Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Hurricanes and Global Warming
If global warming is in fact occurring, it would be easy to believe that it is strongly correlated to hurricanes and other large oceanic storms. The theory states that global warming increases sea surface temperatures and hurricane studies show that warmer waters intensify storms. I believe regardless of whether or not there is more CO2 in our ozone, hurricanes are never going to be the same strength. The difference in categories of storms seems to be a cyclical occurrance and more closely related to El Nino in the Atlantic. With rising temperatures during an inter-glacial period there is going to be warmer waters which may also contribute to the intensity of sea based storms.
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You can support your claim even further by talking about the Hurricane season after Hurricane Katrina. Scientist's and Weather specialists, came on the news and said how the next hurricane season would be the most active and violent hurricane season on record. They mentioned how the Atlantic waters were the warmest that they had ever been. They even attempted to prepare Americans for the worst storms on record that would dwarf hurricane Katrina. Guess what, not one storm hit us that hurricane season. In addition, not one media source came on the air and apologized for their false predictions. Same thing is happening with Global Warming. During the summer seasons, you here a lot about Global warming and how the CO2 levels are causing the temperatures to set new records every year. However, during the winter season you don't here anything about GW when 60% of the nation is getting pelted with snow. But the supporters are coming up with a new excuse about GW during the winter. They are now saying that the "Climate Change" is going to be in the extremes during both seasons. We will have max temps in the summer and colder weather in the winter. Well, if that is true, if it is colder during the winter, wouldn't that debunk their claim that the ice is melting in the polar regions. If we are getting more snow in our area this close to the equator, shouldn't the polar regions, being the furthest away from the equator be getting 10x the amount as well?
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