I wouldn't mind helping to reduce the large constrictor population down there . But I'm not going to pay FL for the privilege of doing it.
So far to my knowledge, we don't have them in my part of the state (NW)...yet. Not sure if we will. We had several nights in the teens here this winter, and probably a dozen or so in the 20's. Scraped ice off the car yesterday again. During a more seasonal winter, several nights in the 20's are not uncommon in Jan, Feb, and once in a while late Dec. Might be too chilly for Pythons. Not sure on that since I don't know their habits, but at least the thread is now back on track...sort of.
if you don't like the chart... read the study. CO2 trails change in ocean temps. CO2 also trails change in land temps. Thos http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818112001658 Highlights ⺠Changes in global atmospheric CO2 are lagging 11â12 months behind changes in global sea surface temperature. ⺠Changes in global atmospheric CO2 are lagging 9.5â10 months behind changes in global air surface temperature. ⺠Changes in global atmospheric CO2 are lagging about 9 months behind changes in global lower troposphere temperature. ⺠Changes in ocean temperatures explain a substantial part of the observed changes in atmospheric CO2 since January 1980. ⺠Changes in atmospheric CO2 are not tracking changes in human emissions.[/QUOTE]
Oh yes, I'll go in a boat. Rectum claimed to have had sex with a local gal in a FL swamp. And yes, you start throwing large shiners out there, and a 13lb bass is very possible. I'm hearing about a guide here who will give you back your $ if you don't reel in a 10lb large mouth. Me can'ts wait for spring!
Yes, I froze the night before last here! I had the a/c units set to off, and woke up with the house at 65f. I'm glad we don't have the snakes Miami has, but we've sure as hell got a large population of eastern diamond backs, cotton mouths, and some coral snakes. I go outside at night to walk the dogs with a flashlight, and .22 revolver loaded with snakes shot.
Time to set our hair on fire and run in circles screaming "Kill the Deniers before they kill us all!!"
The low-lying islands of Kiribati, just a few feet above sea level, are on the front lines of climate change. Globally, sea levels have risen eight to 10 inches since 1880, but several studies show that trend accelerating as Arctic sea ice melts. If carbon emissions continue unchecked, a recent survey of experts concluded, sea levels may rise about three feet by 2100. That could inundate most of Kiribati by the end of the century, and the islands, home to some 100,000 people, are already feeling the impact. The government of Kiribati says the intrusion of salt water caused by rising sea levels has contaminated fresh water supplies and crop soil, and President Anote Tong has predicted that his country will become uninhabitable in 30 to 60 years. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, all the residents of Kiribati, along with other low-lying island states such as the Maldives and Tuvalu, could be forced to flee as a result of climate change. âEntire populations could thus become stateless,â the agency wrote.
A growing body of research shows that climate change is rapidly melting the Greenland ice sheet. In 2012, satellite observations revealed an âextreme melt eventâ in which ice melted at or near the surface of 98.6 percent of the ice sheet. The summer melt season has been lengthening as well: Simulated reconstructions show that it now lasts 70 days longer than it did in 1972, and the extent of the ice melt in 2010 was twice that of the average in the early 1970s.
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