So I watched the new Mike Holmes show tonight. He did a great job, fixed a family up after the Calgary flood. Kudos to him for that. Then in his wrap up, he spouts the Suzuki line about doom and gloom, how we are going to need to have better weather proofing on new homes because of the ever increasing hurricanes and tornadoes we are experiencing. Does nobody actually do any research, before they get hooked into this new cult of doom? Come on Mike, I just posted two updates earlier today, coincidentally, that refute both of those tired lines that you ended your show with: 1) U.S. ON PACE FOR QUIETEST HURRICANE DECADE EVER No hurricanes struck the United States during the 2013 hurricane season, continuing what is turning into a record decade for lack of hurricanes. Unless an unexpected hurricane forms and strikes the United States very late this hurricane season, this year’s lack of hurricane strikes will be the second such hurricane-free year during the past four years. Only three hurricanes have struck the United States during the 2010s. The least number of United States hurricane strikes in a full decade occurred during the 1970s, when 12 hurricanes struck the United States. During the second quietest decade in United States history, 14 hurricanes struck the United States. Four years into the 2010s, the United States is on pace for merely seven hurricane strikes this decade. SOURCE: Stormfax 2) CLIMATE CHANGE WEEKLY #106: 2013 SHATTERING RECORDS FOR FEWEST TORNADOES Fewer tornadoes have occurred in 2013 than in any other year in recorded history, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports. Through October 16, there have been barely half as many tornadoes as average, and 110 fewer tornadoes than the prior record low. Very few tornadoes occur during late fall and winter, so it is unlikely a sufficient number of tornadoes will occur by the end of the year to avoid a full-year record. Despite this real-world evidence, don’t expect alarmist “scientists” and liberal politicians to stop saying global warming causes tornadoes. Last month, federal government scientist Kevin Trenberth told USA Today, “The prospect is worrying, with the increases in severe thunderstorms and the risk of large-scale environments that favor tornadoes having the potential for major impacts in the U.S.” Earlier this year, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) said, “This is climate change. We were warned about extreme weather. Not just hot weather. But extreme weather. When I had my hearings, when I had the gavel years ago – it’s been a while – the scientists all agreed that what we’d start to see was extreme weather. … You’re gonna have terrible storms. You’re going to have tornados and all the rest.” SOURCE: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 00:57:57 +0000
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