“…there is no greater truth than global warming, with its threat of a shrinking snowpack…”

Alpine Meadows Webcam at Gunners Knob 7:05 AM Mar, 21

Guest post by Russ Steele 

I am sure that you all remember this article in the San Francisco Chronicle in October of 2006.

(10-27-2006) 04:00 PDT Norden, Nevada County — For the ski industry, both in California and rest of the nation, there is no greater truth than global warming, with its threat of a shrinking snowpack and the point that Yogi Berra once made so succinctly: “The future ain’t what it used to be.”
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If nothing is done to curb emissions, greenhouse gas emissions could raise Sierra temperatures another 5 or 6 degrees by the end of the 21st century, according to some projections. The snowpack could be reduced by 89 percent.

It all came rushing back to be when I read this on the Alpine Meadows web site:

Current Snow Conditions: Alpine is Closed – Too much snow to safely enjoy. (Extreme Avalanche Danger and High Winds)

Right now it looks like the Alpine Meadows could use some global warming to stay in business.

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UPDATE: It looks like the winds have subsided enough, as of 6:37AM with an update Monday morning they have removed the warning, after all, they don’t want all the heavy snow to scare customers away. Here’s the current snow depths:

And here is the current welcome message:

Source: http://www.skialpine.com/mountain/snow-report/

from: Global Warming and Alpine Closed Too Much Snow give Russ a shout out. – Anthony

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Part of a greater Earth Changes catastrophe?

Update: A second explosion has rocked Japan’s troubled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, leaving three workers injured and seven other missing, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.

An 800 meter cloud of radioactive death was released, but authorities say all is well.

Doomsday Catastrophe:

$1 Trillion in direct damage caused by Japan Earthquake$10 Trillion in derivative, insurance and lost productivity in the financial systemFurther pressure on the already collapsing House of Glass Global economyEcological disaster bigger that Gulf spill caused by billions of liters of toxins, oil, gas and radiationLoss of very productive agricultural lands. Further inflation on Food prices

Don’t look to science for the answers. Something is happening to our planet and it is pointing to a large scale Global coastal event. It is a little weird that as we approach 2012 that there is a marked increase in large earthquakes and global weather phenomena. Simple statistical math will lead to the conclusion that the west coast of North America will have the next huge mega quake. By all accounts a 8-9.6 quake is overdue in the region. Vancouver BC, Seattle, Portland and San Francisco would have mass casualties in the 100,000s. In 1700 a 9+ quake hit the region and debris have been found as high as 300 feet above sea level.

Human stupidity. Do not underestimate the impact of Nuclear weapons test on on the planet and more precisely on the Earths’ magnetic field. It is estimated that the total yield of all the atmospheric nuclear weapons tests conducted is 438 megatons. That’s equivalent to 29,200 Hiroshima size bombs. In the 36 years between 1945 and 1980 when atmospheric testing was being conducted this would have been equivalent to exploding a Hiroshima size bomb in the atmosphere every 11 hours. In total over 1 Gigaton of nuclear explosion have occurred on planet earth.

For 5000 years ancient civilization have pointed to the coming of  the destroyer. Planet X, Dark-star, Nibiru. There is a large solar body just outside our system. It is big and is having a gravitational effect on our inner solar system, the Sun and planets.

Doomsday.

We ain’t seen nothin yet.

The ice cap or inland ice covers 1,833,900 square km, equivalent to 85 percent of Greenland’s total area, and extends 2,500 km (1,553 miles) from north to south and up to 1,000 km from east to west. At its center, the ice can be up to 3 km thick, representing 10 percent of the world’s total fresh water reserves. If all the ice were to melt, the world’s oceans would rise seven meters.

The greatest cataclysm in recorded history is about to happen and nobody is paying attention. (Actually lots of people are watching and getting ready. They have huge stores of food, medicine, weapons and all kinds of secured bunkers to escape to thanks to your Tax dollars) The general public and media are oblivious. The Green Ice-shelf is collapsing. The problem is too much water. While there has been undeniable melting around the edges of the ice mass the real problem has been extreme temperature oscillation. Glacier and ice sheets are fragile, they do not react well to big temperature swings. Quick flowing water will cut through 5000 years of icepack in days. The ice-shelf is being eaten away from the inside where massive cracks have allowed torrents of water to flow in and destabilize the integrity of the ice-shelf. There may be chasm hundreds of kilometers long that like the cracks on an egg shell will spread and weaken the entire ice-shelf until it collapses and falls into the sea.

It has been predicted that if global warming continues, the world’s major ice shelves will melt by 2040, causing oceans to rise by between 7m and 14m.

In The Bulletin magazine, Dr Flannery says the Arctic ice cap has entered “a death spiral” that will see it melt away entirely in summer within the next five to 15 years.

He says if the Greenland ice sheet collapses, oceans will rise by about 6m. “And that could happen surprisingly quickly,” he says. “The Larsen B ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula . . . had been stable for 12,000 years, yet it shattered to fragments over just a few weeks.”

Al Gore and Exxon can debate the cause, both of them are wrong. Nobody knows what is going on. The most likely causes are solar system cycles that we have very little understanding of. What we do know to some degree is impact. 6-7 meter rise in ocean levels would displace 1 Billion People. 35% of the World’s most productive agricultural lands would be lost. Every major Port and water-way would be devastated. The infrastructure rebuilding will cost $10?s of Trillions. Half the World’s economy exist within 50km of the shoreline.

We don’t have 30 years. It’s going to happen within 2 years. Edgar Kaycee saw it. A group of Military Remote Viewers have forecast the event. Dozens of varied and different cultures around the world have warned us about it.

Runaway warming

The danger is that if too much methane is released, the world will get hotter no matter how drastically we slash our greenhouse gas emissions. Recent studies suggest that emissions from melting permafrost could be far greater than once thought. And, although it is too early to be sure, some suspect this scenario is already starting to unfold: after remaining static for the past decade, methane levels have begun to rise again, and the source could be Arctic permafrost.

What is certain is that the Arctic is warming faster than any other place on Earth. While the average global temperature has risen by less than 1 °C over the past three decades, there has been warming over much of the Arctic Ocean of around 3 °C. In some areas where the ice has been lost, temperatures have risen by 5 °C.

This intense warming is not confined to the Arctic Ocean. It extends south, deep into the land masses of Siberia, Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Scandinavia, and to their snowfields, ice sheets and permafrost. In 2007, the North American Arctic was more than 2 °C warmer than the average for 1951 to 1980, and parts of Siberia over 3 °C warmer. In 2008, most of Siberia was 2 °C warmer than average.

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Working for the Greater Share

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Many people still don't realize that at least some of the developments they took for granted during the good times were not self-sustaining and would only carry on for as long as the apparent economic nirvana that ended with the arrival of the global financial crisis.

Once it became apparent that there wasn't enough pie to go around, the spirit of cooperation that had over the course of six decades boosted cross-border trade to an unprecedented degree and stimulated ever-increasing globalization would quickly turn sour.

Instead of working together for the greater good, which is relatively easy during times of plenty, individuals, businesses and governments around the world have felt a survival instinct kick in, and they have naturally become more focused on making sure they -- and those who matter to them most -- garner a greater share of the goods.

That has spawned a protective, inward-oriented political, social, and geopolitical response, which helps explain why, as ABC News reports in "More States Use Purchasing Power to 'Buy American,' Create Jobs," there is growing support for incentives and barriers that ensure priority is given to the needs and interests of friends, neighbors, and others based nearby.

Local Governments Adopt Preference Laws for Spending, Target U.S. Manufacturers

State and local governments, which spend close to $2 trillion annually on goods and services, are increasingly trying to leverage their purchasing power to favor American businesses and create jobs.

Twenty-one states had "Buy American" laws through 2009, according to the National Association of State Procurement Officials, and nearly every state has implemented preference statutes for buying from in-state producers, many added since the recession began.

In Minnesota, law enforcement agencies must buy uniforms and protective gear that's made in the USA, and natural resources officers can only ride all-terrain vehicles built in the state.

Illinois agencies in the market for plastic goods must favor companies that use by-products of Illinois corn. State contracts for printing services are given out first to companies that use ink derived from Illinois-grown soybeans.

North Dakota mandates that state office buildings can only fly American flags that were sewn together on American soil.

"They all are aiming to achieve the same thing: get that economic value out of public spending," said Stacy Mitchell, a senior researcher with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.

Most states provide exceptions to their rules, allowing purchasers to get their goods elsewhere if similar items aren't available in the U.S. And there's little indication the laws are rigorously enforced.

But Mitchell said the measures can make a difference, particularly as states broaden the use of preferences for state contracts, favoring local businesses even if their prices aren't the lowest.

"A pretty large share of dollars the state spends with local businesses go into local wages. The business is also sourcing some of the stuff it needs to operate from other local businesses. And so there's just more economic activity, more income, and that means more tax revenue," she said.

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