Record Colorado River Snowpack Continues To Grow

12 Responses to Record Colorado River Snowpack Continues To Grow

1. Andy Weiss says:

   April 28, 2011 at 12:35 pm

   Sorry for not being on topic, but people are going ape about the tornadoes and “climate change”.

   A couple of reminders:

   In 1925 a single tornado killed over 700 people when the US population was 30% of what it is now.

   In 1896 and 1840, single tornadoes in St. Louis, MO and Natchez, MS kiled over 300.

   The 1974 tornado swarm killed over 300 and the Palm Sunday tornadoes of 1965 killed well over 200.

   In 1936 (our favorite year) tornadoes killed over 200 on consecutive days in MS and GA.

   In 1953, tornadoes killed over 90 on consecutive days in unlikely places (Flint, MI and Worcester, MA).

   So there is nothing new under the sun. One could argue that we were long overdue for a big tornado catastrophe.

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   • DERise says:

     April 28, 2011 at 12:58 pm

     You point out a well worn argument. People on one side of the debate undestand that there is such a thing as history, and events, statements, papers, etc. are recorded in some shape or form that can be later retrieved. Most people on the other side are completly oblivious to that fact and spout out statements without regard to fact or previous contrary statements. The useful idiots in the MSM fail to perform any fact checking function, and merely parrot any statement made regardless how ignorant or incendiary.
     Though, they are catching on, as evidenced be the clumsy attempts to revise history by deleting their failures from the internet. Considering that Google has climbed onboard the climate change train, I am supprized that these articles are available in Google archives. I expect to see that availability of these articles change in the near future (it has already happened for some FDA articles).

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2. Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

   April 28, 2011 at 12:44 pm

   Global warming scientists predict , “snow, a thing of the past”….. “An end of the ski industry”, and we end up with record snow. Please fellows, keep making predictions. You’re the best advertisement ‘skeptics’ and ‘deniers’ have!

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3. Andy Weiss says:

   April 28, 2011 at 1:01 pm

   The weather progs are showing another pretty good snow event this weekend in Colorado, so the peak may still not have been reached!

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   • stevengoddard says:

     April 28, 2011 at 1:02 pm

     Nothing is melting either, because it is cold.

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     • Scott says:

       April 28, 2011 at 3:24 pm

       Poudre may get brutally big when it does…

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       • stevengoddard says:

         April 28, 2011 at 3:26 pm

         The South Platte Basin is 143% of normal and the North Platte Basin is 159% of normal.
4. Lance says:

   April 28, 2011 at 2:15 pm

   don’t have a graph for the Canadian Rockies, but, actual observations by my buddies who like to snowmobile, told me they are loaded with snow this year.
   So, just like Steve indicated in an earlier post, I’m guessing that when the melt starts in May-June…..we could see some pretty high river flows. If the June rains come as they ‘normally’ do, then, we will see some flooding this year too. But, it will be a dryflood.

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5. Nobama says:

   April 28, 2011 at 2:18 pm

   Yah, but it’s a HOTsnow…. smokin hot!

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6. Andy Weiss says:

   April 28, 2011 at 2:20 pm

   Lance,

   Is there still snow on the ground in your neck of the woods? Where exactly are you?

   Andy

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   • Lance says:

     April 28, 2011 at 2:31 pm

     I live just south of Calgary (Okotoks) (www.lanceappleby.com) I run the climate station for Environment Canada (used to work for them years ago) and still do volunteer work (22 years straight). Yes, snow on the front side of my house and along the road to the drain. Still well below normal for April (2.7 below normal currently todate), and scarry thought is, we are running below 1996, which was the coldest year i have recorded in 21 years…but, lots of year left still to go ….

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7. Andy Weiss says:

   April 28, 2011 at 3:42 pm

   Lance,

   Thanks for the info. I tried to email you at http://www.lanceappleby.com, but it bounced. I am with AOL. Maybe that has something to do with it.

   For your info, my email is [email protected].

   Andy

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