random, just not common. We get a few snow storms a year though most don't stay cold enough during the day to stick and the ones that do stick usually aren't that heavy. We generally get more sleet than snow though. |
I remember reading that the climatic balance of a good deal of southern North America got turned upside down when settlers came and turned huge expanses of woodlands into farmland. Is there any truth in this?
| Parokki said: I remember reading that the climatic balance of a good deal of southern North America got turned upside down when settlers came and turned huge expanses of woodlands into farmland. Is there any truth in this? |
Yes and no. The cutting down of woodlands for farmlands did increase the ground's water supply which in turn enlarged any nearby aquifers but resulted in no largescale climactic changes. Indeed, any rumors you hear of such changes likely find their origins with the Native American culture which blamed the settlers when their rain dances failed, their hunting season was poor, and pretty much everything else.
I laugh when I see videos on the news of people driving arround Texas and the surrounding area in snow storms and how they always end up crashing into a huge pile up of cars because its a little slippery. They would die in northeastern states.
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Words Of Wisdom said:
Yes and no. The cutting down of woodlands for farmlands did increase the ground's water supply which in turn enlarged any nearby aquifers but resulted in no largescale climactic changes. Indeed, any rumors you hear of such changes likely find their origins with the Native American culture which blamed the settlers when their rain dances failed, their hunting season was poor, and pretty much everything else. |
You make it seem like the European settlers did nothing to cause the Indians' demise. In fact, it was the opposite. The diseases were what really killed them. They had no antibodies against European diseases and were royally screwed in the blink of an eye. Europeans did try to convert them to Christianity, and when they did and the deaths from disease continued, they did blame that on the Europeans and kill their missionaries and such. Then there was also the Europeans' constant encroachment on their land and waging war to take that land.
No such climate change that I've heard of, Parokki. I'm taking both AP Environmental Science and AP US History (you're in Finland, right? AP = College level in highschool) this year and I've heard nothing about a major climate change in NA during that time.
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