It has been less than a day since Tropical Storm Dean has developed into a hurricane and already global warming is being mentioned in a news story about this weather development. Credit for the first known citing of global warming in a Hurricane Dean story goes to The Daily Green. Correspondent Chris Mooney starts out by giving his story, Nothing But Land to Stop Hurricane Dean … or Supertyphoon Sepat, an authentic all caps touch with this weather advisory from the National Hurricane Center:
BASED ON WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW ABOUT INTENSITY CHANGE … THERE DO NOT SEEM TO BE TOO MANY INHIBITING FACTORS TO A FUTURE INTENSIFICATION OF DEAN. GLOBAL MODELS UNANIMOUSLY DEVELOP A LARGE UPPER-LEVEL ANTICYCLONE NEAR THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE AS THE SYSTEM TRAVELS INTO THE CARIBBEAN SEA. IN COMBINATION WITH VERY DEEP WARM WATERS … THIS PATTERN WOULD FAVOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POWERFUL HURRICANE.
From this promising beginning, Mooney quickly descends into the global warming blame game:
Very few hurricanes achieve their maximum potential intensity, but some do. For this reason, maximum potential intensity theory is a leading reason for believing that global warming should cause the average hurricane to strengthen. Climate change is expected to increase the maximum potential intensity, period. And if it does so, then those storms that achieve their maximum potential will be achieving a higher one than before. By these lights, as global warming sets in we ought to see hurricane intensity records breaking across the globe...
Growing up in South Florida, I used to enjoy tracking hurricanes on maps provided for that purpose by the Miami Herald. However, my interest has changed in recent years. I now prefer to track how many reporters cite global warming whenever new hurricanes develop. So far, Chris Mooney is the first reporter tracked citing global warming in a news story about Hurricane Dean. I have every confidence many more reporters will follow in Mooney's footsteps as Hurricane Dean continues to develop. Global warming hurricane reporter tracking maps will be provided exclusively here on NewsBusters.
—P.J. Gladnick is a freelance writer and creator of the DUmmie FUnnies blog.
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Oh, P.J.
August 16, 2007 - 18:51 ET by drillanwrThis sounds like great fun!!! <giddy with laughter>
How do we track them? Bag-O-Hot-Air Mooney?
They're all just pi$$ed the hurricane season last year and this year has been near fizzle levels.
Is there some place we can
August 16, 2007 - 19:05 ET by danboIs there some place we can keep a global warming sighting list?
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
Yes, and we need a scale ...
August 16, 2007 - 19:07 ET by drillanwrYes, and we need a scale ... 1-5 ... although a 6 isn't out of the question, given a GW Cult gathering such as the concert of a month or so ago.
* Hmmmm
August 16, 2007 - 19:26 ET by rob6677How about some sort of stat counter for various categories of stories that make it on NB.
Gloabal Warming = 4873
Anti-Military = 7612
BDS = 14,984
etc.
Ahhh, maybe it would just be pointless after a couple thousand?
"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice." Clint Eastwood
<sigh>
August 16, 2007 - 19:31 ET by drillanwrWe do need to eat and sleep, you know ... And some of us knuckle-draggers do shower.
* I know
August 17, 2007 - 04:28 ET by rob6677Sometimes I just find it so annoying that there is like 7 posts a day about global warming. Just thought it would be interesting to somehow have a grand total for the year or whatever, and be able to use that as yet another media bias/lib tactic that we have to endure. (Chairman Ann does this with Lexis Nexis)
Shower? Whats That?
"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice." Clint Eastwood
I think we also need a
August 16, 2007 - 20:01 ET by danboI think we also need a place, not just for the numbers but also the stupid quotes.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
* Ohh
August 17, 2007 - 04:19 ET by rob6677What's wrong with my quote?
"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice." Clint Eastwood
Duh
August 17, 2007 - 06:31 ET by dahliatraversIt's not stupid enough.
*lol
August 17, 2007 - 08:11 ET by rob6677In my defense: I already had a few of those, but was asked to change them, they were to offensive!
"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice." Clint Eastwood
I was thinking the stupid
August 17, 2007 - 09:39 ET by danboI was thinking the stupid quotes we get from the media about weather, hurricanes, global warming.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
* lol
August 17, 2007 - 09:51 ET by rob6677Ohhh, well that's different then..............NEVERMIND!
"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice." Clint Eastwood
We're told that pointing
August 16, 2007 - 19:02 ET by danboWe're told that pointing out cold weather is meaningless. But hurricanes....
Guess they never heard about Camile, Galveston, Betsy, Florida Key's Labor Day 1935, the Keys/Corpus storm of 1919, The Cheniere Caminada storm189? and the list can go on and on.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
danbo-
August 16, 2007 - 19:06 ET by drillanwrRepeat after me ... There were NO hurricanes before Hurricane Katrina ...
Hey drill, Beg to differ,
August 16, 2007 - 19:10 ET by BlondeHey drill,
Beg to differ, but we had a kind of exciting one in '92 called Andrew.
We are beginning to have fun now. I've had my TV off for two days because I can't stand to hear the hype. Hurricane Dean is 600 miles east of nowhere and you'd think the sky is falling.
You know...if it bleeds, it leads.
N-O-O-O, Blonde!!!
August 16, 2007 - 19:13 ET by drillanwrThere was no "Andrew"! Only Katrina! Bow down in the direction of New Orleans and ask the Lord Nagan for forgiveness!
drill, A Katrina story
August 16, 2007 - 19:19 ET by Blondedrill,
A Katrina story for you. The day of Katrina's first landfall....it was headed in at 26.2 degrees north all day (Broward/Palm Beach line)....the particular latitude of my home & workplace. I didn't leave work until 4:30 p.m. (d'oh, that was a dumba$$ thing to do, I scared myself silly driving home with tree branches flying around). It made landfall at 6:30 p.m. and had veered south to the Dade/Broward line.
As for Lord Nagan, he needs his peeps back. I visit Houston frequently, and his peeps are still there, panhandling. I know, one of them hit me up for money leaving the office the last time I was there. The Houstonians I know are rather fed up with it.
New Orleans' crime drop is
August 16, 2007 - 19:25 ET by drillanwrNew Orleans' crime drop is Houston's crime gain ...
My cousin lives there ... Works at Texas Inst. I saw him about a year ago. He was griping about them too.
Katrina Landfall
August 16, 2007 - 19:30 ET by P.J. GladnickI have a FUnnie Katrina story. On the day it made landfall in South Florida, a friend of mine orignally from India, Lala, called me around 2 P.M. to requst that I drive down to his house in Homestead. When I told Lala that a hurricane was approaching he told me not to worry and that what he had to tell me was so important that it was worth risking a drive in hurricane force winds. I asked Lala to tell me what he needed to say on the phone but he told me it was too important for that and could only be told to me personally. For about a half hour I was on the phone arguing with Lala that there was NO WAY I was going to go out driving in the middle of a Hurricane.
To make a long story short, Katrina veered south and flooded out Lala's house in Homestead. As to his "important" story. I visited him weeks later and was astounded at how trivial it was. Of course, that was typical Lala. You sort of have to know him to understand the guy's eccentricities. Still, him expecting me to drive in the middle of a hurricane just to hear something incredibly trivial from him was really bizarre. Actually his trivial story was pretty bizarre and don't have the room to tell about that here.
P.J. Well, I learned MY
August 16, 2007 - 19:38 ET by BlondeP.J.
Well, I learned MY lesson about driving in (near) hurricane force winds. Obviously you made THAT connection before I did. Never again.
Something else about Katrina (before I had my generator!).....my power was off for quite a few days....so no TV (and it was bloody HOT!). When I finally saw the news, Katrina was a MONSTER storm and I couldn't believe those idiots in New Orleans were doing the ostrich immitation. Nagan should have been strung up for the lack of preparation.
At work this year, we did a hurricane sim in late April (they killed off my poor boss)....we take this stuff seriously.
I have an Andrew and
August 16, 2007 - 20:15 ET by danboI have an Andrew and Katrina story.
I worked for the state. And after Andrew had his way with you guys in Florida, was in the gulf. I was getting predictions of hurricane force winds by 8 the next morning. I didn't wait and took the precautions I deemed necessary. I was then called my the state and asked who gave me the authority.
However, there was justice. Andrew went around me and hit the people who accused me of jumping the gun. And did they whine.
Katrina. I know someone who lived on the beach near the catholic church. When he got home and started clearing the rubble of his home. He found 4 stations of the cross in the rubble. And put them aside to give them to the priest when he saw him.
When he saw the priest he told him. "Father, I know you've been trying to get me in church for a number of years. But I never thought you'd send the church to me.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
Katrina. I know someone who
August 16, 2007 - 20:22 ET by drillanwrKatrina. I know someone who lived on the beach near the catholic church. When he got home and started clearing the rubble of his home. He found 4 stations of the cross in the rubble. And put them aside to give them to the priest when he saw him.
When he saw the priest he told him. "Father, I know you've been trying to get me in church for a number of years. But I never thought you'd send the church to me.
I like that story, danbo. I wonder which four SOTC he found ...
He did't tell me. It may be
August 16, 2007 - 20:25 ET by danboHe did't tell me. It may be symbolic.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
My thoughts too.
August 16, 2007 - 20:35 ET by drillanwrMy thoughts too.
dan & drill..... In the
August 16, 2007 - 20:55 ET by Blondedan & drill.....
In the immortal words of Jimmy Buffett....
"There's no trying to reason with hurricane season".
It is what it is.
Which is kind of great, actually. It brings all of us who live in the "alley" together in a special sort of way.
But it's rather interesting, that those of us who've been through the hurricane wars (and trust me, when I say this, it's nothing remotely comparable to those who are in Iraq doing unbelievable things for us on a daily basis! The "wars" thing was just kind of a lame metaphor) just kind of have to laugh at the stupidity.
Personally, I'm waiting for Shep & Geraldo to cry on air again. And then blame the hurricane on George Bush.
Qu'elle idiots!
Narlinians in Houston
August 16, 2007 - 19:51 ET by RiharI live in Houston and a family moved into a renter house down the street right after it hit. We went over, said "hi" and my family mowed their lawn because they (for obvious reasons) didn't have a lawn mower. They were a really nice family. However the part of town where I grew up got hit with the types who "didn't know pot was illegal" yes, that's an actual quote from a New Orleans transplant.
Most of the NO'ers I've encountered are nice enough but I can see why others have really been getting on people's nerves. I didn't mind the influx as a whole but what bugged me the most was the "Vote Nagin" billboards in Houston during election season. Other billboards referred to how to "take back our home". Um... New Orelans is about six hours away from Houston.
When a liberal speaks, the truth is busy elsewhere.
As a former Nawlin's
August 16, 2007 - 20:39 ET by danboAs a former Nawlin's Dawlin. I moved to the Mississippi Coast for a reason. But the Nawlins people you have, will be a new special intrest/rights group. They will have rights to vote in the new orleans elections till they die. Even if they haven't returned by the year 2100.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
They bug me too
August 16, 2007 - 21:59 ET by general companywhat bugged me the most was the "Vote Nagin" billboards in Houston
They bug me anywhere. Great comments, but quite frankly if you dont mind, please continue to make the ex N.O. residents feel right at home, or maybe we could trade for all of the new Illeagals we have acquired.
Seems as though there are quite a few of hurricane veterans here.
The sad thing. If I still
August 16, 2007 - 20:18 ET by danboThe sad thing. If I still lived in New Orleans. I would have voted for him both times. Not that he was that good a choice. But the alternative.....
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
And i've danced with more
August 16, 2007 - 20:31 ET by danboAnd i've danced with more hurricanes than I can remember. Some dinks where i went out to run. And some nasty ladies. Not all hurricanes are the same. Right off the top of my head. Hilda, Betsy, Camile, Andrew, George, Katrina, Dennis, Juan, Opal, Rita. Just for starters. I know there were no hurricanes before Katrina.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
Hi Blonde,Don't forget
August 17, 2007 - 00:29 ET by msh1973Hi Blonde,
Don't forget Charley 8/13/04...we won't in Lee County.
Just last night the local Fox station said that Dean will no doubt become a Cat 4.... then she just went right on with her report. That kind of stuff just drives me and my husband crazy!
Hurricanes have been forming for years upon years, that is what happens in the tropics during the summer and fall.
I'm waiting for the left to blame the earthquakes on global warming.
Repeat after me ... There
August 16, 2007 - 21:41 ET by general companyRepeat after me ... There were NO hurricanes before Hurricane Katrina ...
Then how did they get to K?
Affirmative Action
August 16, 2007 - 21:50 ET by drillanwrAffirmative Action
1900 Galveston Hurricane
August 16, 2007 - 19:11 ET by P.J. GladnickSpeaking of the Galveston Hurricane, I highly recommend the book, Issac's Storm. It was also featured on the History Channel. One reason that the people of Galveston were totally unprepared for that hurricane is that the Weather Bureau back then decreed that it was impossible for a hurricane to continue on a northerly track in the Gulf of Mexico. When they received reports of a possible hurricane heading north, they said such reports MUST be wrong since it is a known "fact" that hurricanes in the Gulf must veer towards the East once entering that body of water. Somehow that hurricane didn't abide by a government decree.
Or consensus
August 16, 2007 - 19:16 ET by drillanwrOr consensus
I believe it's the
August 16, 2007 - 20:48 ET by danboI believe it's the Key's/Corpus storm that's also interesting. They knew it was out there after it killed people around the keys and Havanna. But they lost it. And didn't know it was heading to Texas. When they talk about how worse storms are. they have no concept of the science or ability prior to eyes in the sky or radar.
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
Apologize To The Greens, Everyone
August 16, 2007 - 21:23 ET by JoelCTI am very sorry everyone, but it is time for all of us to hang our heads in shame and apologize to the Global Warming people. I did some deep research just now, and I discovered the awful truth:
Galveston, TX on September 8, 1900 - estimated 200 mph winds (Prescott Sheldon Bush born May 15, 1895)
The Labor Day Hurricane, FL Keys, September 2, 1935, Category 5, 200 mph (George Herbert Walker Bush born 06/12/1924)
Hurricane Camille, MS, August 17, 1969, Category 5, 909 mb, Approaching 190 mph (George Herbert Walker Bush in House of Representatives)
Hurricane Andrew, FL, August 24, 1992, Category 5, 165 mph (George Herbert Walker Bush President)
Hurricane Charley, FL, August 13, 2004, Category 4, 150 mph (George Walker Bush President)
Hurricane Katrina, MS/LA, August 25th,2005, Category 3, 125 mph (George Walker Bush President)
Do you understand what this means? For every major hurricane of this century, there was a BUSH around, and usually involved in government. Whether it was our President, his father, or his grandfather, the greenies are correct: IT'S ALL BUSH'S FAULT!!!
I'll call Leonardo DiCaprio and and let him know we are all sorry for making fun of him.
You've got a fan in me,
August 16, 2007 - 19:06 ET by dabalYou've got a fan in me, then. This out to be good.
Now...where's my popcorn machine....
popcorn machine??!!??!!!!
August 16, 2007 - 19:15 ET by drillanwrDo you know the carbon footprint of a popcorn machine???!!! Especially if the popcorn burns? The CO2 emmissions! Oh! The humanity! Can't you just chew on the unpopped kernals? Must you be so selfish?
Dual sin
August 16, 2007 - 19:32 ET by upcountrywaterTake those un-poped cernals out of your mouth and process them into ethanol, right now . Just maybe you can redeem yourself, if you convert your popcorn machine into an ethanol reactor.
Entitlement over infrastructure every SINGLE time.
ucw-
August 16, 2007 - 19:34 ET by drillanwrYou are brilliant! You are our leader!
Y thank u thank u
August 16, 2007 - 19:51 ET by upcountrywaterI'm alive, I'm alive after flossie, still alive and kicking.
BTW not one drop of rain on my little part of paradice, from this cat 4 storm. Hawaii waters are to COLD , it sucked the heat out of that storm.
Entitlement over infrastructure every SINGLE time.
upcountry, Good for
August 16, 2007 - 19:56 ET by Blondeupcountry,
Good for you....they made it sound like you were in imminent danger of being flattened!
Glad to hear the good news.
The Pacific is named that for a reason.....unlike our bathtub here in the Atlantic & Gulf. Although, I can't really complain. I wouldn't swim in the Pacific without a wetsuit...I don't get in here unless it's at least 80 degrees.
Yeah, I know, having my cake and eating it too. What can I say?
Blonde,
August 16, 2007 - 20:18 ET by upcountrywaterBy Cold I Mean 76 F. Not the 90 F. as in the Gulf this time of year.
If diving below 40 feet then a wet suit is needed here.
Converative Voice is on the big island i hope he makes it through ok. They got rain, 8-10 inches not much according to Hawaii standards.
Entitlement over infrastructure every SINGLE time.
76F is COLD! Yikes. I
August 16, 2007 - 20:29 ET by Blonde76F is COLD!
Yikes. I can't handle that for more than about five minutes, if I can manage to hop in at all.
I can't find Flossie on the Weather Channel site...do you have a link? I hope CV's riding it out.
Dean's up to a CAT 2, and looking better organized. Bad news for those south of Cuba.
ucw-
August 16, 2007 - 20:34 ET by drillanwrIs the water temp usually that cool? Could it also be due to the depth differences between the Pacific Island waters and the more shallow Gulf, that more easily warms and stays warm?
drill , blonde opps blonde and drill
August 16, 2007 - 21:28 ET by upcountrywaterHere is a chart for you drillanwr
hawaii water temp.
blonde your weather map
As you can see the hurricane is gone. an archive may be found.
Entitlement over infrastructure every SINGLE time.
For me it's the gulf.
August 16, 2007 - 20:22 ET by danboFor me it's the gulf. There's a point where i stop diving in the gulf and head to the springs. (They're warmer.)
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
i miss living in the land of Aloha
August 16, 2007 - 20:21 ET by terrigGlad to hear you're doing well. I really miss living in HI even though it's the liberal bastion.
Thank you terrig
August 16, 2007 - 20:36 ET by upcountrywaterliberal land for sure :-[ , tis why i visit NB! a paradice of great thinkers here.
Entitlement over infrastructure every SINGLE time.
Another kamaaina here-glad
August 16, 2007 - 20:45 ET by Del DolemonteAnother kamaaina here-glad to know you're OK. I lived in the "other" Kailua (the one on Oahu) for several years right after Statehood. Went back for my first visit in 37 years in 2003, and my old school still had the same coat of paint on it! Corruption Central...
DD
August 16, 2007 - 21:29 ET by upcountrywaterlmao, lead based for sure!
Entitlement over infrastructure every SINGLE time.
Yeah, that would be
August 16, 2007 - 22:39 ET by Del DolemonteYeah, that would be Maunawili School at the base of Mt. Olomana. What a beautiful place to go to school every day. Even some of the cafeteria food wasn't too bad, as long as it was their version of "Kalua pig" LOL.
A few months after my 2003 visit, their classroom ceilings started to cave in. All Bush's fault, I am sure!
* This is rich
August 16, 2007 - 19:16 ET by rob6677"BASED ON WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW"
I once talked to somebody that knew some other people and they were quite sure, but not completely sure, their neighbors' cousin was a friend of Uranus.
"I'm interested in the fact that the less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice." Clint Eastwood
Hurricane Dean? Thar
August 16, 2007 - 19:39 ET by Jack BauerThar he blows! They're naming excessive winds after Democrats now?
How apt.
LMFAO!
August 16, 2007 - 19:40 ET by drillanwrLMFAO!
UNION JACK BAUER / LIVERPOOL DAVE!!!
August 16, 2007 - 19:57 ET byYO! UNION JACK BAUER!!! (aka Liverpool's Dave)
You know I support the Troops.
I also support the Environment.
I think that is still allowed, but perhaps for not much longer!
Drizzle
August 16, 2007 - 20:17 ET by nkviking75If Hurricane Dean follows Howie's pattern, it'll be an inconsequential rain shower by the time it makes landfall.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
LOL! Someone here with
August 16, 2007 - 20:47 ET by Del DolemonteLOL! Someone here with computer savvy should create a satellite loop of this hurricane and embed the Dean scream into it as the soundtrack.
Sorry, the link didn't
August 16, 2007 - 21:59 ET by drillanwrSorry, the link didn't work ...
Del -- good idea! Of
August 17, 2007 - 04:37 ET by Jack BauerDel -- good idea! Of course, all Hurricanes should be named after Democrats.
As they are all sound and fury signalling nothing except policies which destroy lives and property, leaving people poor and possessionless.
And the Earth Quake in Peru was caused by....? ?
August 16, 2007 - 19:57 ET by JayTeeTrack the Peru Earth Quake / G.W. connection...it has to be out there somewhere.
I grew up in Houston, went thru Hurricane Carla, etc...and we didn't know nutin' about Global Stupidity by Journalists. At least these guys should have a Climitalogist standing by them when making Scientific Discoveries....otherwise, I'm gonna IGNORE them.
They're gonna track this thing for a few days, until it hits South America, and then lose interest....sorta like the Hawaii one early this week....it fizzeled, and they moved on.
I hope this hits Florida, and we get to see the Dumb newsman being blown away in the middle of the "On the Spot broadcast" in the middle of the Hurricane......and if we see headlines the next day "Journalist Killed by Global Warming " ....it would be worth it.
But somehow, I don't think GW is that powerful....but one can only hope. At least this will Keep Hillary off the air the next few days. But it IT HITS BIG....then we're gonna be assaulted Ad Nauseum by GW and the Gang of Idiots.
What good is a Free Press, if it is a False Press ? David Foote GoE
GW........ GW.....? You
August 16, 2007 - 19:59 ET byGW........ GW.....? You mean the POTUS?.....
eyecare needed
August 16, 2007 - 20:26 ET by upcountrywaterGW Global Warming
GB George Bush THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
GW does not equal GB
I hope that helps
Entitlement over infrastructure every SINGLE time.
AGW??
August 16, 2007 - 22:21 ET by TruthMattersAGW??
Next week it hits land
August 16, 2007 - 20:02 ET by terrigWell just finished that Katrina whiner, Shep Smith, and he said that it's due to hit the US mainland next week. Guess we can count on seeing Geraldo, Shep, all the MSM'rs, Anderson Cooper and Santa Claus-well not Santa but pretty much everyone else.
Well, here is another thing to track...
August 16, 2007 - 20:29 ET by c5thenHere in the NE it is supposed to be an unseasonably cool weekend as a strong cold front decends from Canada. High temps are supposed to be in the 70's. Lets see when AGW is cited as the reason for the "freak weather".
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic
Sea Surface Temperatures average
August 16, 2007 - 20:42 ET by tropicalreportAccording to these sea surface temperature maps, there are plenty of areas of BELOW NORMAL sea surface temperatures. http://www.coaps.fsu...
It is striking that no evidence such as these maps, with respect to climatology, are actually cited by Chris Mooney. In court, I would object..."Your honor, the plaintiff has not established any foundation for this speculation." Case dismissed.
Case dismissed.
August 16, 2007 - 21:21 ET by drillanwrUnless it's the 9th Circus ...
c5then,
August 16, 2007 - 20:42 ET by upcountrywaterAGW is now "climate change".
So the carbon taxers may continue to rise the carbon taxes.
We are now climate change deniers.
Entitlement over infrastructure every SINGLE time.
Yep, it was a VERY strong
August 16, 2007 - 20:57 ET by Del DolemonteYep, it was a VERY strong cold front. Biggest lightning storm here at my location since the year Gore ran for President.
Chris Mooney - one more
August 16, 2007 - 20:50 ET by Sonny LykosChris Mooney - one more moron talking thru his azz.
Floirda hurricane projections from the Hurricane Center originally were set at 17 named storms and 9 of them becoming hurricanes. New projection is 15 and 8.
Our hurricane season runs from June 1st to Nov 30 - 26 weeks. We've gone thru 11 weeks (about 40%) and "0" storms have hit us, and "0" hurricanes.
So much for warm and simultaneous cool zones of ocean currents impacted by by GW and increasing our chances of an increased # of hurricanes. We'll need one named storm each week (except 1) of the remaining 16 weeks and of our hurricane season and 8 hurricanes to catch up.
So I guess we'll see a revised "projection", soon.
NEED HELP PLEASE
August 16, 2007 - 22:20 ET by TruthMattersRequest to all the intelligent commenters... Please suggest one good question I can teach my kids to ask their teacher(s) that clearly frames up the absurdity of the global warming alarmist when the teacher either makes the class watch An Inconvenient Truth or when the teacher starts the psycho babble that man is causing global warming. Please submit your suggested questions. Thanks in advance.
}}---> Teacher Teacher
August 16, 2007 - 22:24 ET by Cool ArrowIs Global Warming bad for everybody? Because I heard they didn't have to use nearly as much heating oil in New York last winter.
~LYDSEXICS UNTIE!~
South Park
August 16, 2007 - 22:27 ET by P.J. GladnickI don't know about questions but perhaps your kids and their teacher could watch the Global Warming South Park episode which hilariously put the Global Warming hysteria in perspective. I believe all the South Park episodes are available on the Web.
TruthMatters, get them the Hell out of government school.
August 16, 2007 - 22:43 ET by Dave RI shant propose an intelligent question for the government agents, oops, I meant, government teachers who are indoctrinating, oops, I meant, educating your children. However, I will suggest one possible course of action, if you really love your children:
Get them the Hell out of government school.
Will we also get to
August 17, 2007 - 09:19 ET by danboWill we also get to see one of the good skeptic tapes out there? So we'll get to hear both sides of the issue. Or will we only allowed to hear one side?
"There is a clear attempt to establish truth not by scientific methods but by perpetual repetition."
- Richard S. Lindzen, Ph.D. Professor of Meteorology, MIT
Your son/daughter can ask
August 17, 2007 - 10:14 ET by Sick-n-TiredYour son/daughter can ask one question/make a statement that is composed of two words:
"Prove it!"
Slam dunk, the teacher will have no response, and if they do it will be filled full of lies. Have print outs of data, journal papers etc. that your kids can then take in the next day and prove the opposite to their teacher.
AGW questions?
August 17, 2007 - 10:22 ET by LionKingWhat caused the global warming that ended the first ice age and how do we know that those same factors are not in play now? Furthermore, what effect does the Sun have on global warming and how does man effect the Sun?
What about Neptune and Venus temp increase?
August 17, 2007 - 12:00 ET by SouthJersey1953"If global warming is caused by human activity, why are Neptune and Venus temperatures increasing at about the same rate as Earth?"
That should shut the teacher up!
No RINOs in '08
No doubt the teacher would
August 17, 2007 - 12:04 ET by Free StinkerNo doubt the teacher would blame the NASA probes we sent to these planets . . .
Questions To Ask The Teacher
August 18, 2007 - 10:50 ET by JoelCTQuestions concerning Global Warming:
1) Most scientists agree the average temperature of the Earth as a whole has risen .7 C since 1900. How do we know that the temperature in the 1800's wasn't .7 C colder than normal and the Earth has corrected itself?
-Which leads to question 2) How do 'they' know the correct temperature of the Earth, so that they can say it is getting colder or warmer than the 'correct' temperature?
3) One volcano eruption puts out more greenhouse gases its first day than all the SUVs, that have ever been built, have ever put out in history. You have to have a pretty big ego to believe we puny humans can actually have a .7 C impact on this planet. Is this what you believe, that it is all caused by human activity?
4) So far, not one scientist has proven any link between human activity and the .7 C rise in temperature of the Earth. At the same time, other possibilities have been presented that are equally theoretical, such as Earth's own warming and cooling cycles, solar impact, and even cosmic ray depletion. Why do you choose to pick this one unproven theory over any of the others?
5) There is proof that Greenland was originally called "Greenland" because it was green. We have even found proof of vineyards grown there. What caused the warming of Greenland 1,000 years ago? How is it different from today?
I've got plenty more that can be asked, but your child will probably be sent to the principal's office for insubordination after the first couple of questions. ;)
If our "news reporters" weren't just brain-dead robots regurgitating information they believe to be true, these are the kind of questions they would be asking Al Gore and his followers.
Causes & Effects of Global Wamring
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