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My latest twitter stalker is now doing an wonderful job of shooting himself in the foot.

Steve Goddard (SteveSGoddard) on Twitter

I’m very curious about the 1940 data tampering. Wigley and Jones said they wanted to get rid of the 1940 spike, and GISS has simply chopped it off since Hansen, 1981.

Well, not exactly mine. My mother was a small child in 1936, and I was talking about the March 1936 flood with her last night. Then a bell rang and she said :

Did Pennsylvania get flooded? I remember my father talking about having to travel in a boat in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Cities Slowly Emerge From Flood and Count Their Heavy Losses – MANY LIVES SAVED IN WILLIAMSPORT Toll Held to Four Drowned by Quick Mobilization of All City’s Forces. FLOOD RAPIDLY RECEDING Damage Set at $3,500,000 -Newspaper Functions by Radio — Heroism in Rescues. – View Article – NYTimes.com

Wind turbines extract kinetic energy from the air around them, and since less energy makes for weaker winds, turbines do indeed make it less windy. Technically speaking, the climate zone right behind a turbine (or behind all the turbines on a wind farm) experiences what’s called a “wind speed vacuum,” or a “momentum deficit.” In other words, the air slows down.

The effect has implications for wind-farm efficiency. Upwind turbines in a densely packed farm may weaken the breeze before it reaches the downwind ones. It could even have a more general impact. If wind farms were constructed on a truly massive scale, their cumulative momentum deficit could conceivably alter wind speeds on a global scale

FYI: Do Wind Farms Make It Less Windy? | Popular Science

The same geniuses who worry about miniscule effects related to CO2, have no problem with causing major changes to global wind patterns.

After being pummeled senseless in the first round, they are back on their feet for more punishment.

Twitter / SteveSGoddard: @dufussy @evcricket @Bondles …

So far, October-February in Texas has been fifth coldest on record in Texas, and may end up in the fourth position, beating out 2010. Temperatures peaked in the 1920’s and 1930’s.

A reader in Texas sent this over.

Experts Tell How Antarctic’s Ice Could Cause Widespread Floods – Mushy Ice Beneath Sheet – View Article – NYTimes.com

Since he made that prediction in 1979, Antarctic sea ice has increased sharply

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Lakeland Ledger – Google News Archive Search

Scientists have discovered a new planet, which averages 55 below zero and has 18 times as high CO2 density in its atmosphere as Earth. The inhabitants have also built an extensive series of canals, apparently to transport the ice.

MARS CANALS FOR DRAINAGE. – German Says They Are to Prevent Floods When Pole Caps Melt. – View Article – NYTimes.com