"El Nino...that's Spanish..."
The El Nino-Southern Oscillation is here this year! That right, while El Nino may well be Spanish for The Nino (tips hat to Chris Farely) this means we will be having a warmer winter with tons of snow! So while the Northern Hemisphere will have lots of precipitation, the Southern Hemisphere will be very dry, with drought like conditions in Australia. The El Nino-Southern Oscillation (or ENSO) condition seem to happen every two to seven years for about the past 300 years, but most of these have been kind of weak and not really noticeable. There are seven major theories as to why the El Nino exist, none of which I really want to type about but if you want to read about them or get more general information, check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_NinoKimdianna Jones
posted by Tymkehl @ 10:36 a.m.
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Tons of snow?? That means tons of snow shovelling :( Which means many days of sore backs. But on the bright side, tons of days of making snow angels and building snowmen and snowdogs and snow fairies.....
I assume the "drought like conditions" forecast for Australia means New Zealand, as usual, gets the shaft. Lately we haven't seen the sun due to sideways rain and wind. *sigh* WHY GOD WHY??????
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