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Florida hurricane landfalls used to occur about once per year. Now they occur about once every other year. The current hurricane free stretch is unprecedented. Florida hurricanes peaked during the 1870s and 1880s, when CO2 was 280 PPM. The current … Continue reading →

The last major hurricane to hit the US was Wilma in October, 2005. It was also the last hurricane to hit Florida. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDFK40UMotc] Nine years (2014) is by far the longest period on record without a hurricane landfall in Florida.

Two weeks ago the Republican leadership told Ted Cruz to shut up, and let the House leadership handle the Obamacare strategy. I don’t think I have ever seen as big a flustercluck in my life as the Republican leadership just … Continue reading →

22 Aug 1952 – Climatic Warm-Up

16 Aug 1991 – Cold water poured on theory that earth is warmin…

Hansen is simply repeating the words of Nixon. We can no longer afford to consider air and water common property, free to be abused by anyone without regard to the consequences. Instead, we should begin now to treat them as … Continue reading →

The Republican Party Embraces Irrelevance – The Rush Limbaugh Show

The US scores two injury time goals to send Mexico to the World Cup. For the first time in history, Mexico actually likes the US. Panama 2-3 USA – as it happened | Football | theguardian.com

Pierre Omidyar commits $250m to new media venture with Glenn Greenwald Omidyar says decision to set up news organisation fueled by ‘concern about press freedoms in the US and around the world’ In an interview with Jay Rosen, media critic and … Continue reading →

A picture is worth a thousand words. Congress votes on deal to raise US debt ceiling – live updates