Real Climate Science

In 1886, the US was hit by an incredible seven hurricanes, including two major hurricanes.

Suppose that some snake oil salesman named Hames Jansen had been running around the country in 1886 claiming that he could prevent hurricanes by having everyone give up coal and oil.

The consequences would have been catastrophic, had people been stupid enough to listen to Dr. Hames Jansen.

So why are people in 2012 stupid enough to listen to snake oil salesman James Hansen?

A great civilization is not conquered from without, until it has destroyed itself within. The essential causes of Rome’s decline lay in her people, her morals, her class struggle, her failing trade, her bureaucratic despotism, her stifling taxes, her consuming wars.

– Will Durant

If Obama gets re-elected, he will almost certainly be impeached over Benghazi. Do scumbags like Candy Crowley really want Joe Biden running the country?

The Appalachians are having record early ski area openings, thanks to an overheated atmosphere which produces excessive amounts of cold air.

The earliest season opening ever for Sugar Mountain ski resort in Banner Elk takes place Wednesday, after more than 6 inches of snow fell Monday and Tuesday. Also opening Wednesday is the Cataloochee ski area in Maggie Valley — evidence that the snow also fell in the western mountains.

Frost for Charlotte; mountains, coast recovering | CharlotteObserver.com

Next summer, remember to crank up your furnace when you want to cool down the house.

h/t to Tom Nelson

During October 1871, Chicago burned to the ground.

On the same day many other cities around Lake Michigan and Lake Huron burned. Most notable was Peshtigo, Wisconsin where thousands of people died. More than 1.5 million acres burned in those fires.

CO2 was at very safe levels in 1871.

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Aug. 25,1635: The Great Colonial Hurricane was the first historical record of an intense hurricane in the region. Some refer to it as America’s first recorded natural disaster. The storm’s eye is believed to have passed between Boston and Plymouth causing at least 46 casualties.

Sept. 23, 1815: The Great September Gale was the first major hurricane to impact New England in 180 years. After crossing Long Island, N.Y., the storm came ashore at Saybrook, Conn., funneling an 11-foot storm surge up Narragansett Bay. There, it destroyed 500 houses, 35 ships and flooded Providence, R.I.

Sept. 21, 1938: The Great Hurricane. This Category 5 was the first major hurricane to strike New England since 1869. The Blue Hill Observatory, outside of Boston, measured sustained winds of 121 mph, with gusts of 183 mph. Providence, R.I., reported sustained winds of 100 mph, gusting to 125 mph. Rainfall of 10 to 17 inches caused severe flooding in Western Massachusetts. In all, 600 deaths were attributed to the storm.

Sept. 14-15, 1944: The Great Atlantic Hurricane produced 140-mph winds and caused over $100 million in damage, as well as 390 deaths, mostly at sea.

Aug. 21, 1954: Hurricane Carol, a compact, but powerful, borderline Category 3 battered New England, killing 68. With 100 mph winds, gusting up to 135 mph, Carol caused over $460 million in damage, destroying 4,000 homes, 3,500 cars, and over 3,000 boats. This was arguably the most destructive storm to hit Southern New England since 1938.

Aug. 17-19, 1955: Hurricane Diane dropped up to 20 inches of rain, setting flood records throughout the region. Diane was recognized as the wettest tropical cyclone to impact New England and was blamed for nearly 200 deaths.

Sept. 12, 1960: Hurricane Donna recorded 160 mph winds with gusts up to 200 mph. Donna hit New England in Southeast Connecticut with sustained winds of 100 mph, gusting to 125-130 mph, cutting diagonally through the region to Maine. The storm killed 364, and caused more than $500 million in damage.

Sept. 27, 1985: Hurricane Gloria hugged the coastline; as it made its way north, Gloria crossed Long Island, making landfall at Milford, Conn. The storm left more than 2 million people without power.

Aug. 19, 1991: Hurricane Bob made landfall in New England near New Bedford with 115 mph winds. The damage total for Southern New England was set at $1 billion, with $2.5 billion overall damage.

Sept. 16-17, 1999: Hurricane Floyd’s worst impact was flooding, with mudslides in the Berkshires and road closures.

Aug. 28, 2011: Tropical Storm Irene slammed into the Northeast leaving badly damaged homes and roads in its wake. Federal aid in Berkshire County topped $30 million.

Worst of the worst: A look back on devastating hurricanes in New England – Berkshire Eagle Online

h/t to Tom Nelson

The battle against Big Energy’s rush to ruin our planet | Daryl Hannah | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

I was living in Sedona, Arizona during the mid-1980s – when Darryl used to fly in and out every few weeks to see Jackson Browne’s son at the exclusive Verde Valley School. Darryl wants to make sure that other people can’t live anywhere near as well as she does.

The great prophet Obama was besieged by CO2 apostates and his polls were plummeting into the abyss, when a miracle occurred.

The CO2 gods sent Sandy to end the demise of the prophet, and give him a venue to hide his Libya transgressions – right before the great judgment of November 6.

Banging his hand on the table he says :

I did not have sexual relations with that those woman women

Women: Sen. Bob Menendez paid us for sex in the Dominican Republic | The Daily Caller

After he was elected, Obama promised to hold the seas back and heal the planet.

Four years later it appears that he failed.

Major Darwin Predicts Civilization’s Doom Unless Century Brings Wide Eugenic Reforms – Article – NYTimes.com

h/t to sabretoothed