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Sunday, December 31, 2023

Why did I give up on the Straighter Dope?

 Because I realized there is no reason for it.  None.  Other than the fleeting enjoyment I get out of it, it's useless.

SFX:

 Most annoying (and wrong) climate claim?

"It snows more because it's warmer"

Self assured idiot:

That's not wrong. 

SFX:

Of course it is.  It's so wrong, and so easy to prove, it's unbelievable that anyone would fall for such a blatantly false claim about something like this.

It's very annoying.

SAI:

Do you have any way of backing up your claims? 

Of course.  Except I didn't make.a claim, I noted the claim is wrong.  Even so, all the evidence, all the data supportd the well known fact that when it is warmer, THERE IS LESS SNOW, NOT MORE! 


If one now gets into an argument over this, you lose.


If you are debunking complete nonsense, there needs to be a paycheck involved.

Saturday, December 30, 2023

Update on Barrow vs Chicago snow

 The original post 

Arctic climates often get surprisingly little snow. Barrow, Alaska, for example, gets less snow than Chicago in an average year, despite having winters that average 39°F (22°C) colder.  

Checked the data fo 1990-2019

Barrow still gets more snow than Chicago.


However, there is zero reason to make this public, or argue over it.