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Old 08-13-2008, 10:58 AM
 
Location: 32°19'03.7"N 106°43'55.9"W
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Decade has had fewest 90-degree days since 1930 -- chicagotribune.com

I don't know how you Chicagoans do it. As cold as it is in the winter there, I'd be looking forward to summers and hot 90+ degree days. It seems the trend is moving towards global cooling in Chicagoland!
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Old 08-13-2008, 11:02 AM
 
Location: Chicago -- Wicker Park / Nobel Square
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i dont know about you, but i am not a fan of the 90 degree days. usually they come with a wave of jungle like humidity....i do like the 70 to 80 degree temperature range which seems to be the upcoming trend (hopefully the winters become milder)!
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Old 08-13-2008, 11:13 AM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Decade has had fewest 90-degree days since 1930 -- chicagotribune.com

I don't know how you Chicagoans do it. As cold as it is in the winter there, I'd be looking forward to summers and hot 90+ degree days. It seems the trend is moving towards global cooling in Chicagoland!
Are you kidding? Ill take this San Diego-ish weather any day over that 90 degree junk. And besides, for large cities, Chicago usually has one of the LEAST hot summers in the country to begin with! We average 18 days over 90 degrees, which is about 1/4 what some cities average. SCREW THAT! Give me this weather and Im happy as a pig in crap.
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Old 08-13-2008, 11:15 AM
 
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Just goes to prove what a bunch of crap all that "global warming" bs is that the government is trying to feed us.
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Old 08-13-2008, 11:21 AM
 
Location: Evanston
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The current government isn't exactly pushing global warming, Bush didn't even admit it was a problem until this year. But the fact that he has, and as the leader of the country that pollutes the most, makes me think that global warming is probably a real issue.

Just because the summer in Chicago, one point on the globe, has been unusually pleasant does not mean the average temperature of the world is not rising.
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Old 08-13-2008, 11:55 AM
 
Location: Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO
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It's global climate change. Some places will get hotter, others cooler. Some places that will cause problems, in others the effects will be good.

But seriously, I didn't know anyone would pine for 90+ degree days! LOL!
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Old 08-13-2008, 12:14 PM
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Climate change does not mean that everywhere gets hotter.

Personally, I'm okay with cool summers, I've never been much for heat anyway.
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Old 08-13-2008, 12:25 PM
 
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This year's wet/comfortable/cool summer has been attributed to La Nina - the opposite extreme of El Nino, where ocean temp fluctuations all the way down by Peru signal/cause fluctualtions all over the globe. There are lots of factors that influence weather patterns, but they are much more temporary in nature than "global warming," which is a very long-view pattern.
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Old 08-13-2008, 12:35 PM
 
Location: Palmer Square
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Yeah, this summer has been almost chilly at times. I definitely prefer it to be 85+ at least some of the time. I love swimming/being in the water and can't imagine going in when it's only in the 70s! It has made for some pleasant sleeping though.
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Old 08-13-2008, 01:18 PM
 
Location: 32°19'03.7"N 106°43'55.9"W
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It's global climate change. Some places will get hotter, others cooler. Some places that will cause problems, in others the effects will be good.

But seriously, I didn't know anyone would pine for 90+ degree days! LOL!
I actually prefer 95-100 degree days! As long as the humidity is about 10%, it's much more comfortable than 40% humidity and 90 degrees.
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