Kicking up a storm
Nature: Hurricanes are getting fiercer 5
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Posted 11:36 AM on 5 Sep 2008
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WWAGD?! Posted 5:17 am
05 Sep 2008
Puffier
Higher speeds, yeah, maybe in some parts, but overall the storms are getting more spread out.
They're basically big tropical rainstorms that the scaremongers are passing off as "hurricanes".
CAT4 needs some redefinition in terms of actual destructive power, not speed.
Remember, it wasn't the wind that lead to NOLA flooding, it was the rain...
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Bob Wallace Posted 5:53 am
05 Sep 2008
You might want to check...
the areas that were hit by the winds of Katrina.
While it is true that NOLA wasn't hit, there were some areas that were leveled.
It's a bit bogus to try to prove your point by using data that doesn't apply.
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Tasermons Partner Posted 6:40 am
05 Sep 2008
Bad thing...
Higher speeds, yeah, maybe in some parts, but overall the storms are getting more spread out.
Wouldn't taht be a bad thing?
More area generally equals more destruction.
'Specially since they're stronger as well as bigger.
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Bud Dingler Posted 5:44 am
07 Sep 2008
doom and gloom refuted
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-hur ...
"Scientists said global warming could not be blamed for the trio of storms lined up in the Atlantic.
"One cannot attribute an individual storm, month or hurricane season to global warming, since that involves long-term trends in atmospheric and oceanic conditions," said David Levinson, a scientist with NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C.
Warmer ocean water could provide more fuel for storms, but the effect would not be that great, said Christopher Landsea, science and operations officer for the National Hurricane Center.
Ocean temperatures are forecast to rise 2 to 6 degrees over the next century, and each 1-degree increase boosts hurricane severity by 1%.
In the worst-case scenario, storms could get about 5% stronger, he said.
"Put it in the context of a Category 5 hurricane," Landsea said. "If before greenhouse gas emissions it would have been 150 mph, then 100 years from now maybe it'll be 157 mph. That's a pretty small change."
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mreinbold Posted 3:43 am
09 Sep 2008
Proof of global warming?
There is a Category 6 hurricane which came out of the Gulf of Alaska. It is sweeping across the country laying waste to all Democrats caught in its path.
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