Should We Believe in El Nino?

chic said:
I feel for people who live in areas prone to drought and have relatives in CA that I'll be concerned about. But, from a purely selfish perspective an El Nino winter will mean warmer, drier, weather for the Northeast US and after last year's record snowfall and record snow shoveling ( for me and everyone else ), I'm looking forward to a break from all that.
Yes, I do believe El Nino is real. I've experienced it before.
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Not sure about the drier. Warmer icier in Boston, hope ski slops get snow.
 

Sure makes me happy... Dry and warm in Chicago for my last winter of commuting!! I couldn't be more pleased.
 

QuickSilver said:
Unfortunately I have to drive as I work out in the western burbs... No public transportation available..
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Those burbs have grown immensely since I left the area. Each Sunday morning, my Dad drove me from Berwyn out to Lombard, straight out Cermak Rd., to me Grandparents house; they had 8 acres there, east of Highland Rd., about 18th. St., between Cermak and Roosevelt, later when they were dead, their place butted up against Yorktown Mall!

Gettin' off thread, sorry. Reminiscin' like an old fool. imp
 
Should We Believe in El Nino?
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I don't see the predicted El Nino as something one would "believe in",meteorologists are forecasting an el nino trend for this coming winter. So, if it happens we'll get lotsa water(and mud), but if it doesn't happen we'll just have another wrong weather forecast. It isn't religion, just science.
 
QuickSilver said:
I know exactly where you are talking about.. My Uncle lived on Lloyd West of Highland. That area is completely developed now.. No farms.
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Jeez, QS! My old friend Charlie, from Morton High School, has kept in touch all these years, his lady friend of 20 or so lives on Lloyd! 2 S 601 Lloyd! Small world? You bet! imp
 
Davey Jones said:
Funny 10 years ago nobody know what a El Nino was or who.
Mine was called "cripes, what lousy weather".
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Um...maybe you didn't live where El Nino made much difference? I sure did, and we sure did know what El Nino was as far back as I can remember paying any attention to the weather. A heckuva lot longer than just 10 years go!
 
Because of the drought implications, farmers and the weather bureaux in Australia have been tracking the Southern Oscillation Index for decades. The terms el Nino and la Nina have become commonly understood by the public as the extremes of the index.
 
QuickSilver said:
Chicago folk like to argue... lol!!
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(I gotta be careful here): Certain of them you didn't mess with. It was purported the Puerto Ricans carried straight-edged razors!

Hey, do you remember the Italian stores along Taylor St.? Chiarugi Hardware sold all the stuff needed to make wine: crushers, presses, new oak barrels. We bought a couple of small ones. The old days! imp
 

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