Try To Remember That Kind Of September …

Tom Jones And Elvis

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June Comedy From The Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/02/2010-could-be-warmest-year-ever

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Igor Headed For The Arctic

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at1.shtml?5-daynl?large#contents

What happens when a tropical storm collides with -5ºC air?

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Ice Forming Rapidly In The Arctic

Ice concentrations are getting very high – as the open water freezes up. The blink comparator below shows changes in concentration over the last week.

Temperatures are getting cold :

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Banks Want To Make Money (Part 2)

Examining the rest of the Deutsche Bank talking points.

This is a very lame argument. Nobody respectable makes that claim, and there are well established historical ties between long solar minima and cold temperatures – with a lag time of decades. It is too early to see any effects, if in fact we are entering such a period.

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/09/say-goodbye-to-sunspots.html

“Scientists studying sunspots for the past 2 decades have concluded that the magnetic field that triggers their formation has been steadily declining. If the current trend continues, by 2016 the sun’s face may become spotless and remain that way for decades—a phenomenon that in the 17th century coincided with a prolonged period of cooling on Earth.”

Skeptics 6, Deutsche 0

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Banks Want To Make Money (Part 1)

Deutsche Bank (which is investing in windfarms) released a paper this month, where they claim to rebut arguments of skeptics. I’ll review their responses one by one.

Author makes no attempt to rebut the claim that temperatures have not risen since 1998.
Skeptics 1, Deutsche 0

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NOAA Fixes Their Broken Ice Map

Last week I pointed out that the NOAA ice map showed too little ice.

Good news is that they are listening. Here is this week’s version – somewhat better.

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Malouda 6 – Spurs 6 – Manchester City 6

Telegraph Photo

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Chelsea 21 – Rest Of The World 1

http://guardian.touch-line.com/?CPID=4&CTID=11&Lang=0&pStr=Comp_Table

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2008 : Hurricane Ike Brought “Certain Death”

Woman facing “certain death” in Galveston

The last hurricane to reach the US mainland was Ike, which struck Galveston over two years ago – as a category 2 on September 13, 2008.

Weather service warns of ‘certain death‘ in face of Ike

September 11, 2008

Residents living in single-family homes in some parts of coastal Texas face “certain death” if they do not heed orders to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ike’s arrival, the National Weather Service said Thursday night.

If the government says it, it must be true.

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