We cannot drill our way out of this oil crisis. Since 2000, oil companies working in the U.S. have doubled the number of wells drilled per year.
Although increased drilling has added new oil to the nation's supply, it has not done so fast enough to offset the terminal decline of existing fields.
We are going to have to import more of our oil. Period.
Joined: Sep 19, 2007 Posts: 887 Location: Land of the Tongva tribe
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:51 am Post subject: Re: Spring Weather 2008
I went snowboarding over the weekend at Mammoth which is on the central east side of California. It was 56 degrees on the slopes, not a cloud in the sky, and absolutely beautiful.
Spring-come-summer boarding at its finest.
joeltrout _________________ ENERGY is the basis of our industrial civilization and sustains our standard of living. It is the foundation stone of our national wealth. A nation starved of energy.....will be a nation of starving people.
Joined: Aug 26, 2005 Posts: 925 Location: "Mad as Hell !"
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:54 pm Post subject: Re: Spring Weather 2008
We've finally had several sunny days in a row here in Northern MI. Temps have been about average.
I wait to hear from my drought stricken friends in the Carolinas just what spring will bring as temperatures once again begin to climb and plant life struggles to pull moisture out of the soil. If the weather remains as relentless as last year with increased evaporation rates, I pity this year’s outcome. _________________ The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
... Theodore Roosevelt
Joined: Sep 14, 2004 Posts: 5688 Location: Rural Virginia
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject: Re: Spring Weather 2008
Moisture conditions have improved greatly in central and southside VA, Lore, as I described on the previous page. I think NC has also received a good bit of rain lately. Of course, there's no way of knowing if the corner has truly been turned, but droughts do eventually move on.
We had some close calls with local brush fires in February.
Hope you're doing well up there in Michigan! No matter what happens down here, I think you made the right move.
Me, I may (sadly) have to reconsider a northward migration, since I have some arthritis that's gradually worsening. I can still outwork most people half my age, but I'm not sure I have a long-term future in shoveling snow and gathering huge quantities of firewood on top of all the other stuff I'd like to do. A man has to know his limitations . . .
The 10-day forecast here calls for only 1 or 2 nights to go down to freezing (and only to the freezing point, not below), so I expect to see my plum trees flowering in the next few days; the buds have swollen and bits of the curled-up white petals are showing. Forest tree buds are swelling too, esp. on the red maples. Highs are in 50s and 60s each day.
Real spring is here, after an unreal winter. _________________ "Actually, humans died out long ago."
---Abused, abandoned hunting dog
"Things have entered a stage where the only change that is possible is for things to get worse."
---Me and my brother
Joined: Dec 08, 2004 Posts: 1483 Location: Nez Perce Nation
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:28 am Post subject: Re: Spring Weather 2008
We've had rain for the last 5 days and there is rain predicted for the next 10 days. This is great news to all the dry land farmers up on the prairie. We were up on the Palouse yesterday in Moscow and it was snowing. This is almost directly north our farm; the difference being the elevation. We’re just at 1000 ft while the prairie is any where from 2000 to 3000 feet above sea level. Down here it’s spring while up on the Palouse it’s still winter. _________________ "Modern Agriculture is the use of land to convert petroleum into food."
-- Albert Bartlett
"It will be a dark time. But for those who survive, I suspect it will be rather exciting."
-- James Lovelock
Joined: May 10, 2007 Posts: 2240 Location: napping on the couch
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:11 pm Post subject: Re: Spring Weather 2008
Like others in the northern midwest, I have been watching the snow cover slowly melt. The ground is still frozen about six inches deep even in places with no snow cover but that will fix itself soon enough.
My spring energy is returning and just in time. There is too much to do! _________________ The sage experiences without abstraction,
And accomplishes without action;
He accepts the ebb and flow of things,
Nurtures them, but does not own them,
And lives, but does not dwell.
-Lao Tzu
Joined: Apr 12, 2007 Posts: 874 Location: Central NC
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:34 am Post subject: Re: Spring Weather 2008
Our plum blossoms have gone by, peach blossoms came out two days ago.
It will be interesting to see if we get another frost. I'm guessing we will but wouldn't be to surprised if we didn't.
Won't be putting in much of a garden this spring since we will be moving to Kuwait the end of July. We will be listing the place with a real estate agent soon. The sheep, goats and cow/calf are for sale. Chickens are pumping out the eggs. I'm enjoying the last "spring" I'll see for awhile.
On the other hand, tax free income and all expenses paid isn't so bad either.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:16 am Post subject: Re: Spring Weather 2008
Kingston, ON, Canada here.
"It's been a long, cold, lonely winter"
After that massive storm, things are beginning to thaw. Tons (literally) of snow still on the ground, and ginormous mountains of it everywhere. But the roads and sidewalks are beginning to show asphalt.
It was an unusual winter in precipitation, I would say. Not overly cold, but lots and lots of snow.
Worst over...hopefully all gone by end of month. Today, mixed sun and overcast hovering around 0 Celsius. Winds light.
Joined: Dec 27, 2004 Posts: 10712 Location: Village of Idiots
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:27 pm Post subject: Re: Spring Weather 2008
Wild and domestic plums are blooming. (Central Texas) _________________ "...powerdown so soft and fluffy you'll think you're living in a pillow..." - jboogy
Joined: Sep 04, 2005 Posts: 324 Location: central MA, USA
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: Spring Weather 2008
Got another 1-2" of wet snow here in central MA Friday night.
Still got plow-heaps of snow along the driveway, and the yard soil is still covered though the stone walls are taking a breath above the snowline again.
Been a very wet, cold spring so far. Can't imagine my First Garden In Eight Years is going to set any records for an early start. Fooey.
On the bright side, some red maples are starting to blossom, which means I'll be sneezing my head off and blowing my nose non-stop for the next few weeks.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:25 pm Post subject: Re: Spring Weather 2008
Having had the warmest winter (Dec through Feb) ever since the thermometer was invented (in the 1750) Stockholm weather in March has became more normal. For the first time this year we are seeing freezing night time temps and falling snow.
Joined: Sep 14, 2004 Posts: 5688 Location: Rural Virginia
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject: Re: Spring Weather 2008
The spring rains are missing us, it's getting dangerously dry, and I'm worried the same goddamned drought pattern is setting up. I've already had to start watering plants. _________________ "Actually, humans died out long ago."
---Abused, abandoned hunting dog
"Things have entered a stage where the only change that is possible is for things to get worse."
---Me and my brother
Joined: Sep 16, 2007 Posts: 917 Location: Oklahoma City, USA
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:16 pm Post subject: Re: Spring Weather 2008
Cold, overcast and blustery today. Hasn't rained in a while, there's a 20% chance of rain on Sunday, hope it comes soon. _________________ What, so I'm in no end game
Move my piece right off the board
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