| Mark Probert 2005-09-26, 5:22 pm |
| Clinton wrote:
> Mark Probert wrote:
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> Especially at the ice -caps. In fact I think it has been many thousands
> of years if ever that the polar ice sheet has cracked like it has.
> Those in areas with glaciers and ice-bergs can cleary see the effect.
> They were even showing on the news where residents are trying to freeze
> the glaciers because it is ruining the tourism industry.
>
>
> And look at all these hurricanes. Two category 5 in the gulf within
> a week of each other? It's unheard of.
>
>
> But don't you agree that it is laughable when the media and scientists
> try to pass this off as a part of the normal hurricane cycle? I guess
> if 3 more category 5's hit this year they will say that is part of the
> expected statistical variation. It's all just a big coincidence! That
> is also why they were so slow to respond to
> Katrina! They didnt even want to admit that all these Hurricanes
> are coming out of nowhere, let alone that these hurricanes are
> real and actually cause damage!
>
> And keep in mind that the "media" just a few short years ago
> along with the scientific community was downplaying global warming
> completely, so the lesson learned for me is that the media and even the
> scientifc community are not "freethinkers" at all even when there is
> significant evidence, until that "evidence" becomes overwhelming. They
> just "go with the consensus" and then alter
> their expert opinions and theories to fit with what eventually
> becomes obvious while burying or ignoring most other inconvenient
> facts/theories that are not readily self-evident.
To re-cap:
1. A much higher than normal number of named hurricanes
2. A much higher than normal number of category 5 hurricanes
3. Serious melting of glaciers in widely separated areas of the globe.
4. Significant loss of the Antarctic ice shelf (I get a weekly email
alert with photos showing how big those glaciers are.)
5. The tropical ocean in the Atlantic is significantly warmer.
On a personal note, I rarely hear of anyone catching Yellowfin tuna in
my area...and that is all I am catching these days. A real tasty one on
Saturday. Yellowfin is more common in warmer deeper waters. Oh, and it
is lower in methyl mercury than Albacore.
These factors take the claim that this is just a peak in the usual
hurricance cycle and toss it out with the bathwater.
(Allow me another digression....I was watching some of the early morning
news shows over the weekend and caught the obligatory chef-du-jour. He
made a nice dish with tuna...and RECOMMENDED USING ALBACORE which is
much higher in methyl mercury. I was a tad annoyed at that, and emailed
the station.)
It reminds me of Heinlien's book, The Year of the Jackpot.
http://math.cofc.edu/faculty/kasman...allnumber=mf419
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