Author Archives: Tony Heller

Thousands of people burned to death in Peshtigo, Wisconsin in October, 1871 during a massive firestorm which destroyed more than a million acres. Chicago burned to the ground on the same day. A huge cyclonic storm generated the high winds which … Continue reading →

In the year 1900, the entire city of Galveston, Texas was destroyed by a hurricane, which killed nearly 10,000 people. As bad as it was, the Galveston Hurricane was in no way comparable to the massive devastation that struck DC this week – which … Continue reading →

Experts tell us that Polar Bears can’t survive summer without ice. They fall over dead, like Colorado Pikas in 60 degree weather. Sadly, the Arctic was indeed ice-free around 5,000 years ago, which means that the last Polar Bear went … Continue reading →

Ohio, Temperature, July 1895-2011

July 10 will mark 2450 days without a hurricane strike in Florida – by far the longest such period on record. CO2 is close to 400 ppm now. During the 1880s, Florida was hit by eleven hurricanes, including three major … Continue reading →

July 2009 was 12.2 degrees colder than July, 1936. Illinois residents can see climate change from their house. Illinois, Temperature, July 1895-2011  

July 4, 2012 at 2:44 am

Fifteen years of no temperature rise, while government has spent hundreds of billions of dollars trying to scare us over a total non-event. Wood for Trees: Interactive Graphs

John Cook loves to quote the statistic that “there are more record highs than record lows” in recent years. Well surprise, surprise surprise. Study after study has shown that urbanization keeps nighttime temperatures up. This has been understood for hundreds of years. … Continue reading →

It’s easy to confuse current weather events with long-term climate trends, and hard to understand the difference between weather and climate. Does cold weather disprove global warming? John Cook wrote this in 2010 when he was trying to explain the cold … Continue reading →