Monthly Archives: July 2011

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2010/2011 saw over 1,000 people die in floods around the planet, prompting many alarmists to claim that the extreme weather is unprecedented. The graph below compares 2010 vs. 1931 – when more than two million people died in floods. The … Continue reading →

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http://books.google.com/books The thirteenth century had three times as many severe storms as the 20th century.

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60,000 square miles under 5-20 feet of water. http://news.google.com/newspapers

A religion run by nutcases. Bill McKibben avoids the fetal position Q. Well, how do you stay hopeful, or at least engaged? How do you keep people from just curling up into the fetal position? A. You know what, at some level … Continue reading →

Sea level has already risen over nine metres, and rising almost 1 cm/year! During the last few years, curiosity about the climate turned to anxious concern as politicians began ushering in the topic of global warming for campaign platforms. “Not … Continue reading →