Real Climate Science

Hundred-Year Forecast: Drought
By CHRISTOPHER R. SCHWALM, CHRISTOPHER A. WILLIAMS and KEVIN SCHAEFER
Published: August 11, 2012

BY many measurements, this summer’s drought is one for the record books. But so was last year’s drought in the South Central states. And it has been only a decade since an extreme five-year drought hit the American West. Widespread annual droughts, once a rare calamity, have become more frequent and are set to become the “new normal.

Extreme Weather and Drought Are Here to Stay – NYTimes.com

Complete bullshit. Hansen said the exact opposite in 1999

Empirical evidence does not lend much support to the notion that climate is headed precipitately toward more extreme heat and drought. The drought of 1999 covered a smaller area than the 1988 drought, when the Mississippi almost dried up. And 1988 was a temporary inconvenience as compared with repeated droughts during the 1930s “Dust Bowl” that caused an exodus from the prairies, as chronicled in Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath.

NASA GISS: Science Briefs: Whither U.S. Climate?

Multi-year droughts used to be much more frequent and much more severe.

Contiguous U.S., Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI), 36-Month Period Ending in December, 1897-2012

chris writes :

Really Steve Goddard. Who are you? What are your qualifications, other than having a chip on your shoulder? Why do you have no such information listed? Usually, when one goes to the ABOUT section one finds information about the author, their background and funders. Here I find nothing but a description of word press. Very strange. Will this posting remain? Interested to see if free speech exists on so called “conservative” blather pages such as this one. Doubtful, since the main point of your blog seems to be to get yourself a cheering section and I’m not cheering for you. Sorry little boy.

I’m a senior citizen with a long career in science and engineering, environmental activism, and I worked as a wilderness ranger for two summers during the 1980s. I do this without any compensation – but huge amounts of money have corrupted climate science, and that pisses me off.

Why is it important to know who you are and what your motivations might be? Because this will give us, your readers, some insight into what you are actually up to. Amazingly, you claim that millions of people who have never met each other are engaged in some elaborate, sinister, overarching conspiracy to do … something. Seems improbable.

I don’t present conspiracy theories. I present evidence. I can’t stand bullshit. If you read through the blog, you will know exactly what my life is about and why I do this.

No matter how hard I try to squeeze my mind into your little box, I can’t for the life of me figure out what all these scientists are up to with this huge and elaborate hoax. More likely, you as a single individual are engaged in a “conspiracy” of sorts, to employ the power of word press to distort and distend reality to suit your ideological addiction.

If you think my facts are wrong, feel free to show what I am doing incorrectly.

NOAA has finally gotten their 2012 data set (almost) complete, and it turns out that 2012 was the second warmest year in the US after 1921 – and was slightly warmer than 1931 and 1934

They claim that 2012 was the warmest (by a large margin) because they tamper with the data before releasing it to the public. NOAA subtracted almost 1.5 degrees from the measured 1921 temperature.

CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES Climate Summary

Most of the anomalous warmth in the US during 2012 occurred during colder seasons, and was manifested by mild winter and springtime temperatures.

Climate change threatens ski industry

By Katie Johnston |  GLOBE STAFF     NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Climate change threat looms over ski industry – Business – The Boston Globe

Danger Will Robinson! Only recipients of the $250 billion EU climate scam money are permitted to view this dangerous graph. It may confuse you into believing that Arctic ice extent is normal.

COI | Centre for Ocean and Ice | Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut

Alarmists claim that the Greenland Ice Sheet is experiencing a massive meltdown, because of a few hours above freezing last summer. Below is a plot of daily maximum temperatures there over the last eight years.

Maximum temperatures have been declining, and average -24C.

History | Weather Underground

There is no meltdown occurring. Greenland is frozen solid.

summit:status:webcam

The lefty nutcases are at it again

Secret funding helped build vast network of climate denial thinktanks | Environment | guardian.co.uk

I wish I knew who these anonymous billionaires were, because I do this for free.

The EU just announced last week that they are spending $250 billion on “climate change”

BRUSSELS, Belgium, February 8, 2013 (ENS) – European heads of state and government have agreed to commit at least 20 percent of the entire European Union budget over the next seven years to climate-related spending.

The seven-year budget was agreed at 960 billion euros ($1.28 trillion).

Climate Gets 20 Percent of Seven-Year European Budget | Environment News Service

Even if Goldenberg’s idiotic conspiracy theory were true, that would mean that alarmists have a greater than 2000:1 money advantage over skeptics.

Why doesn’t she print these billionaire’s names, so that I can get some money from them?

The governor of Connecticut thinks that he can protect his state from hurricanes by magically reducing atmospheric CO2.

Connecticut has been hit by three major hurricanes since 1850, all of which occurred with CO2 below 350 ppm. The last one was hurricane Carol – one of two hurricanes which hit New England during the disastrous hurricane season of 1954.

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1954 also was one of the worst years on record for drought in the US.

The governor of Connecticut is convinced that his state is seeing unprecedented weather because of a snowstorm.

Snow conditions there are typical for February,

Weather Webcams | Weather Underground

During the campaign, Obama never discussed his plans for gun confiscation.

About three hours after Sandy Hook, Diane Feinstein magically produced a complete gun confiscation bill.

Obama then implied that anyone who doesn’t vote for Feinstein’s bill is a child murderer. No debate or discussion before he starts attacking the American people.