Coldest Winter In 1000 Years On the Way

JONJO THE MISER

Thas right crab your blanket and mitts now, this winter is gonna be a chiller:D
http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-10-04/coldest-winter-emergency-measures.html

After the record heat wave this summer, Russia's weather seems to have acquired a taste for the extreme.
Forecasters say this winter could be the coldest Europe has seen in the last 1,000 years.
The change is reportedly connected with the speed of the Gulf Stream, which has shrunk in half in just the last couple of years. Polish scientists say that it means the stream will not be able to compensate for the cold from the Arctic winds. According to them, when the stream is completely stopped, a new Ice Age will begin in Europe.

Jesus Wept

Do their weather records go back 1000 years?
Have my doubts.

FearDark

Pfft, cant be worse than last winter.

Brendog

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Thas right crab your blanket and mitts now, this winter is gonna be a chiller:D
http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-10-04/coldest-winter-emergency-measures.html

This link is in relation to Russia.....
I'm no Geologist, but I'm pretty sure the Republic of Ireland isn't Russia

alwaysadub

FearDark wrote: »

Pfft, cant be worse than last winter.

Ah you've jinxed it now! We're fcuked.

JONJO THE MISER

Brendog wrote: »

This link is in relation to Russia.....
I'm no Geologist, but I'm pretty sure the Republic of Ireland isn't Russia

No its for all of Europe, also the gulf stream goes just north of us.

SoulTrader

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Thas right crab your blanket and mitts now, this winter is gonna be a chiller:D
http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-10-04/coldest-winter-emergency-measures.html

Oh no, I just put the entire heating allowance for the year on Chris the sheep. :eek:

Amhran Nua

“That forecast seems highly speculative and sensationalistic without substantiation,” according to Weather Channel Meteorologist Stu Ostro. I'd take a lot of news out of Russia with a big pinch of salt tbh. With that said, there are a slew of articles from the likes of the Daily Mail last year predicting the start of a mini ice age. Some of the effects of the last one included:

• Fur trappers reported that southern Hudson Bay remained frozen for about 3 weeks longer each spring.
• Fishermen reported large amounts of sea ice floating in the North Atlantic.
• British people saw Eskimos paddling canoes off the coast of England.
• Alpine (mountain) glaciers grew larger. In some cases, the ice engulfed mountain villages.
• Winters were longer and growing seasons shorter according to tree ring data and records of cherry tree flowering.
• Wet weather caused disease that affected people, animals and crops including the bubonic plague (also called the Black Death). This disease killed more than a third of Europeans.
• Farms and villages in Northern Europe were deserted because the farmers couldn’t grow crops in the cooler climate. During the harshest winters, bread had to be made from the bark of trees because grains would no longer grow.
• Limited crops and unhealthy livestock caused famine in areas of northern and Eastern Europe. Unlike today, there was no way to transport food around the world to areas where crops had failed and people were hungry.
• Canals and rivers around Europe were frozen completely for long stretches of time, thats where you get your Dickensian white christmas paintings from.
• Severe storm systems were recorded, costing Germany and the Netherlands sections of coastline permanently.

So assuming it does happen, and thats a big assumption, we can expect a lot more rain, storms, the price of heating oil, coal, and gas to increase a lot, as well as food, and various inconveniences like needing snow tyres. People in the midlands and low lying areas should invest in sandbags and dry foods. Not the end of the world by a long shot in the extremely unlikely event that it does turn out to be accurate.

CorkMan

A mini ice-age? Don't ice ages happen every millions of years? I'm sure a "mini" ice-age would happen over tens of thousands of years.

K-9

It's Russia Today. Must be true then.

Seaneh

CorkMan wrote: »

A mini ice-age? Don't ice ages happen every millions of years? I'm sure a "mini" ice-age would happen over tens of thousands of years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age

iPlop

Amhran Nua wrote: »

“That forecast seems highly speculative and sensationalistic without substantiation,” according to Weather Channel Meteorologist Stu Ostro. I'd take a lot of news out of Russia with a big pinch of salt tbh. With that said, there are a slew of articles from the likes of the Daily Mail last year predicting the start of a mini ice age. Some of the effects of the last one included:

• Fur trappers reported that southern Hudson Bay remained frozen for about 3 weeks longer each spring.
• Fishermen reported large amounts of sea ice floating in the North Atlantic.
• British people saw Eskimos paddling canoes off the coast of England. :pac:
• Alpine (mountain) glaciers grew larger. In some cases, the ice engulfed mountain villages.
• Winters were longer and growing seasons shorter according to tree ring data and records of cherry tree flowering.
• Wet weather caused disease that affected people, animals and crops including the bubonic plague (also called the Black Death). This disease killed more than a third of Europeans.
• Farms and villages in Northern Europe were deserted because the farmers couldn’t grow crops in the cooler climate. During the harshest winters, bread had to be made from the bark of trees because grains would no longer grow.
• Limited crops and unhealthy livestock caused famine in areas of northern and Eastern Europe. Unlike today, there was no way to transport food around the world to areas where crops had failed and people were hungry.
• Canals and rivers around Europe were frozen completely for long stretches of time, thats where you get your Dickensian white christmas paintings from.
• Severe storm systems were recorded, costing Germany and the Netherlands sections of coastline permanently.

So assuming it does happen, and thats a big assumption, we can expect a lot more rain, storms, the price of heating oil, coal, and gas to increase a lot, as well as food, and various inconveniences like needing snow tyres. People in the midlands and low lying areas should invest in sandbags and dry foods. Not the end of the world by a long shot in the extremely unlikely event that it does turn out to be accurate.

Why The Face :pac:

Tar.Aldarion

I'm not crabbing anything! Hmf!

TheUsual

You must have missed the whole Global Warming threat.

Do you not recycle ?
Is you carbon footprint reduced ?

Then why is the Earth getting colder with more human activity... mmmm maybe its all bull****.

TerryTibbs!

Fucking Hell

Poly

Anyone want to go halfs on a container ship of road salt?

SV

Judging by how cold it is now..
I'm gonna say, they're completely right.

Time to buy a quattro...

opinion guy

SV wrote: »

Judging by how cold it is now..
I'm gonna say, they're completely right.

Time to buy a quattro...

Way ahead of ya.....:D

old_aussie

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Thas right crab your blanket and mitts now, this winter is gonna be a chiller:D
http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-10-04/coldest-winter-emergency-measures.html

Like it's really gunna affect you in van diemans land.

Isn't summer on the way in van diemans land

Seaneh

TheUsual wrote: »

You must have missed the whole Global Warming threat.

Do you not recycle ?
Is you carbon footprint reduced ?

Then why is the Earth getting colder with more human activity... mmmm maybe its all bull****.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Doesn't understand climate change or global warming's affect on the gulf stream.

The again, that'd be TheUsual.

ellewood

TheUsual wrote: »

You must have missed the whole Global Warming threat.

Do you not recycle ?
Is you carbon footprint reduced ?

Then why is the Earth getting colder with more human activity... mmmm maybe its all bull****.

+1 deffo alll bullsh1t

sponsoredwalk

Obviously this is just a ploy by Smirnoff to increase vodka sales during winter.

If you've quoted this to make some
conspiracy theory joke, or to say
"CT room that way ---->
You need to be smacked
with an anti-gullability hammer
or something lol!

ScissorPaperRock

TheUsual wrote: »

You must have missed the whole Global Warming threat.

Do you not recycle ?
Is you carbon footprint reduced ?

Then why is the Earth getting colder with more human activity... mmmm maybe its all bull****.

I think you're missing it.

It's based on the average global temperature.

Darksaga87

Cant wait. I love snow!!

IvyTheTerrible

Pfff, forecasters can only accurately forecast three days ahead, it won't be cold at all..

I forecast it will rain...

Guill

Eh....
Global warming does not exist, that term is now dismissed my most scientist working on this sh1t.
The actual term is climate change, did you not see The Day After Tommorow????? We're doomed, doomed it tell you.........

|By the way, i predict it will be the coldest winter in 1003 years, every remembers how cold it was in 1007.

Pinturicchio

Septic Leper wrote: »

WTF:pac:

This.

Poor Uncle Tom

Naw, Chilli Willi just left the fridge door open again....:rolleyes:

Pompey Magnus

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

Pfff, forecasters can only accurately forecast three days ahead,

No they can't :pac:.

xzanti

Great, better prepare for a home birth if it's anything like last year :eek::o:pac:


*rips up sheets and boils the kettle*

Pherekydes

xzanti wrote: »

Great, better prepare for a home birth...

I was born at home. It's a doozy. :pac:

Archeron

I for one think its time to lynch that Polar Bear who lives in the fridge in those birds eye ads. He wants free of his icy domain and this is the only way he can get it. Damn those DIY weather machines.

force eleven

Anyone who wants to believe in the cyclical nature of climate might watch out for the 16 year severe winter cycle. 1995,1979,1963,1947,1931,1915. All colder winters, though 47 and 63 are the obvious stand outs. 2011 is next on the list. Jan,Feb,March could be interesting....just sayin'....;)

losthorizon

TheUsual wrote: »

You must have missed the whole Global Warming threat.

Do you not recycle ?
Is you carbon footprint reduced ?

Then why is the Earth getting colder with more human activity... mmmm maybe its all bull****.

Its actually called Climate Change. The Average Temperature of the planet increases. One of the possible changes is that the gulf stream moves. This would actually make Ireland colder. Gulf stream movement is only a theory though as not much research has gone into the subject.

here.from.day.1

Rabble Rabble!

clived2

sponsoredwalk wrote: »

Obviously this is just a ploy by Smirnoff to increase vodka sales during winter.

If you've quoted this to make some
conspiracy theory joke, or to say
"CT room that way ---->
You need to be smacked
with an anti-gullability hammer
or something lol!

"CT room that way ----> hehe

Blisterman

Is it gonna be cold in Austria? I'm going skiing in march.

x43r0

I'm all for a colder winter if it means more of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am6DSauwSK4

SeaFields

The-Rigger wrote: »

Do their weather records go back 1000 years?
Have my doubts.

They do!

Sgt Hartman

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

Thas right crab your blanket and mitts now, this winter is gonna be a chiller:D
http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-10-04/coldest-winter-emergency-measures.html

Yipee! That means the whole country is going to stop...again!:(

hal9000

Oh no's more globals warmings!
We didn't listen!

General Zod

johnjo, you can keep warm by burning all the money you surely took out of the bank following your last prediction thread about Irelands finances.

cornbb

So you know what to look out for when it hits.

+18°C Hawaiians use blankets at night
+10°C Tenants in Helsinki flats are turning OFF their heating
+5°C Russians are still growing flowers
+ 2°C Italian cars won't start
0°C Destilled water freezes
-1°C Breath becomes visible. Russians eat ice-cream and drink cold beer
-4°C Your dog crawls into your bed
-10°C French cars won't start
-12°C Politicians start talking about the homeless
-15°C American cars won't start
-18°C Tenants in Helsinki flats are turning ON their heating. The Hawaiians froze to death.
-20°C Breath becomes audible
-24°C German cars won't start
-29°C Your dog crawls under your pyjamas. Japanese cars won't start
-30°C No regular or Russian cars would start now
-39°C The boiling atmosphere in all governments freezes. Russians are buttoning their shirts
-50°C Your car tries to crawl into your bed
-60°C The Helsinki flat tenants freeze. Greenland seals are heading south
-70°C The Hell froze over. University in Ekaterinburg organizes a worm-up field run
-72°C Bankers are putting hands into their own pockets
-75°C Santa abandones Northern Pole
-120°C All alcohol froze. A Russian is really pissed off
-268°C Helium liquified
-273,15°C Absolute zero. Elementary particles stopped moving. A Russian is licking frozen vodka admitting it's bloody cold

aidan24326

The-Rigger wrote: »

Do their weather records go back 1000 years?
Have my doubts.

Indeed they do, though not with the same kind of accuracy and the same amounts of data we have these days of course. For example, Europe underwent a really cold phase in medieval times, with many rivers (including the Thames) freezing so hard that you could skate on them. So severe winters here aren't that unusual. And much is known about long term climate fluctuations in the past through ice core data, geological sediment cores, glaciation etc

clived2

Farmer1: tis going to a cold winter boy
Farmer2: tis surely, I can feel that cold breeze from the soviet union already
Farmer1:what are you on about, the feckin eu is going to cut our subsides
and they already stopped us cuttin the turf, liosban treaty me arse.
Farmer2:aye tis gona be the coldest winter whatever way you look at it

thank feck for onesies

demakinz

It will have to be bloody cold to beat last year. We will be screwed this year because im sure the government hasn't got a penny for salt this year.

Jimbob1977

I can see a film in this.....

Global temperatures plummet in a very short period of time. Strange and extreme weather is observed across the planet. A brilliant scientist struggles to make the fat cats in Washington take notice. New York is deluged by a tidal wave that washes away the iconic Statue of Liberty.

The studio could call it "Two Days Away From Today"

google faps

I remember the big freeze of 1010.
Buckle your heat belts people, this is going to make last winter look like a holiday in Marbella.

knird evol

demakinz wrote: »

We will be screwed this year because im sure the government hasn't got a penny for salt this year.

They bought a big stockpile of salt last may

ScumLord

At least this year I'll have heating in my new place and double glazed windows.