Federal climate report predicting hot, dry, fiery future for Prairies

[furrowtickler]

Reality shows much differently.
Frost free days are shorter in most areas
The northern forest area had way above rainfall in many areas .
June / July GDD were below average yet again for the third year in a row in many areas .
Chuck you do know that late May and Late August frosts are occurring more often in this area the past 5-6 years right?
Not saying those experts are totally wrong , but reality is just not showing that in a huge area of the prairies.
2018 and 2019 harvests were terrible in many areas with heavy snow and very cold temps through Sept . Unless that was just a bad memory for most ??

[Guest]

What’s that popping noise ?
Sounds like leftard heads popping
Mustn’t bring details to fairy tale hour , furrow

[AlbertaFarmer5]

FJ. Please post that info again about how every place on the planet is warming faster than every place on the planet. Lol

Or perhaps a picture of Chicken Little would be more appropriate and keeping with the chicken theme.
Or in this case Chuck'en Little.

[SASKFARMER]

Yea Ag Star Kermit like WTF.

It was dry for 8 to 10 years in the 30s. 1961 was so dry it never rained. 1984 to 1988 was kind of dry if i remember it.

Oh the last three years the rain events were less. But it still did rain.

Nothing has changed in 200 years.

WAKE the **** UP.

[SASKFARMER]

Oh yea and chuck keep pasting and posting the world is only ending in liberal minds. A Carbon tax does **** all to save the world when others are doubling and trippling there polution. Come on35 million live on a country that is the second largest land mass in the world and year were the ****ing problem.

The problem is stupidity.

[Hamloc]

The problem is the most celebrated carbon tax in Canada, the B.C. imposed in 2008 has not worked.

GHG Emissions B.C. Compared to Canada
2005 B.C 64.682 mt Canada 730 mt.
2008 B.C. 63.776 mt Canada 723 mt.
2009 B.C. 60.276 mt Canada 680 mt.
2010 B.C. 59.892 mt Canada 691 mt.
2011 B.C. 61.149 mt Canada 702 mt.
2012 B.C. 61.898 mt Canada 710 mt.
2013 B.C. 63.135 mt Canada 721 mt.
2018 B.C. 67.757 mt Canada 729 mt.

As you can see both B.C. and Canada had a reduction in emissions that coincided with the 2008-2009 recession. By 2013 both the province of B.C. and Canada as a whole had returned to basically the same level of emissions they had in 2008. Everybody argues that while it is true B.C.’s emissions per capita are lower than 2005, I would argue that the same applies to Canada as a whole. People like Chuck2 go on about how we must meet our target of 30% below 2005 by 2030 and net zero by 2050. With a quick look at the numbers it is fairly obvious the carbon tax in B.C. hasn’t done it and isn’t doing it and neither is the one in place across Canada. Revenue hungry governments can see that the sheople of Canada are stupid enough to support a carbon tax without analyzing whether it is of any benefit and they will keep ramping it up because they need the money!

[sawfly1]

Sounds like the world is warmer.
At least in our neighborhood it has
Been accompanied by more precipitation.
We have had a long good run of good crops , and frost has not been the factor it was in the 70s80s 90s
This year was first year in 10 to have fall frost as early as the average of Sept. 6th.
We are better farmers now ,, that might be part of it . But am not going to be complaining about the effects here yet.
A three or 5 year drought in future could be a perfectly normal event. All the snow could be melted by new years .
And still be a normal event.
You would have to see 30-50 years of weather to even hint at a climate change.
In general I think you have to go with science.
But if you are going to predict Saskatchewan weather
In the next 5 10 years , your dreaming.

[GDR]

Kind of a lost cause arguing either side of the climate debate so generally I stay out if it. Having said that to give some credit to the article, locally here we have had some warmer winters, hotter summers, cooler snowy and wet spring and falls including this year and thats pret much what the guy says so I cant argue.


Biggest thing that always bothers me is when they start talking about weather events being the "most expensive" in history. That's just a joke because there is no way to compare that to past, it's not just inflation. Used to be a square box of a house that was a 1000 square feet cookie cutter home, now they are 2000sq ft with elaborate rooflines, trim and accessories, and in most places they are in a way more concentrated are ie a lot more buildings damaged in the same size of storm. Infastrure damage same thing compare an old wind flour mill to a 40 billion dollar dam, just not the same.

[furrowtickler]

Not arguing either or , just saying reality seems different than what they are saying across a big are in western Canada
Anyone remember the fall harvests of 2018 and 2019 ?
Early fall frost at the end of August for the 4 out of the past 5 years . And -5’s .... not zero with patchy frosts .
Just challenging the report of experts who don’t live here and have to deal with weather for there livelihoods.
Also the northern Forrest was extremely wet this year .
World wise may be different, but that report says western Canada.... it’s only 1/2 right at best with what’s going on in reality

[rumrocks]

So if you google "warming three times faster" you get articles pointing to the Antarctic, Arctic, Australia and parts of Western Canada are all "warming three times faster then the rest of the world".

Which poses the question, is Saskatchewan warming three times faster then normal faster? Or three times faster then three times faster?

Soon the climate scientists will have to increase the multiplier number as, 3 times faster, just isn't shocking enough anymore. 4 times faster, would get you more govt research dollars and a congratulations letter from the UN.