2012-02-05, More Weird Weather--Maybe It'll Finally Dawn on the General Public What's Happening

Up to 50.5 inches (128 cm) of snow in the foothills of the Colorado Rockies, with all-time February snowfall records broken in Denver? Daffodils six inches (15 cm) tall and preparing to bloom in my front yard on February 4th? Are thee kidding me? The wacky weather is getting even wackier. The half-inch (13 mm) of rain here in Norman yesterday was nice, though.

Pix from the Colorado snow storm:

Your Photos: Colorado Snow on Friday, February 3, 2012 Photos – Photos and Videos from The Denver Po

photos.denverpost.com

Check out Denver Post readers photos of the Colorado Snow on Friday, February 3, 2012.

 ·  · Share · Yesterday at 8:21am near Norman

• Heather Lyn McCoy likes this.
• • 

    Chuck Oates Hmm, I seem to have moved back to Norman from Washington, D.C. sometime recently (see "near Norman" location above and constrast with "Washington D.C." a few weeks back). :^)

    14 hours ago · 
  • 

    Chuck Oates Same storm, Central Plains environment:http://bit.ly/xLx5eZ

    

     .

    

    Storm blankets Nebraska after dumping on Colorado

    

    newsok.com

    OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A powerful winter storm that covered parts of Colorado with up to 6 feet of snow crept east across the Plains Saturday, knocking out electricity to thousands in Nebraska as the blanket of heavy, wet precipitation downed power lines and made travel treacherous.

    14 hours ago ·  · 
  • 

    Chuck Oates WWW: World-wide Wacky Weather:http://bit.ly/yGyLqR

    

    

    Global warming: German researchers find more evidence for links between Arctic sea ice decline and E

    

    summitcountyvoice.com

    Warmer Arctic temps weaken westerlies that bring warm, moist air to the continent By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — German scientists say they've found more evidence showing links between dec...

    14 hours ago ·  · 
  • 

    Chuck Oates Holy schmoke: Texas may have to withhold water from agricultural users. Aaaaaargh! http://bit.ly/yObCHU

    

    

    Drought May Cause Shutdown of Texas Rice Production | Climate Central

    

    www.climatecentral.org

    

    If reservoir levels don't rise in the coming months, water managers will be forced to withhold water from agricultural users, which will mean severe cuts to Texas rice production this year.

    14 hours ago ·  · 
  • 

    Chuck Oates Shrinking glacier ice *stolen* (!). Cold, very cold.http://huff.to/AlgKcg

    

    

    Chile Glacier Thief: Man Allegedly Stole 5 Metric Tons Of Ice From Chile's Fast Shrinking Glacier

    

    www.huffingtonpost.com

    

    A Chilean man is skating on thin ice after he was allegedly caught with over 11,000 pounds (five metric tons) of glacial ice in a truck. According to BBC News, the man, who was caught in the Patagonian town of Cochrane, was likely headed for the capital Santiago.

    13 hours ago ·  · 
  • 

    Chuck Oates http://huff.to/zVxzbM

    

    

    Extreme Weather Of The Week (PHOTOS)

    

    www.huffingtonpost.com

    

    In Australia this week, flooding forced four Queensland coal mines to close and a northern New South Wales town was split in half. One resident told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, "We woke up this morning with wallabies, kangaroos, an echidna and a koala sitting in the trees, so I think ev...

    5 hours ago ·  · 
  • 

    Chuck Oates Snow in large or unusual quantities in Europe:http://bit.ly/yWdMYX

    

    

    Heathrow cancels flights as snow blankets London - CNN.com

    

    www.cnn.com

    

    Heathrow Airport, one of the world's busiest airports, canceled about half of its flights due to snow Sunday, its owner BAA said.

    2 hours ago ·  · 
  • 

    Chuck Oates Don't worry, be happy--or do as we *do*, not as we *say*: http://huff.to/zzCytr

    

     Weird.

    

    Off The Wall On Climate At The <​i>Wall Street Journal<​/i>

    

    www.huffingtonpost.com

    

    Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation says it's committed to "minimizing its environmental impact, growing sustainably, and inspiring others to take action." So why does the Wall Street Journal editorial page deny the reality of global warming and inspire others to do nothing?

    2 hours ago ·  · 
  • 

    Chuck Oates http://bit.ly/xjHDOL

    

    

    Could Climate Change Put the Groundhog Out of Business?: Scientific American

    

    www.scientificamerican.com

    

    With cold weather absent from much of the U.S. Northeast this year, what does a groundhog's shadow mean anymore?

2012-02-05, Solar Energy in the Collapsing Silicon Price Environment

Solar panel prices keep halving. If they do that often enough you'll see 'em everywhere soon. 

India's panel price crash could spark solar revolution - environment - 02 February 2012 - New Scient

www.newscientist.com

Solar power has long had a reputation for being expensive, but the falling costs of making panels could change that

 ·  · Share · 14 hours ago near Norman

• • 

    Chuck Oates While we're at it, how 'bout electrically powered cars? Still a rocky road, apparently ... http://bit.ly/xuyANR

    

    

    How the Stimulus Revived the Electric Car - ProPublica

    

    www.propublica.org

    

    The Obama administration helped build an American electric car and battery industry. The question is: Will it last? From ProPublica reporter Michael Grabell's new book on the stimulus, Money Well Spent?

    22 minutes ago ·  · 
  • 

    Chuck Oates Waddaya do if you're a thin-film (CIGS or CdTe) solar panel manufacturer and the price of traditional silicon solar panels goes through the floor? If you're Solyndra, you go out of business taking $1 billion and a big U.S. Federal Government loan guarantee with you.
    
    See "Setting the record straight on Solyndra," in this article, about half way down the page: http://bit.ly/AajzKE

    

     for the complete story, not widely available in the sound-bite media.

    

    Solar | Lux Populi

    

    www.luxresearchinc.com

    

    In early December, we attended the Fourth Thin Film Summit USA in San Francisco, where we heard an interesting company presentation from Brian Stone at Nanosolar – a noteworthy venture-backed copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) module producer. After raising nearly $400 million prior to 2009, th...