tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638416.post3093696674392427647..comments2023-10-08T18:03:59.871+02:00Comments on thinking with my fingers: Autumn approachesTorillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07428251841060676279noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638416.post-2409612263681093972007-09-01T07:31:00.000+02:002007-09-01T07:31:00.000+02:00The way I understood it, it was the main temperatu...The way I understood it, it was the main temperature over the winter half of the year. For instance, we can have pretty cold months in Volda, easily down to minus 10 for weeks, but the main temperature is not below zero.<BR/><BR/>Main temperatures are tricky, it's all about the period of time you pick.<BR/><BR/>And yes, I understand that I'll be lucky if it gets up to a balmy minus 10 when the Torillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07428251841060676279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638416.post-33560816251376565422007-08-31T21:17:00.000+02:002007-08-31T21:17:00.000+02:00really? Minus 5 in the winter? Only minues 5? We'v...really? Minus 5 in the winter? Only minues 5? <BR/>We've been here for 3 winters now, and let me tell you, we're happy when it gets UP to minus 5...<BR/><BR/>But yeah, this summer has been weird...mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16665363192631460911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638416.post-31983905484767286642007-08-30T07:13:00.000+02:002007-08-30T07:13:00.000+02:00That is an important point which we also should no...That is an important point which we also should not forget, before panicking: it was a lot warmer in Scandinavia during the Viking era. They grew plants which it is very hard to grow here now, and yes, they farmed on Greenland. It's not unnatural for the planet to go through different temperature cycles, and hard to know what's caused by us, and what's just happening anyway.<BR/><BR/>And my lunchTorillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07428251841060676279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638416.post-18239298102890910582007-08-29T10:14:00.000+02:002007-08-29T10:14:00.000+02:00I watched a short doco last night about the effect...I watched a short doco last night about the effects of the warmer global temps on South Greenland - their agriculture has completely changed and they are growing fresh vegetables and farming cattle for the first time since the Vikings 'disappeared' from there around 500 years ago.M-Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18409916623998907121noreply@blogger.com