Monthly Archives: September 2014

Deadly cell phones in the hands of teenagers kill thousands of people every year, and injure hundreds of thousands. If CNN devoted an hour to every cell phone massacre, that would be all they covered 24X7. The number of people killed … Continue reading →

Something is similar, and something is different about these two pictures. 2014 2007   Extra credit picture

The absolute temperature graphs I posted earlier show that there are some serious discontinuities in the Australian temperature record. There was a huge increase in the number of temperature readings, immediately after 1956. Because the Australian record is so fragmented, … Continue reading →

My previous analysis of Australia was incorrect. I wasn’t properly differentiating between stations with only precipitation data, and those with temperature data. That caused me to include stations with no temperature data in 1895. The graph below shows the average station … Continue reading →

[UPDATE : This post is incorrect. I incorrectly included stations which had precipitation data back to 1895, but not necessarily temperature data. Ignore everything below, while I do further analysis] There are 202 GHCN stations in Australia which were active … Continue reading →

Think of the Colorado River.  If a lot of snow falls one winter, then six months later there will be a lot of water in the river. If the following winter there is little snow, the response six months later … Continue reading →

A few days ago, people were trying to claim that the Northwest Passage is open. Some people might get lucky and get through the ice, but the passage is definitely not “open.”  

JAXA shows an increase in sea ice extent since yesterday. This is the first time since 2006 which  this has occurred so early in the autumn (today being the first day.) JAXA ice extent is 3% higher than last year, and 49% higher than … Continue reading →

Obama has opened the borders to millions of undocumented low wage earners and welfare recipients, then he blames low wages on Texas. His goal is always to create discord and strife, and pin the blame for the mess he is … Continue reading →