The Goat Pen

Toemeesleather wrote:
A major hurricane is Category 3 or higher hurrucine. The last one to strike the continental U.S. was Hurricane Wilma, which made landfall in North Carolina on Oct. 24, 2005.

Now, new research suggests the whole thing may have been based on incorrect data.

When adjustments are made to compensate for recently discovered problems in the way global temperatures were measured, the slowdown largely disappears, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared in a scientific paper published Thursday. And when the particularly warm temperatures of 2013 and 2014 are averaged in, the slowdown goes away entirely, the agency said.

bluetick wrote:Global Warming "Hiatus" Challenged by NOAA Research - NY Times http://www/nytimes.com/2015/06/05/scien ... iatus.html

Scientists have long labored to explain what appeared to be a slowdown in global warming that began at the start of the century as, at the same time, heat-trapping emissions of carbon dioxide were soaring. The slowdown, sometimes inaccurately described as a halt or hiatus, became a major talking point for people critical of climate science.

Now, new research suggests the whole thing may have been based on incorrect data.

When adjustments are made to compensate for recently discovered problems in the way global temperatures were measured, the slowdown largely disappears, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared in a scientific paper published Thursday. And when the particularly warm temperatures of 2013 and 2014 are averaged in, the slowdown goes away entirely, the agency said.

What now, prof?

sardis wrote:It's so scary, tick. I don't know how we'll ever survive this onslaught of Donald Harrumph. God help us all.

In May, the Climate Prediction Center predicted a relatively quiet season, with eight to 13 named storms, three to six hurricanes, and one to two major hurricanes. In reality, there were eight named storms, six of which became hurricanes, and two of those became major hurricanes — at least a category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

2014 is now the ninth year without a major hurricane landfall in the U.S. The last one was Wilma on Oct. 24, 2005, and the unprecedented streak will continue into at least 2015. The only storm to make U.S. landfall in 2014 was Arthur, a category 2 hurricane that bruised the Outer Banks of North Carolina on the night of July 3. It was the strongest U.S. landfall since Ike hit Texas on September 13, 2008.

bluetick wrote:Yeah, and that commie rag The Washington Examiner pointed out the double standard of Hillary getting roasted for the EXACT SAME THING Colin Powell has (so far) gotten a pass on.

But you wouldn't defend Powell either because he's a republican. You only feel paternal about your fellow libertarian pols...all, uh, none of them.