ABC continued its global warming hype with, quite appropriately, the weather man. Wednesday’s Good Morning America started its weather forecast with, as he put it, "big, big, big news" that 2006 was the warmest year in 112 years of recording weather. Weatherman Sam Champion asserted the politically correct belief of global warming and then sought to clarify the distinction between individual weather patterns and long term trends. But check out the map: America is apparently on fire, and with an average temperature of 55 degrees.
Then in an unintentionally comical moment, Champion turned to the weather map and discussed a big snowstorm in the northwestern United States. "This is a big system that brings winter to a lot of locations." The transcript is below.
Sam Champion: "Yeah and big, big, big news today in weather because we were the warmest in 2006 in the United States ever since they've been keeping records in the 1800's. That's from NOAA's national climactic data center. They have 1200 weather sites that they monitor every day. They took an average. Our average temperature was 55 degrees. Now that's warmer by 2.2 degrees than 1998. 1934 as well was the dust bowl year, and we were warmer than that. Every state in the nation above normal. New Jersey, their record hottest year ever."
"You're going to hear two terms a lot now. You're going to hear El Nino and global warming. El Nino is the weather pattern of this year with that warm air being pushed from the Pacific. It's why December was so warm. Global warming looks at the trend of weather, and for the past nine years we've been getting much, much, much warmer than the other stats. So those two together, that's how you hear it."
And then: "This is what's going on in the northwest. This is a big system that brings winter to a lot of locations. We're looking at snow along the coast in Washington and Oregon all the way down to sea level. And we'll see one to two inches of snow in Seattle. This will spread an awful lot of cold air and snow through the nation. It's another hit for Denver, and other big snow for the midwest."
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—Justin McCarthy is a news analyst at Media Research Center.
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yep, Here's proof of it's war
January 10, 2007 - 16:53 ET by Conservative in the Artsyep, Here's proof of it's warmer: it's going to snow!
victory in Iraq = running away
yep, fits right in with they way they think.
My question is, what are they
January 10, 2007 - 16:58 ET by paperheadMy question is, what are they going to say when this normal climate pattern starts to turn the temperature colder again and it will. Trust me. During the seventies, these same global warming scientists tried unsuccessful to convince us we were going into another ice age. My guess is that they will just stop reporting on GW.
Global warming, global cool
January 10, 2007 - 17:03 ET by JerryGlobal warming, global cooling, global CHAOS, cats and dogs sleeping together, the only thing for certain is... It's ALL Bush's fault!
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment
vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any
President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
Mass hysteria.
January 10, 2007 - 18:41 ET by mattmMass hysteria.
Utter pandemonium I tell y
January 10, 2007 - 18:44 ET by RunningBeerUtter pandemonium I tell you!
Real wrath of God stuff! T
January 10, 2007 - 18:48 ET by MightyMouthReal wrath of God stuff! The worst parts of the Bible!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Who ya gonna call?\When ask
January 10, 2007 - 18:52 ET by JerryWho ya gonna call?
\When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment
vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any
President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
Oprah, of course!
January 10, 2007 - 19:12 ET by RunningBeerOprah, of course!
Saw an Article in the Balt. S
January 10, 2007 - 19:23 ET by JayTeeSaw an Article in the Balt. Sun on Global warming, ranting about the 70 degree day in Jan.............turned to the Weather page, and a confused Liberal weather man was quoting history that on Jan. 7th 1907, it was 74 degees in Baltimore.
Tsk....Tsk....no new record high was set.
Cold air coming to the east c
January 10, 2007 - 17:37 ET by bigtimerCold air coming to the east coast soon...in about ten days or so...can't wait!
Oil prices down to 53.75 a barrel today...LMAO! (I know it can change tomorrow)
Bristol Bay opened for drilling in AK...thanks again Roger for the link!
Drill Often...Drill Everywhere!
It was about 30 degrees this am...it is now about 17 at 2:30 PM...going to be below 0 for the next few days....going to travel to the east...I hope...hehehehee(this is only meant for the media)
Global Warming...pretty please hurry up!
"If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under." Ronald Reagan
Not to mention upstate NY get
January 10, 2007 - 18:55 ET by RunningBeerNot to mention upstate NY getting nearly a foot of snow yesterday. Havin' a heat wave... A tropical heat wave...
Evening BT...You'll be please
January 10, 2007 - 19:20 ET by BlondeEvening BT...
You'll be pleased to know that my air conditioning is off...it was about 50 this a.m. A little nippy for Sofla.
we were the warmest in 2006 i
January 10, 2007 - 17:49 ET by taznarAnd the rest of the world???
Don't we have that data? If not, why not? If so, what is it?
This kind of reporting smacks of cherry-picking data to prove a prior conclusion. Not that it isn't a serious bit of data, but give me the context to truly evaluate it!
I am not a scientist, but if
January 10, 2007 - 17:57 ET by paperheadI am not a scientist, but if I were, wouldn't you want to find out if perhaps the sun were causing the recent increase in temperature first. Using another planet such as Mars, where we have had good data now foir over thirty years, it has been proven that the average temperature on Mars is increasing. What? How could this be? The sun goes through cycles of heating and cooling and that is what we are experiencing. But, listen to the whacko left and they'll tell you it was because of all of the probes we have sent there. This is why I believe liberalism to be a disease for which there is no known cure.
For the MSM "global"
January 10, 2007 - 19:11 ET by RunningBeerFor the MSM "global" is just a catch phrase. Besides, the temps around the world would just confuse the sheople so leave that tech stuff to the experts!
What on earth makes you think
January 11, 2007 - 11:17 ET by throatwobblerWhat on earth makes you think they haven't looked at the sun? And why would we look to Mars for clues on solar radiance when we can measure it here? And who says that the Mars probes are causng Mars to warm? I think you have several levels of nonsense going on in your post.
Luckily, ignorance is a disease that does have a cure--education.
You're right. Global Warming is real. The data is real.
January 11, 2007 - 11:27 ET by acaiguanaYou're right. Global Warming is real. The data is real.
The models are accurate. Consensus is always the best way to go with science. No politics involved. Man is the culprit. Kill Kill Kill.
I'm convinced.
We have adequate data and it is accurate. No more debate. Close down the Industrial Revolution (bad idea anyway) and raise up the neo-Luddites. Luddites forever.
That silly sun thingy is just another distraction by big oil.
And that was a brilliant question you had there:
What on earth makes you think they haven't looked at the sun?
Um, the sun isn't on earth. Last time I looked at it. I recommend looking at the sun a lot. Stare at it for long periods of time.
On the other hand, those silly volcanos. Darn them to heck.
ACA
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Acaiguana says: "Which city is next?"
I agree! Ignorance is a dis
January 12, 2007 - 06:35 ET by NL207I agree! Ignorance is a disease and you are sorely afflicted.
I seem to recall that you argued variations in solar output were having no significant effects on global temperature variations. It continues to look like you are very wrong about this.
Why would we look to Mars for clues on Solar radiance? because we might want to see what the effects of that radiance were in a body at a different radius from the sun than the earth is. Something about factoring out other variables in the equation. Its what has to be done in the absence of real control data.
So, Wobbler, how do you explain the full report being discussed here. It says 2006, the El Nino year was only the 6th warmest on record. If your friends over at realclimate were actually correct, it should have eclipsed 1998 globally, but it did not.
Has each subsequent year been
January 10, 2007 - 18:05 ET by Mean Gene Dr. LoveHas each subsequent year been warmer than the last?
That is the big question. Has the the last 30 years seen a steady increase in temperatures, or have the the "hot" years sprung up here than there? What about the last 50 years? 100 years? 200 years?
I am a crappy bowler, yet my highest score ever was around 240 (once, and I will probably never match/beat that again). Because I scored a 240 amidst my 67's, 122's, and 150's doesn't mean I am a decent bowler. I suck! Just because I had a high score once does not show any sort of trend.
Why can't these weather geniuses understand and correctly interpret statistical analysis and trends? I've never taken a statistics class and I don't even have my BS degree yet, and somehow I can understand these concepts at an elementary level. Many of these experts have PhD's for crying out loud!!!
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Global warming? Tell that to San Antonio next week
January 10, 2007 - 22:22 ET by UnsaneGlobal warming must be the reason that speculation in San Antonio is rampant about the possibility of snow next week. Those who know about San Antonio knows that snow here is pretty damn rare.
Then you have to take into account the freezing precip I saw about a month ago.
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is it just me or is that firs
January 10, 2007 - 18:22 ET by Conservative in the Artsis it just me or is that first graphic made to distort the stupid people watching into thinking that it's 55 degrees warmer than the past years, instead of just 2.2 degrees warmer?
Well I did see some Daily K
January 10, 2007 - 18:31 ET by JerryWell I did see some Daily Kos-mo-knots marching down the street chanting "Up 55, burned alive, up 55, burned alive..." . Oh, and Bush = Hitler.
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment
vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any
President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
Earth is 4.5 billion years old... Mmm
January 10, 2007 - 18:43 ET by Gary HallEarth is 4.5 billion years old... Mmm - OK, let's focus on the last 112 years.
PS. repost - Denver Colorado - Record Highest Temperature for Jan: 76 degrees, set on 1/27/1888 (global horse manure warming, I suspect)
Gary, gary gary... I've told you not to bring up geological time
January 10, 2007 - 19:40 ET by acaiguanaGary, gary gary... I've told you not to bring up geological time.
Go to your room.
ACA
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Acaiguana says: "Which city is next?"
aca
January 10, 2007 - 19:47 ET by Gary HallI can't - I've already left the planet - and they don't have rooms here.
You do understand the answer is '42' and what a Maroon is?
January 10, 2007 - 19:57 ET by acaiguanaYou do understand the answer is '42' and what a Maroon is?
It's pretty bad when I refer to someone as a 'Maroon' and they are so...
well...
Marooned...
They don't get it.
I can sorta see someone not getting the answer.
So, OK, have a steak on me at the Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
ACA
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Acaiguana says: "Which city is next?"
What's really scary, is that
January 10, 2007 - 21:08 ET by taznarWhat's really scary, is that the earth's climate has been changing that whole time!
Not that the volcanoes etc didn't do their part, but I blame it all on those darn plants! Do you realize that before they disrupted things, there was hardly any oxygen in the atmosphere? Then those thoughtless plants started pulling CO2 out of the atmosphere and dumping oxygen! That's when some forms of life developed the ability to use oxygen in their metabolic processes. If those plants hadn't been so thoughtless, humans never would have developed and caused global warming.
So really, its our duty to burn all those fossilized plants (fossil fuels) to reunite the oxygen with the carbon and put all that CO2 back in the atmosphere where it started before those plants interfered.
Is Sam Champion the guy's rea
January 10, 2007 - 20:33 ET by Darth DutchIs Sam Champion the guy's real name?
Or is it like when Greg Brady became Johnny Bravo for his music career?
Dutch
Where did they find this buff
January 10, 2007 - 22:54 ET by NL207Where did they find this buffoon? He can't even report the weather correctly or truthfully.
According to the Associated Press on January 10, 2007:
"Preliminary data from the National Climatic Data Center listed the average temperature for the 48 contiguous states last year as 55 degrees Fahrenheit. That's 2.2 degrees warmer than average and 0.07 degrees warmer than 1998, the previous warmest year on record.
Worldwide, the agency said it was the sixth warmest year ever"
Notice what this scare monger left out? GLOBALLY, it was only the sixth warmest year ever. Let me translate: 2006 was the El Nino year. And it wasn't actually as warm as 1998, the last El Nino year. There has still been NO global warming since 1998. It has stopped contrary to the alarmist predictions, most of which have called for a minimum of .17 degrees CELSIUS per decade warming, for reasons none of these alarmists can explain. The reported CONUS warming over 1998 was in Fahrenheit. Let me correct this to Celsius for you: 0.04 degrees. This is not a statistically significant result when one considers that the mean temperature of the Earth's surface is about 288 degrees Kelvin. [1 degree Kelvin is the same as 1 degree Celsius, what's different is one measures from the freezing point of distilled water, the other from absolute zero]
Hey, anybody notice the USA
January 10, 2007 - 23:36 ET by gueinHey, anybody notice the USA appears to be on fire!
Out here in the West
January 11, 2007 - 11:47 ET by bbbossFor the life of me, I can't figure out how these Main Stream Media muttonheads forget that there are more states and many more Americans out here in the West. I see that this guy offhanded mentions the West...very rare. We have had huge snow storms, the ski resorts here in Utah are making tons of money..the weather for this coming weekend is going to be sub-zero here in the valleys. Frankly, I'm tired of freezing my ass off, it would be nice to have a little "global warming" in my backyard.
You know, this shit has to co
January 11, 2007 - 12:02 ET by The Real TonyYou know, this shit has to come to a screeching halt. I cannot believe that this bogus load is not only still being talked about but you can't get away from it. Liberals are on a serious bent to make sure this is getting into everyone; they are literally trying to brainwash everyone.
For example; DirectTV is pushing Gore's propaganda piece "An Inconvenient Truth" all the time. They are even playing commercials on regular channels. I know, I know, its on PPV and they are just advertising it. But its just one example. Netflix was even pushing it as the "award winning documentary that can save our children." Fat chance.
There are constantly "scary" commercials on for "fightglobalwarming.com" on all the time, like the one with the guy standing on the railroad tracks with the voiceover saying that the crisis is only 30 years away. The guy hears the train barrelling down on him and he just walks away saying "it won't bother me in my lifetime." As he walks away you see a precious little girl standing there with the train ready to mow her down.
Look, global warming, as presented by liberals is a MYTH. The earth gets warmer and cooler and has done so since the Big Bang. Its called "climate" you idiot liberals!
If you really believe that man is causing the climate to get warmer and its from greenhouse gases, then the true believer would be trying to stop China, India and Russia as they are the biggest polluters and emitters of greenhouse gases. But you aren't; you're trying to cripple the USA, because you hate it and you are stupid.
Liberals have been wrong on EVERY social, political and financial issue always. They've support communism, socialism and fascism and have been wrong each and every time. Why do they even have a voice or more importantly, why are there still people who listen or even give them the time of day.
Why hasn't any liberal noticed that the mild winter no only helped "the poor" with their heating bills but also helped the environment as less oil was burned for heat? Because that would be admitting that their theories are as worthless as they are.
Fight Terrorism at home - defeat a liberal!
OMG!@!!We're surrounded by
January 11, 2007 - 14:11 ET by RightWiredOMG!@!!
We're surrounded by liquid hot magma!
This is stupid on so many levels I don't know where to being.
The's earth average temperature has risen 0.6 degrees cel over the past 400 years.
The great wall of china was built with
3,870,000,000 (billion) bricks. It stretches nearly 4,000 miles, and is the
only man-made structure visible from space.
Take 112 bricks from the same spot on
the wall. Just 112.
Study them carefully. Analyze them. Put
them under a microscope. Perform chemical tests on them.
Could anyone make a factual, 95% accurate prediction or conclusion about the exact make up, chemistry of the other
3,869,999,900 bricks in the wall?
How can one do this with the weather? Taking 112 years, and making such
presumptions about the climate, something infinitely more volitale than a brick
in the great wall?
Morons.
RightWired.
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