[ RadSafe ] six months of winter and solar power

[Joseph Preisig]

Radsafe/L.Lowe,

     Canada's green winter is probably due to the El Nino, which should go
on another 2.5 to 6 years or so.
google en nino.  Any USA/Canada drought should last 2020+/- 9 years or so,
although I have no hard understanding of the severity.  2020 +/- 9 years is
only an estimate.  Cold weather, not necessarily snow, in Binghamton, NY
(USA) when I was there lasted from November through April.  May was always
a relief.  SUNY/Binghamton (USA) has some rather strange rituals associated
Spring and/or Winter --- the passing of the vegetables and the stomping of
the coat.  It is always good to stomp the coat at the end of Winter.
     Joe Preisig



On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Conway Lowe Family <conlowe at bell.net>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I guess it depends on how one defines winter.   My comment related largely
> to snow fall  and its impact on solar cells, the gist of  the message to
> which I was responding.   As previously indicated, Toronto has about 40
> snow days/year, considerably less than six months.  Even considering snow
> accumulation, our Christmas was  "green" this winter, a not uncommon
> occurrence in Toronto.   Even now, I can see our lawn.  I admit the latter
> is a bit unusual for late January, but this will be more frequent with
> global warming.
>
> I however cannot argue about Regina - it certainly has six months of winter
> each year.
>
> Fortunately, wherever you live, snow fall has essentially no impact on
> nuclear power generation.
>
> L. Lowe
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> From: Tianna Gross [mailto:Tianna.Gross at uregina.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 2:58 PM
> To: conlowe at bell.net; RADSAFE <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
> Subject: Re: [ RadSafe ] six months of winter
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> I second that. Here in Regina, Saskatchewan (2 hours from the American
> border) we definitely have 6 months+ of winter.  Although, two weeks ago we
> reached temperatures of -40 F, El Nino has been very good to us this
> winter.
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> Having spent 31/2 years in Plattsburgh, NY,  I beg to differ.  Winter there
> lasted from November through April - six months. Now, there may be some
> regions of maritime Canada that have a slightly milder climate, but most of
> that country lies inland and to the North of Plattsburgh so I have a hard
> time believing winters are any shorter up there.
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> L. Lowe wrote:
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> I was not sure if you were just  kidding us Canucks about 6 months of
> winter
> in Canada.  Northern Canada does have long winters  and of  course snowfall
> dose impact the availability of solar power.   But for the record, where
> most of the population in Canada lives, the winter is considerably shorter
> than 6 months.  ...
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