Coldest winter in 100 years on its way!

[Prepper1]

(19 November 2012, 12:18)Tarrel Wrote:

(19 November 2012, 11:11)Scythe13 Wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_age

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(19 November 2012, 10:54)Prepper1 Wrote: this is conjecture about all the dating but many coincidences I'm sure you'll agree, maybe they're nothing but maybe if we are indeed heading for a new Ice age we should perhaps devote some time at least to discussing our options at least, because we havent really discussed long term Ice ige living anyway, so maybe nows the time...

Sounds interesting.

Cool idea. (Geddit?)

Actually, a related issue is the potential disruption to the Gulf Stream caused by changes in the salinity of the Atlantic Ocean. A rapid increase in the calving of icebergs as a result of, say, the Greenland Ice Sheet melting, together with the gradual warming of the sea, could turn off or disrupt the warm water "conveyor" that the Gulf Stream provides, leading to a dramatic change in weather for the UK. It's worth bearing in mind that we are on a similar latitude to Labrador in Northern Canada.

Climate change, and its unpredictability, is one of the most difficult things to prep for in the long term. It affects growing season, extreme weather, crop disease; all sorts of things.

Sooooo ... if we're on the same lattitude as Labrador in Canada can we therefore extrapolate that we'd see the same weather conditions and seasons etc...?????

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Average Weather For Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

http://weatherspark.com/averages/28411/W...dor-Canada

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http://www.holidaycheck.com/climate-wett...d_938.html

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Hmmmm I wonder if N.R. is right.
Will it take many generations?
What happens if the gulf stream turns off over the next year or two due to whatever reason?
How fast would the changes happen then?