Daily Archives: May 24, 2011

in millimeters.

http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/climate/research/tornado/tornadotrend.jpg 1974 was the record year for violent tornadoes year prior to 2011. It was also the peak year of the global cooling panic. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944914,00.html

Obama got elected by running against the Bush Doctrine, and now he claims it for his own. President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron kick off two days of diplomacy this morning by pledging to work against repressive regimes … Continue reading →

http://dw.sfos.uaf.edu/sizonet/ice/barrow/ABCam.jpg Temperatures are forecast to hit the mid-30s this week, with almost 24 hours of sunlight.

100% or normal snowpack is enough to bring most rivers close to flood stage. We are seeing 200%-500% across much of the west. http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/snotelanom/basinswen.html Thank goodness Lake Powell has plenty of reserve storage capacity to absorb the inevitable floodwaters.

The wet, stormy, tornadic weather is associated with cold temperatures, not warm – as Joe Romm and other dishonest propagandists want people to believe. http://mapcenter.hamweather.com/records/7day/us.html

Chris Matthews says President Obama talking about his Irish “heritage” in Dublin today reminded him of “Kennedy back in ’63.” http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ President Barack Obama declared solidarity between the United States and economically struggling Ireland (both countries are bankrupt) with a symbolic … Continue reading →

My colleague Damian Thompson appears to be under the impression that Obama is a great guy because he said nice things about the Queen. Look, I think the Queen’s great too, but did it really not occur to my distinguished … Continue reading →

In my earlier article about tornado disinformation, I pointed out that the author cherry picked deadly tornadoes after 1950. Here is why. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/severeweather/tornadoes.html#history If you include pre-1950 tornadoes, the claimed global warming link won’t fool even the densest true believers.

There have been about 15,000 Americans killed in car accidents so far this year.  You are thirty times more likely to be killed by a car than by a tornado.