Global Warming Cont...

[TECH88]

a subtropical storm before june 1? that's unheard of! <gasp>

pre-june tropical/subtropical cyclone activity in the last 50 years:

2003 (16 named storms) -- tropical storm ana -- max winds 60 mph
1997 (7 named storms) -- unnamed subtropical storm -- max winds 50 mph
1992 (6) -- unnamed sts -- 50
1981 (11) -- ts arlene -- 60
1978 (11) -- unnamed sts -- 45
1976 8) -- unnamed sts -- 50
1972 (4) -- unnamed sts -- 70
1970 (7) -- hurricane alma -- 80
1959 (10) -- ts arlene -- 60

it is interesting to note that early hurricane activity is not even necessarily indicitive of an active hurricane season. didn't we go through all this hurricane b.s. two years ago?

Oh really? Well, that certainly is a cocky attitude to take for someone who lives near the Gulf. Good luck to you, I'm sure you'll need it.

[randerizer]

Oh really? Well, that certainly is a cocky attitude to take for someone who lives near the Gulf. Good luck to you, I'm sure you'll need it.

A bit snippy this morning?

[TECH88]

A bit snippy this morning?

All I did was make an observation about hurricane season. People can agree or disagree...it makes no difference. Besides, I think ArkBob can fight his own battles.

[arkansasbob]

Oh really? Well, that certainly is a cocky attitude to take for someone who lives near the Gulf. Good luck to you, I'm sure you'll need it.

a cocky attitude? all i did was point out how stupid it is to use a commonplace occurance to try to arrouse fear. and i did it with facts, rather than scare tactics.

[Dawgbitten]

hey bob, did you see where a chunk of ice the size of california has disappeared in antartica? Another one of your right wing antiGW, Rush Limbaugh 'scientific facts' full of holes.

[Guisslapp]

Sure hope they are able to find it...

[randerizer]

hey bob, did you see where a chunk of ice the size of california has disappeared in antartica? Another one of your right wing antiGW, Rush Limbaugh 'scientific facts' full of holes.

sounds like another flaw in ice core readings to me.

[DogtorEvil]

Climate Momentum Shifting: Prominent Scientists Reverse Belief in Man-made Global Warming - Now Skeptics

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.c...n_id=&Issue_id=

[altadawg]

Er, I thought it was supposed to be cold in April. Pretty bad when a month starts off with record cold and still ends up average. Basically, below average doesnt exist anymore I guess.

Anybody care to take a stab on what the May temp. results will be?

DESPITE RECORD COLD START, APRIL TEMPERATURE NEAR AVERAGE FOR U.S.,
Global April Surface Temperature Third Warmest on Record

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2862.htm

[CARTEK]

The sky is falling, the sky is falling!

[arkansasbob]

hey bob, did you see where a chunk of ice the size of california has disappeared in antartica? Another one of your right wing antiGW, Rush Limbaugh 'scientific facts' full of holes.

is this what you are referring to?

http://www.livescience.com/environme...ctic_melt.html

NASA's QuikScat satellite detected snowmelt by radar pulses that bounce off of ice that formed when snowmelt refroze (just as ice cream turns to ice when it is refrozen after being left out on the counter too long.)
Maximum high temperatures of 41 degrees Fahrenheit that persisted for about a week in Antarctica caused a melt intense enough to create an extensive ice layer.

1)it didn't disappear, it melted and refroze.
2)we have no idea how common this occurance has been in the past, as i'm sure the satelites have not been doing this for more than 10 or 15 years.
3)this happened between 1999 and 2005, and "No further melting has been detected through March 2007."

get your facts straight before you try to use them to scare people.

[Dawgbitten]

You really didn't understand that article did you?

[Guisslapp]

You really didn't understand that article did you?

Dawgbitten - I think I have figured out the problem. Ever since I have known your online persona, I have associated you with Dwight on your avatar. It makes it VERY difficult to take anything you say seriously.

[Dawgbitten]

and I have known you as some ugly woman. I still think of you as some ugly woman.

[Guisslapp]

and I have known you as some ugly woman. I still think of you as some ugly woman.

You think Audrey Hepburn is ugly? Or just Ayn Rand?