Daily Archives: September 19, 2013

Twitter / afreedma: It took a 1-in-1,000 yr rainstorm …

Colorado has suffered a lot of property damage this summer because people have building houses in places which burn and/or flood. Solution : stop Keystone from running through Nebraska.

In a bit of strange and unprecedented good news, it was recently discovered Antarctic sea ice is growing at record rates. This is definitely odd, of course, because the air and the oceans have been getting warmer in the area. … Continue reading →

Roger Pielke Jr. explains : Boulder did not actually experience a “1,000-year flood.” In fact, according to an analysis presented by fellow CU faculty member John Pitlick yesterday, using standard hydrological methods, Boulder experienced between a 25- and 50-year flood. … Continue reading →

Since President Obama took office, the number of hurricanes, tornadoes and forest fires has dropped dramatically. He promised to heal the planet, and now he can retire to Guantanamo in peace once the Benghazi details come out.

Western Arctic ice coverage is higher than 1981, and is almost back to “normal.” 20130916180000_CVCHACTWA_0007271338.gif (1100×850)

The odds of any point on Earth being hit by a meteor are billions to one, yet Earth gets hit by meteors tens of thousands of times a year. Billion to one occurrences are the new normal, and they directly … Continue reading →

Planet Earth currently has 333,000 Manhattans of sea ice, which is more ice than on the same date in 1990. (Note that there was a small dip a few years ago which caused many leading scientists to become hysterical.) timeseries.global.anom.1979-2008 … Continue reading →

Experts predicted a huge solar cycle. 2013 IPS – Solar Conditions – Monthly Sunspot Numbers 2009 IPS – Solar Conditions – Monthly Sunspot Numbers

If everyone was armed, mass shootings could never occur [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sEYGcXSmpQ] . “The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.” – Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers at 184-188 “I ask, sir, what … Continue reading →