drstuess

Very well said. I guess I am also struggling with what OPs point is. His copy pastes seem to highlight the culture war and terminology aspects of the book and opinion pieces, but beyond that what is he saying? Do you not think AGW is real? If so, why not? What other mechanism describe the increases? Does that theory hold up to review and scrutiny? Do you expect research to continue in that area? What criticism of that theory would make you chnage your mind? There are many facets of climate change discussion which are ongoing and will continue to be ongoing as we live through it, more data results, and research continues. "Settled" is then a vary vague and imprecise term without more detail and context... For OPs benefit, climate science is very active with research into the impact of past, present, and future human behavior on climate change and various climate, biological, and social systems. The area is not "at rest" or "settled" with ongoing research and input subject to the scientific process and peer review of its merits. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Found this snow depth visualization of Steins run from the groomer pretty cool. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Sounded like a freightliner just came through, shook the house and trashcans all knocked over. Impressively abrupt here. Weather station has only been up since xmas, but just hit its max gust of 32. Nothing crazy but decent considering it is pretty sheltered from the north by the house and reads low as a result. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

2-3 (eyeballed) of fluff in Narragansett, RI. Coming down nice and dead clam out. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Snow plastering everything, decent number of small and medium trees down in the neighborhood Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Pretty quickly (10 mins) went from nothing to snowing pretty good in Southern RI. If it keeps this up, seems like we should do well enough Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

I know there was a partial burial of some folks yesterday who had no gear, training, etc, but I haven't seen any news elsewhere of a slide/death today. That would be tragic, especially if it was a rescuer... Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Wind was much less than the last one in S. RI. Some light roaring, but all my wreaths are still on the windows. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Thats a nice wave maker. Nice xmas south swell. Beauty of skiing and surfing, make lemonade out of grinches. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Drought in the summer, rain in the winter. Might as well jump in the bay now. Lock in the weenie shrinking... Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Congrats picnic tables... Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Looks prime for the Narragansett Bay snow hole. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Block buoy up to 22ft. Should be some good swells tomorrow. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Power out in Jamestown Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Southeast light on Block gusting 66 mph. Edit. Looks like 75 mph now...

I will give a shameless plug of my friends local surf forecasting app. Ww3 data, gfs wind, local cams, and very good spectral analysis from the local buoys. RI specific, but worth checking out: called "HopeWaves" . Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Paging McGulps! Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Our town was on a full outside watering ban for most of the summer. Not supposed to water garden or anything. Many did not adhere to it, but the town threatened to cut off service to offenders. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Friends house in Charlestown, RI just took a big gust. Brought a big pine into his deck. Edit: N grid also showing our neighborhood without power. Thankfully we do have lower though. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Yeah, I saw this pic from down the road in Green hill. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

I heard the beavertail lighthouse lost a section of roof... Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

10+ big trees down in my 5 mile commute. Lots of wind and little power on south shore RI. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Power out in Narragansett RI and Charlestown. Super windy down here. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk

Just slant sticked my way to 2.5 inches of cake batter in the front yard in Narragansett. Long way to go to reel in the 10-18 forecasted. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

Disappointingly only 2 inches or so in the backyard here in Narragansett. Wind is whipping though and raining down ice chunks from the trees. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk