Obama says that hurricanes are getting worse, based on some research done at the Choom Climatological Institute.
As we approach the end of August, there have been no Atlantic hurricanes. By this date in the year 1886, there had already been seven hurricanes – including three major hurricanes, one of which wiped the city of Indianola, Texas off the map.
A kinder, gentler natural hurricane from 1886
Obama’s presidency has also seen the fewest US hurricane landfalls of any president. Three hurricanes have hit the US while he was in office, compared to twenty-six while Grover Cleveland was in office.
I heard some talking head liberal on CNBC last week (so probably Obama Admin Official) stating about how much worse storms etc... are b/c global warming. While ignoring that the number of Tornadoes produced this year was a 60 year low. Also ignoring that even leftists are acknowledging that temperatures have not increased in almost 2 decades now. They blame this on volcanos and once volcanos stop spewing, temperatures will skyrocket they say.
ReplyDeleteCan't get grants if you don't tell lies.. Imagine some of these "climate experts trying to get areal job......
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ReplyDeleteThe maximum wind speeds of the strongest tropical cyclones have increased significantly since 1981, according to research published in Nature this week. And the upward trend, thought to be driven by rising ocean temperatures, is unlikely to stop at any time soon.
The team statistically analysed satellite-derived data of cyclone wind speeds. Although there was hardly any increase in the average number or intensity of all storms, the team found a significant shift in distribution towards stronger storms that wreak the greatest havoc. This meant that, overall, there were more storms with a maximum wind speed exceeding 210 kilometres per hour (category 4 and 5 storms on the Saffir–Simpson scale)….
“It’ll be pretty hard now for anyone to claim that cyclone activity has not increased,” says Judith Curry, an atmospheric researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, who was not involved in the study….
“People should now stop saying ‘who cares, storm activity is just a few per cent up’,” says Curry. “It’s the strongest storms that matter most.”
Again, “More than half the total hurricane damage in the U.S. (normalized for inflation and populations trends) was caused by just five events,” explained MIT hurricane expert Kerry Emanuel in an email. Storms that are Category 4 and 5 at landfall (or just before) are what destroy major cities like New Orleans and Galveston with devastating winds, rains, and storm surges.
The impacts projected for coming decades are quite ominous in a world that currently refuses to take serious action on climate:
Rising ocean temperatures are thought to be the main cause of the observed shift. The team calculates that a 1 ºC increase in sea-surface temperatures would result in a 31% increase in the global frequency of category 4 and 5 storms per year: from 13 of those storms to 17. Since 1970, the tropical oceans have warmed on average by around 0.5 ºC. Computer models suggest they may warm by a further 2 ºC by 2100.
Actually, if we don’t sharply reverse our current emissions path soon, SSTs are likely to rise far more than 2°C by 2100. Indeed, we could easily see a 1°C increase in SSTs by 2050, and that means four more potential city-destroying super-hurricanes per year by mid-century.
Here is the abstract of the study, “The increasing intensity of the strongest tropical cyclones” (subs. req’d):
Are you attempting to refute my link, the data or what....? Climate "experts" rely on government grants for a living... Just a gentle reminder...
DeleteIf you really want a laugh google Choom Climatological Institute......
DeleteI refute the comparison of apples and oranges. The data is bases on the average strength of all hurricanes in the last 30 years, which has steadily risen. These data, which are compiled by the National Hurricane Center, are not in dispute. The destructiveness has decreased dramatically since the introduction of weather radar and weather satellites, prior to which there was no early warning system, and the enforcement of hurricane construction codes and the construction of hurricane shelters.
DeleteMick,
DeleteWhere is the report located?
Thanks.
Jean
Stupid "scientists" with their "data" and junk ...
ReplyDeleteWho profits from the so-called "scientists" and their data being wrong?
Just a gentle reminder ...
pfunky,
DeleteChiming in as the devil's advocate:
Researchers who get funded based on preliminary data(?).
Doesn't hurt to consider both sides, no?
Jean
That's kinda the point I was making. The "Follow The Money" argument works well for both sides.
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DeleteUrban Dictionary: Choom
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To smoke weed. ... 1. choom To smoke weed. Sunday morning choomin' rules. mark as favorite buy choom mugs & shirts
Lol ... I love Urban Dictionary ...
DeleteI was just reminded of something. When medical researchers announced a link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer the tobacco industry launched a major attack, not on the data, but on the scientists themselves. Billions of dollars poured into the media, and the pockets of politicians, "scientists" were produced who proclaimed that smoking was harmless and that the people were being deluded by "government sponsored" researchers. There was no internet at that time but the message got to the faithful through newspaper ads and radio and television. As a result millions of people died before their time. History really does repeat itself.
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ReplyDeleteEssentially Gore is relying on the “big lie” and repetition. Fortunately the raving warmists and hysterics like himself have turned the climate agenda into a comedic farce. Not a day goes by that some natural event occurs that isn’t placed on the altar of the Church of Anthropogenic Global Warming. More and more folks are coming to the realization that the IPCC and the Warmists are simply out for control of every aspect of our lives. Mention Al Gore’s name in a room and the majority of the people present start laughing. Even worse for him, few actually remember that he was a heartbeat away from megalamanical power for 8 years. Most only know him as a fat man who made billions off making poor people pay more for food and electricity while he fashions himself as the self annointed savior of humanity and the planet.
Who cares about Al Gore?
DeleteThe Professor was discussing scientific data collected by the National Hurricane Center:
"The data is bases on the average strength of all hurricanes in the last 30 years, which has steadily risen. These data, which are compiled by the National Hurricane Center, are not in dispute."
While your contention that Al Gore is a tubby joke may be true, it's completely irrelevant with regards to refuting the info that Mick posted.
It seems like you're resorting to the tactics that Mick described in his "tobacco industry" post above - Since Al Gore's a "joke", and Al Gore made a movie about the damaging effects of climate change caused by global warming, then all data that quantifies the damaging effect must be a "joke" as well.
Let me ask you this, if Al Gore, The Big Fat Joke, went on TV and said "2+2=4", would you dismiss it as untrue just because Al Gore said it?
Judging by the logic of your post, yes, you would.
Very good, William. Don't refute the data, just dismiss it because it's adjacently related to a movie that Al Gore, "The Tubby Joke", made 7 years ago.
That's sound, scientific reasoning ...
With all due respect to the professor I do not dispute the data, I laugh at the time span. Thirty years? Seriously? Thirty years?
Delete"The conversation on global warming has been stalled because a shrinking group of denialists fly into a rage when it’s mentioned. It’s like a family with an alcoholic father who flies into a rage every time a subject is mentioned and so everybody avoids the elephant in the room to keep the peace."
Al Gore
“It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's
DeleteThe impurities in our air and water that are doing it”
― Al Gore