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The OP doesn't know much about climates and geography.
Like I said, there is a reason why North America has the most tornadoes of any continent, and there is a reason why polar vortexes(like this one coming right now) are able to descend as far south as they do... its because North America lacks an east-west barrier to prevent such events from happening.
Like I said, there is a reason why North America has the most tornadoes of any continent, and there is a reason why polar vortexes(like this one coming right now) are able to descend as far south as they do... its because North America lacks an east-west barrier to prevent such events from happening.
You seem bizarrely obsessed with this topic. It is what it is. No crazy wacked out scheme is going to change the climate of NA. Deal with it or move. In the 1980's it seemed as if the polar vortex was permanently stationed over Montreal. Climate works in cycles.
This cold is nothing like what happened in the 1980's. A number of years then had extreme winter min temps below zero F here in Philadelphia. 1982 and 1984 went down to -7F here. Charleston went down to single digits. This is so hyped it is incredible. Our lowest forecasted temp right now is 7F. Sure it is extreme cold, but we last saw temps lower than that in 2009, 2005, 2004, 1997,1996, 1995, etc. Nothing at all that unusual. No "ice age" is imminent despite the cold lovers constant pining for it.
There are no words to describe how much I would hate this idea. Human modification of the climate will likely produce dire consequences, if you want to have a boring climate move to San Diego. North America's climate is beautiful and interesting, leave it alone. East Asia has an even more continental climate than us, and no one over there ******* about it. I swear this country is full of whiners
And to Tom77, it may not be anything in your area, but in Nashville the predicted HIGH is 6 F today. 6 F with a subzero low in Nashville, I wouldn't consider that "hype", that's record breaking cold.
This topic is really ridiculous. The OP doesn't know about geography or climate. What's this delicate fragile ecosystem in the South non-sense? The ecosystem in the South is perfectly adapted to deal with cold extremes like this. Maybe people should stop growing non-native plants in the South? Just a thought.
I don't think the OP realizes that the same systems that produce tornadoes also bring beneficial rainfall to a region that's already inconsistent with it's rainfall. I don't get why anyone would want to F with mother nature. If there's any air mass that we should block are the air masses that originate in Mexico that bring heat and drought to the Plains. Now those air masses don't benefit anyone in the least.
This topic is really ridiculous. The OP doesn't know about geography or climate. What's this delicate fragile ecosystem in the South non-sense? The ecosystem in the South is perfectly adapted to deal with cold extremes like this. Maybe people should stop growing non-native plants in the South? Just a thought.
Some of the native plants of the South get damaged, or even die, in the frigid temperatures some parts of the South might see tonight. Such frigid temps caused by powerful arctic blasts can even affect Florida, where some plants like Coconut palms get damaged, or even die. Native coral reef ecosystems off the coast of Florida get injured when such powerful cold events occur.
But I do agree with you in that people shouldn't plant non-native tender plants like palms trees in areas of the inland south like Atlanta (which is about to go to the single digits). The only places in the country where such plants have a chance for long-term survival is on the West Coast, the lowland parts of the Southwest, the Gulf Coast, Florida, and the Atlantic Coast up to Cape Hatteras. However, if it wasn't for the geographic circumstances of North America, I'm sure that Atlanta, too, would be able to grow palms.
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