Daily Archives: July 18, 2012

Some scientists believe that this may be a natural occurrence, but the scale of the break has others concerned. “We’re still in the phase of scratching our heads and figuring out how big a deal this really is,” says Ian … Continue reading →

Andrew “Permanent Drought” Dessler has been telling us that drought in Texas is due to CO2. So I plotted PMDI vs CO2, and PMDI vs. ENSO. Negative PMDI indicates dry conditions, and correlates quite well with La Nina. Texas has never been … Continue reading →

In 1997, Trenberth wrote a landmark paper – which placed 97% blame for El Nino on your SUV. The recent evolution of ENSO, with a major new El Niño event underway in 1997, reinforces the evidence that the tendency for … Continue reading →

[Heat waves are] the sort of thing [which] will get more common across a warming world. That should be more than enough to spur Americans to demand action from their leaders. Not so fast on blaming global warming – The … Continue reading →

For seventeen years, Obama’s literary agent promoted Obama as being born in Kenya. Why did she do this? Miriam Goderich assumes that all black people were born in Kenya Miriam Goderich commonly misspells Honolulu as Nairobi Miriam Goderich believes that Hawaii is part of Africa Miriam Goderich … Continue reading →

Last week, McKibben was whining about drought in Northern Mexico Twitter / billmckibben: savage drought in n. mexic They bounce around from one neurotic fear to another. It is pathetic. Weather Street:Clouds and Precipitation Forecast Movie

The POTUS is a complete fraud, so the press ignores this minor story and obsesses over Romney’s tax returns – because there is no reason to be suspicious of Romney’s tax returns. PHOENIX, ARIZONA— In a highly anticipated press conference, embattled … Continue reading →

From about 1978 to 2006, I was a true believer. Skipping the first few decades  … Colorado went through a terrible drought during 2002-2003, and then 2006 started out hot. January was more like April, and July was more like … Continue reading →

Based on USHCN daily raw maximum temperatures. Hottest 5 month periods in the US Rank Month Year Temperature 1 9 1936 85.4938 2 9 1934 84.9094 3 9 1939 84.1594 4 9 1931 83.9594 5 9 1933 83.8344 6 9 … Continue reading →

USHCN raw daily data shows that June-September 1954 was the hottest four month period in Oklahoma history Hottest 4 month periods – average max temeprature Rank Month Year Temperature 1 9 1954 97.7539 2 9 1956 96.793 3 9 1936 … Continue reading →