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epsilon72 on 10 December 2007

Wow, opening this page with a non-adblocking-browser (epiphany) opened up a slew of popups -
"YOUR COMPUTER IS NOT OPTIMIZED, WOULD YOU LIKE TO OPTIMIZE IT NOW? no/yes(RECOMMENDED)

Good thing I'm using linux.

I lived in texas for a little while - I liked all of the rain that they had there (being from Arizona)



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Parokki on 10 December 2007

I don't remember the explanation all that well, but it was pretty technical stuff about cutting down all the forests resulting in the high and low pressure areas getting messed up, thus resulting in an unusually high amount of hurricanes and tornados. Or maybe it was just that flat areas near oceans tend to have nasty weather, and it wasn't as bad as it is now when the place was covered in trees. It sounded logical to me many years ago, and I still don't know jack about how the weather works.

You sound like you should definitely know about it if it's real, so I'll just forget all about it then. =P



tarheel91 on 10 December 2007
Parokki said:
I don't remember the explanation all that well, but it was pretty technical stuff about cutting down all the forests resulting in the high and low pressure areas getting messed up, thus resulting in an unusually high amount of hurricanes and tornados. Or maybe it was just that flat areas near oceans tend to have nasty weather, and it wasn't as bad as it is now when the place was covered in trees. It sounded logical to me many years ago, and I still don't know jack about how the weather works.

You sound like you should definitely know about it if it's real, so I'll just forget all about it then. =P

 Forests absorb heat and take in a ton of CO2.  Temperature wise, they kind of balance themselves out.  High and low pressure stuff really isn't affect by trees THAT much.  Air masses, wind, and the like all result from the uneven heating of the Earth and the natural process of heat moving from the equator to the poles.  I don't think trees would play too much of a role in it.  Then again, my teacher is an idiot who's using a good teacher's materials, so I could have just not heard of it.



konnichiwa on 10 December 2007

The thing that I didn't excpected was: SNOW IN TEXAS? WOW. I thought the same like Parokki!






Words Of Wisdom on 10 December 2007
tarheel91 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
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.


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.


How did I make it seem like that by commenting on the climate?



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tarheel91 on 10 December 2007
Words Of Wisdom said:
tarheel91 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
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.


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.


How did I make it seem like that by commenting on the climate?


That part right there portrays Native Americans as people ignorantly blaming Europeans for all their problems.  Oh, and hunting seasons WERE poor because of Europeans.  Besides outright killing populations of large mammals, they encouraged Native Americans to kill more than they needed and normally killed for trade.  Ever wonder what happened to the gigantic buffalo population in the Great Plains?



Words Of Wisdom on 10 December 2007
tarheel91 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
tarheel91 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
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.


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.


How did I make it seem like that by commenting on the climate?


That part right there portrays Native Americans as people ignorantly blaming Europeans for all their problems. Oh, and hunting seasons WERE poor because of Europeans. Besides outright killing populations of large mammals, they encouraged Native Americans to kill more than they needed and normally killed for trade. Ever wonder what happened to the gigantic buffalo population in the Great Plains?


Did I state anywhere in my post that the settlers did not cause the Native Americans any problems?



tarheel91 on 10 December 2007
Words Of Wisdom said:
tarheel91 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
tarheel91 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
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.


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.


How did I make it seem like that by commenting on the climate?


That part right there portrays Native Americans as people ignorantly blaming Europeans for all their problems. Oh, and hunting seasons WERE poor because of Europeans. Besides outright killing populations of large mammals, they encouraged Native Americans to kill more than they needed and normally killed for trade. Ever wonder what happened to the gigantic buffalo population in the Great Plains?


Did I state anywhere in my post that the settlers did not cause the Native Americans any problems?

You only spoke of how they didn't cause them problems, which would lead the reader to infer that they didn't cause any problems.

 



dtewi on 10 December 2007


Kimi wa ne tashika ni ano toki watashi no soba ni ita

Itsudatte itsudatte itsudatte

Sugu yoko de waratteita

Nakushitemo torimodosu kimi wo

I will never leave you

Words Of Wisdom on 10 December 2007
tarheel91 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
tarheel91 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
tarheel91 said:
Words Of Wisdom said:
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.


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.


How did I make it seem like that by commenting on the climate?


That part right there portrays Native Americans as people ignorantly blaming Europeans for all their problems. Oh, and hunting seasons WERE poor because of Europeans. Besides outright killing populations of large mammals, they encouraged Native Americans to kill more than they needed and normally killed for trade. Ever wonder what happened to the gigantic buffalo population in the Great Plains?


Did I state anywhere in my post that the settlers did not cause the Native Americans any problems?

You only spoke of how they didn't cause them problems, which would lead the reader to infer that they didn't cause any problems.

 


So were I to say that dtewi is currently not posting useful information here, would that lead you to infer that dtwei never posts useful information anywhere?