Global Warming Cont...

[saltydawg]

Look at the behavior of the graph prior to the blue line entering the picture. Looks like the start of an exponential curve.

I see what you are saying. CO2 concentrations are slightly rising before the industrial component starts.

2 queries. 1st, industrialization just didn't start in 1850. In other words, industrial activities (coal burning) before 1850 was already a big tamale. Secondly, agriculture and deforestation worldwide was increasing in the centuries before 1850 so that was already a small push for AGW.

[saltydawg]

.. Record high minimum temperature broken in Las Vegas Saturday...

The low temperature at McCarran International Airport Saturday July
7 here in Las Vegas only got down to 90 degrees. This reading easily
broke the previous record high minimum of 84 degrees set 1984.

[altadawg]

Boy, these 100 degree plus temps every single day and fires suck out here in the West. I hope you ARKLATEXans are enjoying all that rain and average temps.... cause it sucks elsewhere.

Cant wait to see the numbers for June. Im betting top 4 all time. But when the July numbers come out, thats when the shit is really going to hit the fan in Washington. And its hot as hell there right now, so its going to really stink.

[Guisslapp]

Boy, these 100 degree plus temps every single day and fires suck out here in the West. I hope you ARKLATEXans are enjoying all that rain and average temps.... cause it sucks elsewhere.

Cant wait to see the numbers for June. Im betting top 4 all time. But when the July numbers come out, thats when the shit is really going to hit the fan in Washington. And its hot as hell there right now, so its going to really stink.

Have you ever considered being a meteorologist?

[altadawg]

Have you ever considered being a meteorologist?

Meh, Ive thought about it. Its a hobby. I probably spend 5 hrs a week studying the weather/checking out forecasts/reading opinions. Who knows. Thats kindof my motto.

[saltydawg]

Have you ever considered being a meteorologist?

Have you ever thought about being a Weatherman?

[saltydawg]

OH no, Soonerdawg will be dumping a load when he reads this.....



Global Warming Causing More Atlantic Hurricanes (Update2)
By Jim Efstathiou Jr.

July 30 (Bloomberg) -- Global warming is causing more frequent hurricanes in the North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, according to a study from the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

The increased frequency of tropical cyclones ``is largely a response'' to a 1 degree Celsius rise in sea water temperatures since 1905 that was caused by greenhouse gases, the study found. Since 1995, the North Atlantic has experienced an average of 15 tropical storms a year, of which eight became strong enough to be called hurricanes. That compares with 10 tropical storms and five hurricanes per year from 1930 to 1994, the report says.

``There is an 80 percent chance that the majority of the current increases have been impacted by global warming,'' said Greg Holland, director of the research center in Boulder, Colorado, and co-author of the study. ``The bad news is that we've gone up in numbers overall, and in the proportion of major hurricanes as well.''


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...M&refer=canada

[altadawg]

You guys ready for the season? Cause its getting ready for you...

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=42002

Salty, as Jack used to say, "there's not question".

The water is WAY too warm, thus nature gives us Erin. Out of nowhere, basically. 30 hours ago it was a midlevel disorganized low(barily).

She needs to move quicky, cause Texas cant handle anymore rain. Doesnt look good for South Texas.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/grap...nd120#contents

[arkansasbob]

Salty, as Jack used to say, "there's not question".

The water is WAY too warm, thus nature gives us Erin. Out of nowhere, basically. 30 hours ago it was a midlevel disorganized low(barily).

She needs to move quicky, cause Texas cant handle anymore rain. Doesnt look good for South Texas.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/grap...nd120#contents

this time last year it was "the worst drought ever, and it will take texas years to recover," now this year its "texas can't handle any more rain."

to tell you the truth, it's not erin i'm worried about. dean looks like it could be ugly, wherever it lands.

[altadawg]

to tell you the truth, it's not erin i'm worried about. dean looks like it could be ugly, wherever it lands.

Really my friend. Dont you live near Houston? Perhaps its not so bad down in Friendswood(although I see more offshore that may head your way), but Houston is flooding.

And it is getting bad, real bad in SW San Antonio at this hour...

[arkansasbob]

Really my friend. Dont you live near Houston? Perhaps its not so bad down in Friendswood(although I see more offshore that may head your way), but Houston is flooding.

And it is getting bad, real bad in SW San Antonio at this hour...

yeah, its flooding. that's what happens in houston when we get a lot of rain. i don't think most houstonians are affraid of a little flooding. now, 150 mph winds and 30-ft storm surge, accompanied by hurricane rains, is something to be scared of. i also do not look forward to shutting down my plant and the month's worth of work involved in starting it back up if the hurricane looks like it will hit near here.

[duckbillplatty]

I want to bring up two links in this discussion.

The first paper by Dyson:
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/dyso...f07_index.html

The second by Anderson:
http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge220.html

I thought this was a great discussion on global warming.

After reading, everyone can return to The Wether Channel in fear.

[Rickeydad]

Anybody post this yet? NASA goofed.

http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/246027

[Dirtydawg]

Here's one to read.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293632,00.html

[randerizer]

Here's one to read.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,293632,00.html

"Scientists began monitoring the extent of Arctic sea ice in the 1970s when satellite images became available."