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Why were the highest temperatures ever recorded so long ago almost 90 years ago?

March 24th, 2011 9 comments

Surely with all the global warming and so called CO2 pollution that has been going on, the 1922 record from almost 90 years ago would be broken!

In 1922 the temperature reached 136° Fahrenheit (58° C) in Libya.
Death Valley in California holds the record for the highest temperature in the U.S. at 134° in 1913.
Pearl your logic is flawed as those deserts are still there today but colder now after decades of so called global warming.
The non city locations are the best indicators of temperature as there is not urban heat island effect as can be seen in many of the locations here which are cities http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weather_records#Highest_temperature_ever_recorded
Stormwolf… what a stupid name is an idiot as hot weather is quoted all the time to support global warming/climate change… just a pity that most of the really hot weather records were so long ago… fool!

You do point out some (Inconvenient Truths) which the ‘believers’ wish to either ignore or attack, since their ‘faith’ is under attack and the faithful must defend.

There were a few valid points mentioned by other respondents, and it IS true that taking one particular year as an indication of any long-term events could be considered as ‘cherry picking’.
This is however what the believers have been doing themselves for the last decade!
It is a situation of the ‘pot calling the kettle black’, which they (the faithful) could not understand.

We require the ‘heat island effect’ in order to ‘PROVE’ AGW.
We also need to remove all monitoring stations and/or data which may alter our belief!
We must continue to ‘Fight to the Death’ against capitalism, and promote ‘Socialism’ until we are back in the ‘STONE AGE’!

The real science is nothing to pay any attention to.
History and science mean nothing unless your computer model agrees!

We are now living in a very sad time.
Greed, arrogance, corruption,ignorance abound in today’s society!
Is it any wonder that we are in such a mess?

Is it me, and I might sound crazy, or does Auburn’s schedule have them set up to go 12-0?

February 14th, 2010 13 comments

I’m not being biased, I’m just thinking…
We open with LTU, Mississippi State, and Ball State at home all seeming like automatic wins. West Virginia has to come to the Plains for the game this year. Say they win that at Night on National TV. They beat Ball State afterwards, they’re 4-0. Auburn has a winning record all-time in Neyland Stadium and has won 2 straight at Tennessee, 4 overall. If they beat Tennessee on the road, they’re 5-0. Then they go to Arkansas. Auburn has a 4-game winning streak at Arkansas and they’re looking for revenge over a team they shouldn’t have lost to last year. 6-0. Then we host Kentucky. 7-0. So we’re 7-0 and clinching a bowl. We have a great staff. Maybe the best in college football. Then we go to LSU. If we were good enough to win those 7 games, and LSU seems like they’re not what they used to be, and Death Valley has seemed to have lost it’s magic. So if Auburn beats LSU, we’re 8-0. Then we host Ole Miss. If they’re overrated and the game’s at Auburn, the Tigers can win. 9-0. We play Furman. 10-0.
Then we go to rival UGA and host Alabama.
I’m just saying, this schedule fits with our talent, our great coaches, and the fact we’re under-the-radar. Plus, Bama came out of nowhere last year and did the same, so don’t use "They sucked last year" as a reason we won’t be able to go 12-0.

I’m not saying we’re going 12-0, I highly doubt we’ll win 9 games, but think about the schedule. We only have 4 road games (Tennessee, Arkansas, LSU, UGA) and 2 of our toughest opponents come to Auburn. With a good schedule, do you think Auburn has any shot to go 12-0 if they surprise some people? They will surprise some people, but 12-0 isn’t going to happen. But can it?

I want your opinion on my theory.
Let me point out again that Saban had a winning percentage of 30% at Miami and Bama stunk in 2007 and went unbeaten in 2008. what shot does Gene Chizik (with Gus Malzahn, Ted Roof and Tracy Rocker) have of erasing the 5-19 from everyone’s minds and going 12-0?
Aww, C’mon JoePa. lol I can take some trash talk. I’m just asking if it’s in the realm of possibility. Bama went from 6 wins to 12. The reason Auburn can’t go from 5 to 12 with a great staff and underrated players is beyong myself. lol
Philip, you people make out the Auburn AD to be worse than it really is. Tubberville wasn’t fired, he resigned, and Chizik got rid of everybody left.
I know you’re not, I was just throwing it out there. And if we have the luck of last year’s team, we’ll see you in that Gator Bowl. lol
UCLA fan: You purposely meant to get all those facts wrong, didn’t you. UGA doesn’t always beat us (Auburn is 53-50 against UGA and has a 75% winning percentage in Athens). The road team always wins UGA-AU. And Les Miles flashed his brilliance late in the game against Bama last year. NOT. I’m not SAYING they’re going 12-0, do some of you even read what I type up there? I just said don’t count out Auburn. They’ve always been good as an under-the-radar team.

Ha .. ha .. ha .. ha ..

Which answer do you want?

The one that reinforces your fantasy?

The one that brings you back down to earth with a lot of truth and realism in it?

Ok .. I’ll give you something you and I both can live with.

GEORGIA beats Auburn … Period. With that loss your season is over.

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Ray says : You Got The Wrong Genes … Baby!"

Norry baby!? Was it something I said??? (smiling) You People!? Where’d that come from?!?

I said nothing about the Auburn AD or Tommy Tubberville and I don’t have a problem with Gene Chizik.

I just don’t think you cats have a frozen snowballs chance in Helsinki of going undefeated. Your school is in transition. You got a good minute or two before you get good again.

Oh … yeah! I strongly dispute the 53 Auburn wins versus 50 losses. Right now the record is identical at 49 an 49 and even though the away team has won the majority of games in opponents stadium it’s more like 60% right now for Auburn. but Georgia has won the last 3 contests so that evens it up. I will forgive you on the 53 and 50 numbers. Here’s the link :

http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1869&end=2008&team1=Auburn&team2=Georgia

Which stadiums/venues are the most intimidating for visiting opponents in NCAA football?

February 9th, 2010 11 comments

I’ve heard that "The Swamp" (Florida) is a very difficult place to play, "The Big House" (Michigan), "Death Valley" (LSU), "The Coliseum" (USC), and "The Rose Bowl" (UCLA) are also supposed to be tough venues. Along with these places, I think that Boise St.’s blue field is one of the most difficult places to play because… well look at Boise St.’s record at home within the past few years – opponents have had VERY bad luck there (I don’t believe Hawaii has EVER won there much less any other current WAC team – though I could be wrong).

The Shoe – Ohio State
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