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Old 12-19-2005, 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
The earth is a large thermal flywheel. It has cooled for several months, and even with increasing sunlight, it takes time to warm it back up. Likewise, August is the hottest month, even though the longect day is June 21, or thereabouts.
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Kinda like a mini ice age? We get past a point of no return and plunge into a deep freeze. It takes significant amount of heat to cycle back to summer?

Makes sense.
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