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2005-08-19 Home Front: Tech

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Posted by Bobby 2005-08-19 07:31|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I read an article on another site yesterday that stated that hurricanes now are stronger than 30 years ago because there is a lot more destruction. Absolute bullshit. The reason there is more destruction is because there are a lot more buildings now. 30 years ago I frequented the coast between Panama City and Pensecola. I could drive for miles along empty beaches. Now there are no empty beaches, it's one long strip of hotels and condos. Any hurricane that hits along that stretch will cause a lot more destruction than 30 years ago. Junk science at work. This guy knows his stuff and was silenced because he didn't toe the politically correct line.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-08-19 10:21|| 2005-08-19 10:21|| Front Page Top

#2 "With last yearâs hurricane season so active, and this yearâs looking like it will be, wonât people say itâs evidence of global warming?"

Yes, because the MSM writes the story first then, finds sources to back up their "Bring America Down" mentality. E.g. selfish politicians and anti-American atheist scientists.

Any sane scientist will tell you that proper climate change study requires anomly that goes back thousands of years, not 40 or 50 years. An accurate thesis must eliminate the probability of naturally occurring cyclic weather phenomenon. Also, increased beach population and construction must be entered into the increased destruction equation, as negative equalization.

Posted by Poison Reverse 2005-08-19 11:03|| 2005-08-19 11:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Good points, DB. Years ago, not much that was very expensive was built on the coast. Remember the beach bungalow? You didn't lose much when it blew away. Now with FEMA (read "your tax money" insurance, the destruction to the mansions and resort hotels IS uglier and more costly.

Posted by SR-71 2005-08-19 11:10|| 2005-08-19 11:10|| Front Page Top

#4 I live in hurricane prone southern Rhode Island and properties destroyed in a Hurricane are typically not rebuilt. The property owner is compensated for the property but not granted a permit to rebuild. Sad irony, I'm a firefighter who fought a fire at my families beachfront property several years back. We were fortunate enough to save enough of the structure to get a remodeling permit had it been declared a total loss. We were out.

Posted by Rightwing 2005-08-19 12:21|| 2005-08-19 12:21|| Front Page Top

#5 but in other ocean basins, activity is slightly down.

In Western Australia we get an average of 3 Indian ocean cyclones (hurricanes) a year. In the last year we have had precisely none.

Posted by phil_b 2005-08-19 18:22|| 2005-08-19 18:22|| Front Page Top

#6 There are tons of ironies surrounding hurricanes. One that impresses me is the effect of plankton blooms, that can increase surface water temperature by a degree or two over a wide area. This can raise a level 2 or 3 hurricane to a 4 or 5.

On the totally weird side, I heard a suggestion that a light, ultra-thin, refractive sheet could be deployed in space as a hurricane killer. It would not block sunlight, just refract it from such a distance away in space that it would have the same effect. A few square miles in area, it would drop water surface temperatures a few degrees in the direction of travel of the hurricane, in the late afternoon hours (think long shadows), and the temperature would stay down as the hurricane passed over the cooled area, strongly reducing its strength.

As a bonus, it could reduce surface water temperatures in a band around the Earth year round.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-08-19 19:22|| 2005-08-19 19:22|| Front Page Top

#7 T'aint it funny - the Enviros as a class ranked amongst the biggest supporters of the Clinton admin, then again for Gore, and later again as one of the biggest critics of Dubya's policies! How is it that well-credentialed, Left-beloved intellectuals/academics don't seem to be reading or scrutinizing any papers or books on the topic(s) they're protesting!?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2005-08-19 21:08|| 2005-08-19 21:08|| Front Page Top

#8 Anonymoose,

"There are tons of ironies surrounding hurricanes. One that impresses me is the effect of plankton blooms, that can increase surface water temperature by a degree or two over a wide area. This can raise a level 2 or 3 hurricane to a 4 or 5."

No. You correlate unrelated things, or rather placing it in the linearity that simply is not there. Much of you say in the previous segment is based on mythology.

"I heard a suggestion that a light, ultra-thin, refractive sheet could be deployed in space as a hurricane killer."

We lack the proper volume of the space junk. Let's add some more...

"It would not block sunlight, just refract it from such a distance away in space that it would have the same effect."

Actually, it would probably create fireworks that you've never seen before. With a consequent destruction of the sheet. Same with "solar wind" sails.

"A few square miles in area, it would drop water surface temperatures a few degrees in the direction of travel of the hurricane, in the late afternoon hours (think long shadows), and the temperature would stay down as the hurricane passed over the cooled area, strongly reducing its strength."

This is based on the myth that huricanes are caused by temperature differentials. You are almost putting the cart before horse.

"As a bonus, it could reduce surface water temperatures in a band around the Earth year round."

Hahahaha! I like fairy tales for good night!

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-08-19 23:09|| 2005-08-19 23:09|| Front Page Top

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