Stretch (10-17-2018), Truth Detector (10-17-2018)
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I’ve updated a plot of Florida major hurricane strikes (above) since 1900 with Hurricane Michael, and the result is that there is still no trend in either intensity or frequency of strikes over the last 118 years.
This is based upon National Hurricane Center data. The trend line in intensity is flat, and the trend line in the number of storms (not shown) is insignificantly downward.
Nevertheless, the usual fearmongers are claiming Hurricane Michael is somehow tied to climate change.
After all, the Gulf of Mexico is unusually warm, right?
Yes, but if you look at the history of Jul-Aug-Sept average sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies over the eastern Gulf (available here, 25N-30N, 80W-90W), you will see that since 1860, this summer is only the 9th warmest in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Even more astounding is that out of the top 10 warmest Gulf years since 1860, 7 occurred before 1970, which is before we experienced any significant warming.
So, all the “experts” can do is make vague claims about how major hurricanes like Michael are what we can expect more of in a warming world, but the data show that – so far at least – the data do not support the theory.
Major hurricanes are part of nature. As evidence of this, I will also remind people of the study of lake bottom sediments in Western Lake in the Florida panhandle, not far from where Michael made landfall.
It showed the last 1,000 years have been relatively quiet for Category 4 to 5 hurricanes, but the period from 1,000 to 3,400 years ago was a “hyperactive” period for intense landfalls at that location.
Hurricane strikes in the U.S. are notoriously variable, as evidenced by the recent (and unprecedented) 11+ year “drought” in major hurricane landfalls, which was finally broken in 2017.
Where were the claims that the hurricane drought was due to global warming?
Crickets.
Attributing the latest hurricane in any way to global warming is the ultimate in cherry-picking the data. In fact, they don’t even show the data.
Which brings us back to those vague claims by the experts.
UPDATE:
I also included Michael in the count of ALL U.S. landfalling major hurricanes, again from NHC data. The marked downward trend since the 1930s, 40s, and 50s is quite evident:
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http://www.drroyspencer.com/2018/10/...till-no-trend/
Last edited by cancel2 2022; 10-17-2018 at 04:11 AM.
Stretch (10-17-2018), Truth Detector (10-17-2018)
Won't be long before someone comes in here and claims Spencer isn't a real scientist.
Truth Detector (10-18-2018)
I noticed you didn't thread ban the usual suspects. This should be good.
Truth Detector (10-18-2018)
Dont tell the globalists, it hurts thier one world slave agenda.
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Truth Detector (10-18-2018)
The sky is falling liberals only believe the "scientific evidence" that supports their causes
Al Gore is their hero
typical
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Truth Detector (10-18-2018)
He is not a Climatologist, as he and the poster proclaim, but rather a Meteorologist, just like the weather people you see on your local news. Roy has a long history of being a Flat Earther and working for Flat Earther groups, and his been discredited repeatingly
https://www.desmogblog.com/roy-spencer
cancel2 2022 (10-17-2018), tinfoil (10-17-2018)
cancel2 2022 (10-17-2018), Truth Detector (10-18-2018)
A "list," are you looking for a college catalogue? You can find that on your own, but in general, a climatologist requires more education than a meteorologist:
"Educational requirements also separate climatologists from many meteorologists. The New York Times reported that most climatologists work for universities and research organizations that require a Ph.D. Many meteorologists, especially those who work as television weather forecasters, have only a bachelor's degree"
https://work.chron.com/climatologist...ist-16462.html
cancel2 2022 (10-17-2018)
Holy fuck, he's using DeSmogBlog now. Started by a financial conman who was sent to prison for fraud. What a idiot, even Rana gave up using it when she realised what a load of crap it is. Of course, Anchovies is far too naive and stupid to know that. He'll be using Hot Whopper next!!
http://leftexposed.org/2016/08/desmogblog/
http://www.populartechnology.net/201...desmogblog.htm
http://www.populartechnology.net/201...esmogblog.html
tinfoil (10-17-2018), Truth Detector (10-18-2018)
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