With the fans I think 60-70% of incidents in sports is really caused by alcohol. I don't think as many fans when sober would act the way they do in general at sporting events.
Christmas Countdown - 2016
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Love your outlook in 2016. I have a friend who works at the last company I worked for. He can not speak or hear. This guy has the most amazing attitude and I admire him so much. He could be homeless in a snowstorm with no food and still be happy. I really envy him. And I talk to him every day. He always amazes me and makes me realize to keep a positive attitude.
Thanks Crown! Good luck to your Packers and Panthers!
Good Sunday Morning MMC! Well it's a stormy Sunday morning here. It's raining and windy. But at least I don't have to go to work in it! The work week ahead looks cold but dry. Maybe some flurries on Wednesday but no big storms on their way. I'm not sure how long we can keep away the bad winter weather but we've been lucky after 2 very unlucky winters. I don't feel like running out early this morning. Why should I? Someone give me a reason 
. I rarely ever stay home all morning. I pretty much go out every day of the year in the morning but today I'm debating whether I will even go out or wait till the rain stops around lunch time.
I hope you all enjoy the 2nd half of your weekend as we're already in double digits of January!
. I rarely ever stay home all morning. I pretty much go out every day of the year in the morning but today I'm debating whether I will even go out or wait till the rain stops around lunch time. I hope you all enjoy the 2nd half of your weekend as we're already in double digits of January!
Temperatures at the North Pole are estimated to have spiked above freezing in a rare December 'heatwave' caused by Storm Frank.
The mercury was forecast to rise above 1°C on Wednesday, in a dramatic and possibly unprecedented rise from the usual deep freeze conditions of close to -30°C at this time of year.
The storm in the North Atlantic that has seen Britain deluged by rain and battered by strong winds has also pushed warm air from the tropics up to the Arctic, causing the highly unusual temporary temperature rise, meteorologists said.
Forecast taken from http://cci-reanalyzer.org/weather/index.php
No temperature measurement instruments are operating on the North Pole to provide precise readings, but experts estimated that the mercury may indeed have nudged above zero.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that weather models based on satellite readings "interpreted temperatures above 32°F (0°C) at the North Pole for a brief time".
"As the North Pole is over the Arctic Ocean (which is frozen most of the year), NOAA does not have land-based temperature gauges there," a spokesman added.
Such temperatures would have made the North Pole even warmer than many parts of North America, such as Oklahoma, and comparable with places like Vienna and Istanbul.
Simon King, a BBC forecaster and Met Office meteorologist, tweeted that it was a "bit warm at the North Pole".
"Thanks to Storm Frank, the temperature is a very rare +1°C compared to the average -28°C," he said.
The Met Office said that Storm Frank had "drawn large amounts of warm air north from the tropics across the north Atlantic".
As the storm moved over Iceland it was "pushing warm air ahead of it towards the pole", a spokesman said.
Ryan Maue, a meteorologist at US company Weather Bell, said some datasets suggested temperatures hit 0.7C at the North Pole on Wednesday, although there was a large range of uncertainty.
This would be one of the warmest estimated temperatures on record for the North Pole in winter months.
Bob Henson, a meteorologist at the Weather Underground, said there had only been three instances of above-freezing temperatures at the North Pole in December since 1948.
Weather data from a buoy in the Arctic Ocean to the south of the pole, operated by the North Pole Environmental Observatory, shows temperatures rising sharply during the course of Monday, from around -21°C at midnight to 0.7°C by on Monday night.
James Morison, of NPEO, told Slate he had "never heard of" temperatures above freezing at the North Pole in winter.
Update 31/12/15: After this story was published, James Morison, of the NPEO, responded to an enquiry from the Telegraph, to say the NPEO's own estimate puts peak temperatures in the North pole region at -8.5°C,
He said the buoy closest to the Pole, at 87.5°N, 12°W, shot up from -37°C on the 28th to a maximum of -8.52°C at 3am on the 30th.
He said: "In summary, the forecast warming was qualitatively pretty good even though temperatures at the Pole didn’t reach up to the freezing point. In fairness the forecast front was very sharp so if it didn’t get quite as far north, that would explain temperatures at the Pole being significantly cooler than forecast."
Interesting! Thanks for sharing!I am on my way
Go Packers!! It's a good day to stay inside & watch some football!!! Have a great day Crown!
We had heavy rain over night. I woke up at 5 am & looked outside, it was pouring rain. Woke up at 7 to see the pic I posted! Hope yours changes to snow too!
Have a great day SnowflakeMom! Stay dry! Sorry you have to take down decs today!
Could be! No excuse for the players attitudes though... LOL
If you have no plans at noon, I say wait til noon. If you can't go then I say git 'r done!!!Good Sunday Morning MMC! Well it's a stormy Sunday morning here. It's raining and windy. But at least I don't have to go to work in it! The work week ahead looks cold but dry. Maybe some flurries on Wednesday but no big storms on their way. I'm not sure how long we can keep away the bad winter weather but we've been lucky after 2 very unlucky winters. I don't feel like running out early this morning. Why should I? Someone give me a reason
I hope you all enjoy the 2nd half of your weekend as we're already in double digits of January!
Have a great day Edge!Agree!!!
Yes there is...too much money? Then again we're playing the billion dollar lottery here but I would never make money change me (I'm sure many say that and it does change them). But honestly the way I live and am...I don't even know what I would do with that kind of money. Buy a condo for myself, give my mom money, my siblings, invest some, and give some to charities. I just am not into going to buy mansions or 100 fancy cars or expensive jewelry.
Good morning everyone! For the first time this winter season, I am watching the snow fall! Glorious, beautiful snow!
It was predicted that it would go above a billion - rigged they say?!Hope you had a great day HMG & a fun time with your BIL!
I wonder what the odds of winning are. It's insane.
We had a wonderful time celebrating my BIL's birthday. it was a lot of fun. Thank you!
Now they are predicting 1-2" of snow between 5 am & 11am with wind gusts to 40 mph! We have a winter weather advisory! News channels are saying plows are prepared to be on the roads before it begins. I told Gracie we will have to get up early so we can watch the whole event!!!
Merry Dreams MMC!
Enjoy the snow Holiday, be safe out there!
Looooooooook:
So pretty!
Merry Sunday!
I am off to work shortly. I have a little anxiety about being there after the last two sundays. I am also still down with this bug. At least it's not getting worse but it will make the day a little challenging.
Wish me well and keep me in your prayers please
See you tonight hopefully. I won't be in till around 7:30pm. Loooong day!
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Merry Sunday Festive!
Keeping you in my thoughts, hope your day goes well. Continued prayers, hope you get well soon ♥
Nope, lol. Da Bears!Don't tell me that he's a *gasp* Vi-Queens fan!!
Wowza!
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