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| Climate shift could bring more storms |
| 2004-09-15 |
| Hurricane Charley has blown through Florida and the Carolinas. Newly formed Tropical Storm Danielle is churning across the open Atlantic Ocean. Tropical Storm Earl is bearing down on the Windward Islands. Those latest storms are part of an unsettling reality for those who live in hurricane country: Mother Nature has shifted gears on her storm-making machine. A combination of cyclic climatic conditions — hemisphere-wide patterns that scientists call the "Atlantic multi-decadal signal" — has set the stage for a sustained increase in hurricane activity that could last for decades. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #21 Considering that the ground on which my townhouse sits was once a shallow inland sea, I think we are actually vastly cooler than the norm right now. The dinosaurs kicked it in a far warmer climate for more than 1000x longer than we H. Sapiens have been here. And for A6466: "Mmmmm.... walrus." :) |
| Posted by: eLarson 2004-09-15 6:19:19 PM |
| #20 The Atlantic hurricane season for 2004 still has two full months remaining. |
| Posted by: Mark Espinola 2004-09-15 3:44:43 PM |
| #19 Jealous? Don't make me git the mojo hand... |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-09-15 3:42:26 PM |
| #18 It's certainly large enough, Mojo....... |
| Posted by: Anonymous6466 2004-09-15 3:23:21 PM |
| #17 Jim Morrison: "Noone here gets out alive" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-09-15 3:20:56 PM |
| #16 Yeah. And monkeys could fly out of my butt. But I doubt it. |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-09-15 3:06:00 PM |
| #15 Are we all doomed again? Yes, and as usual women and minorities will be hardest hit. |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2004-09-15 2:28:46 PM |
| #14 "accurately predicted every" dammit! |
| Posted by: Anonymous6466 2004-09-15 2:26:07 PM |
| #13 Re: #7 - Actually there is global warming, but (wait for it) it's a good thing. There was an article a few months back about a computer model that accurately prediced very ice age for the past several hundred thousand years....EXCEPT FOR THE ONE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO START 10,000 years ago and didn't. If man hadn't starting slash and burn agriculture 8-10K years ago, we'd be in caves chewing walrus fat in LA. |
| Posted by: Anonymous6466 2004-09-15 2:24:04 PM |
| #12 I think everything will be back to normal once the election is over and Ted Kennedy and his sidekick shut their piehole...... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-09-15 2:16:40 PM |
| #11 Those latest storms are part of an unsettling reality for those who live in hurricane country: Mother Nature has shifted gears on her storm-making machine. Oh well, that's life. Every individual should decide whether the risks to them are acceptable or not, and take action accordingly. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-09-15 2:09:37 PM |
| #10 Yup. Biggah than a baseball bat, honey |
| Posted by: strom 2004-09-15 2:09:31 PM |
| #9 Like a 100 year Thurmond? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-15 2:08:10 PM |
| #8 Didn't Jerry Falwell say we would be visited by enoumous strom if we did not turn from the way of the devil? |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-09-15 1:53:28 PM |
| #7 We could have an Ice Age beginning tomorrow and they would still jerk off about global warming. Of course, they will, since global warming would cause the ice age. I believe these trends are cycles, as well. I am tired of the US taking the brunt of the abuse, though, as far as not doing enough for the environment. Maybe some of these enviro-friendly nuts would like to talk to China about their coal usage? Maybe they'd like to go to some developing country and talk about their water pollution? Maybe if they'd get out of their coffee shop and see the world, they'd realize the US is pretty damned clean. |
| Posted by: nada 2004-09-15 1:39:48 PM |
| #6 The key point of the article is:A combination of cyclic climatic conditions — hemisphere-wide patterns that scientists call the "Atlantic multi-decadal signal" — has set the stage for a sustained increase in hurricane activity that could last for decades. Climate cycles - its not about global warming at all. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2004-09-15 1:06:51 PM |
| #5 Are we all doomed again? Damn! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-09-15 12:41:10 PM |
| #4 In the Global Warming world, all weather indicates global warming, even with all indicators pointing otherwise. EnviroMENTALists are bi-polar. They want everyone to think the world is ending, but all evidence, even when it points to something entirely different supports their view. We could have an Ice Age beginning tomorrow and they would still jerk off about global warming. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-09-15 12:37:13 PM |
| #3 So basically, global warming would result in reduced hurricane activity. But, we are seeing increased activity. Perhaps the implication is that global warming is a myth? Must be Bush's fault. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2004-09-15 12:32:20 PM |
| #2 Wipe out Palm Beach and Ft Lauderdale? Yes but who would track where the leftys were exiled to? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-09-15 12:23:22 PM |
| #1 I blame the Reagan tax cuts. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-09-15 12:03:44 PM |