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I’m Trying My Best to Fight Pessimism – The Rush Limbaugh Show

All that the Republicans had to do was sit tight and wait for Obama to give in, but they apparently have chosen to snatch defeat from the certain jaws of victory.

The deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record struck with 200 MPH winds on this day in 1780. It killed more than 20,000 people, and was one of three major hurricanes which made landfall in the Caribbean that month.

The Great Hurricane of 1780

Although specifics on this hurricane’s track and strength are unknown, forecasters and historians believe that the Great Hurricane of 1780 initially formed near the Cape Verde Islands on October 9, 1780. The hurricane strengthened and grew in size as it tracked slowly westward, first affecting Barbados, the western most Caribbean island, late on 9 October. The worst of the hurricane, with winds possibly exceeding 321.9 km/h (200 mph), passed over Barbardos late on 10 October 10 before moving past Martinique and St. Lucia early on 11 October. The hurricane passed near Puerto Rico and over the eastern portion of the Dominican Republic (at the time known known as Santo Domingo) on 14 October, causing heavy damage near the coastlines. Ultimately, the system turned to the northeast, passing 258 km (160 mi) southeast of Bermuda on 18 October. The hurricane was last observed on October 20, 1780, southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland, Canada.

Hurricanes: Science and Society: 1780- The Great Hurricane of 1780

Climate experts say that hurricanes are getting stronger, which is why the strongest hurricane this year had wind speeds about one third of the 1780 storm.

29 Sep 1903 – Snake Oil.

21 Jul 1906 – World’s End Predicted.

19 Nov 1929 – END OF THE WORLD

Twitter / JPvanYpersele: Congratulations to @MichaelEMann, …

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26 Sep 1988 – Threat to islands

In related news, the abandoned, drowned Maldives are building a new airport

March 20, 2013

U.K. firm wins Maldives airport project

U.K. firm wins Maldives airport project – The Hindu

Arctic Sea-Ice Monitor

The world’s leading authorities say that the Arctic will be ice free this year.

the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013

– John Kerry, US Secretary of State

John Kerry: We Can’t Ignore the Security Threat from Climate Change

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Arctic summers ice-free ‘by 2013?

James Hansen : ‘This is the last chance’

6/23/2008

“We see a tipping point occurring right before our eyes,” Hansen told the AP before the luncheon. “The Arctic is the first tipping point and it’s occurring exactly the way we said it would.”

Hansen, echoing work by other scientists, said that in five to 10 years, the Arctic will be free of sea ice in the summer.

NASA warming scientist: ‘This is the last chance’ – USATODAY.com

June 26, 2013

The alarming loss of sea ice which has grown worse each summer over the past several decades, has taken a sharp turn for the worse: this year the loss is right in the middle, the most resilient part of the ice cover. This could lead to a completely ice-free Arctic Ocean by September.

Unprecedented hole is growing in Arctic sea ice – Fairfax Climate Watch

Why Arctic sea ice will vanish in 2013 | Sierra Club Canada

The fact that sea level in New York, in New York Harbor, are now a foot higher than a century ago — that didn’t cause Hurricane Sandy, but it certainly contributed to the destruction that left large parts of our mightiest city dark and underwater.

New York Harbor has been sinking at a steady rate since they started measurements in 1850. It is called subsidence.

The potential impacts go beyond rising sea levels.  Here at home, 2012 was the warmest year in our history.  Midwest farms were parched by the worst drought since the Dust Bowl, and then drenched by the wettest spring on record.  Western wildfires scorched an area larger than the state of Maryland.  Just last week, a heat wave in Alaska shot temperatures into the 90s.

Remarks by the President on Climate Change | The White House

Complete bullshit. The droughts of the 1950s were much worse, and the US corn crop is a record this year. In 1988 the Mississippi River almost dried up. US burn acreage is one of the lowest on record in 2013, and temperatures in Alaska hit 100 degrees in 1915.

Major Heat Wave in the Making for West US

As usual, Obama has absolutely no clue what he is talking about.