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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (848622)	4/9/2015 12:49:30 AM
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Ice Age Watch: New York Had Its Coldest Late Winter In Over 100 Years 4:43 PM 04/08/2015 New Yorkers may have wished they were Californians this winter as the Empire State suffered through its coldest January through March period in more than 100 years — all while Californians had record warmth. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported northeastern states suffered through a much colder-than-average January through March period. That was especially true for New York and Vermont, both of which had their coldest late winter periods on record. According to NOAA, New York’s “year-to-date temperature was 16.9°F, 6.8°F below average, dropping below the previous record of 17.4°F set in 1912” — meaning the Empire State’s late winter period broke a 103-year-old record. In Vermont, the January through March temperature was “13.3°F, 6.4°F below average, tying the same period in 1923” — breaking a 92-year-old record. Of course, the “Siberian Express” — or whatever they called the cold weather this year — was balanced out by a particularly warm and dry winter in the western part of the country. So far in 2015, California has had its warmest period on record and continues to be in drought. They were the lucky ones. Easterners found winter to be much harsher. For example, the city of Boston had record snowfall this year — topping 110 inches by March. On Feb. 15, Buffalo, New York had its coldest day in 21 years with a high of 2 degrees Fahrenheit. Needless to say, it was the coldest February Buffalo’s had since the harsh winter of 1979. On that same day, Central Park in New York City saw the temperature drop to 4 degrees, tying with Jan. 7, 2014 for the lowest temperature on record. The next day Central Park saw the temperature drop to 3 degrees — the coldest reading in the city since 2004. Erie, Penn., and Watertown, N.Y., also saw temperatures hit new lows. Other cities along the East Coast also saw low temperature records for February broken or tied. According to the Weather Channel, these cities included “Baltimore (5 degrees), Syracuse, New York (minus 17 degrees), Toledo, Ohio (minus 9 degrees), Cleveland (minus 12 degrees), Trenton, New Jersey (1 degree), Wilmington, Delaware (2 degrees), Detroit (minus 9 degrees) and Flint, Michigan (minus 21 degrees).” While easterners were freezing and getting buried with snow, some climate scientists argued that global warming is actually causing winters to become more extreme. Last year, the White House science czar John Holdren argued that rising temperatures in the Arctic were causing the jet stream to become more wavy, thus bringing cold Arctic weather to the East Coast during winters. Holdren’s argument, however, has been challenged by a recent study which found that global warming was not making winters harsher. The paper argued that [a]rctic amplification of global warming leads to even less frequent cold outbreaks in Northern Hemisphere winter than a shift toward a warmer mean climate implies by itself.” Other scientists have argued that a warmer planet means more moisture in the atmosphere, which allows for bigger snowstorms — thus, allowing cities like Boston to get record snowfall. But this claim was also shot down by research. Research by University of Alabama, Huntsville climate scientist Dr. Roy Spencer found “no relationship between available water vapor and snowstorm events over the last 27 years.” “In fact, while warm season water vapor has increased, cold season water vapor (if anything) has decreased on average over the region, making less vapor available for storms,” Spencer wrote in his blog. “There is always abundant water vapor available for U.S. snowstorms to feed off of, just as there is always abundant tropical water vapor available for hurricanes and typhoons.” “But that’s not the limiting factor in storm formation. What is necessary is the variety of conditions which can support the formation of low pressure centers … sufficient water vapor is usually ready and waiting to play its part,” Spencer said. dailycaller.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (848622)	4/9/2015 12:57:22 AM
From: Sdgla	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575914

Your alarmist bs has been debunked many times over rat. You cannot cut n paste away the facts. Plenty of books published by PHD's that prove your scam is done : Global Warming Alarmism Memorably Debunked JAY LEHR, PH.D.Jay Lehr, Ph.D. (jlehr@heartland.org) is science director at The Heartland Institute, an... (read full bio) Review of Climate Change: Natural or Manmade?, by Joe Fone (Stacey International, 2013), 208 pages, ISBN- 978-1906768959 Author Joe Fone of Christchurch, New Zealand has spent many years researching current and historical data on climate change, with the help of the finest scientists down under. His new book, Climate Change: Natural or Manmade?gives a clear, unbiased view of what is reasonably true and what is clearly incorrect. The book shows his strong intellect and unrestricted effort to find the truth wherever it lay. Alarmism Devoid of Science Fone really won me over with Chapter 2, titled “Sagan’s Problem Planet,” where he describes Carl Sagan as a science populist rather than the great astronomer of public myth. I have taken Sagan to task on a wide variety of subjects, but Fone usefully concentrates on Sagan’s theories about the atmosphere of Venus, which Sagan used to support his belief in anthropomorphic global warming. Fone accurately calls global warming today’s cause célèbre, “promoted by an army of enthusiasts from scientists and politicians to environmentalists, celebrities and now even theologians, all of whom declare it to be the most pressing issue facing us since the last such scare—the 1970s ice age panic promoted by a similar army.” Fone aptly describes the global warming movement as a juggernaut of unprecedented proportions, an unstoppable monster threatening to engulf every facet of our lives. From there, he mounts an impressive 250-year history of the semi-scientific issues that led to the possibility the world might eventually be held hostage by a truly unprovable theory. First among these was the belief in a solar constant, which removed from the equation the reality that solar variance is a major player in the earth’s climate. Fone also provides an excellent analysis of what glaciers have taught us regarding the causes and effects of natural climate fluctuations. Shortsighted Politics Fone’s uncovering of the scientific errors that led to and supported the mythical global warming crisis is as detailed as any you will find. The documentation of such scientific errors will be especially interesting to the scientifically trained reader. Fone provides a compelling narrative of how even Margaret Thatcher, the sharp, conservative former British prime minister, bought into the false global warming crisis. In the early 1980s, Thatcher’s government was beset by union-led coal mine strikes. Thatcher saw an opportunity to undermine the miners and their exceptional demands by joining forces with the global warming alarmists calling for less coal power and more nuclear power. Thatcher’s plan resulted in a short-term political victory over the coal miner’s union, but at the long-term price of rendering Great Britain subject to economically punishing and scientifically unjustified global warming extremism. Thatcher bought into global warming alarmism for more than 10 years before recognizing that joining forces with socialist environmental activists who sought to dismantle market economies was a big mistake. By then, however, it was far too late to undo the damage she had done. Shortcomings in IPCC Models Getting back to the science, Fone adeptly explains the important role clouds play in changing climate conditions. By their very nature, clouds present extremely complex problems to climate modelers. Despite such complex uncertainties, climate modelers with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) always assume clouds will serve as a positive feedback mechanism, amplifying any global warming caused by rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Fone demonstrates the faultiness of this assumption, quoting Princeton University physicist Freeman Dyson, who pointed out the failure of IPCC’s climate model assumptions. Fone also quotes dozens of additional climatologists meticulously tearing apart the IPCC models. Debunking Other Myths One of his most interesting assessments is his discussion of tipping points. Global warming activists often claim our planet is approaching a tipping point that will cause a rapid acceleration of global warming and global warming impacts. These activists seek to create a sense of fear by selling the idea that we are fast reaching a point of no return where we have sealed our collective doom. Fone presents the overwhelming verdict of science that no such tipping points are likely in the foreseeable future. To the extent future warming may occur, it is likely to continue at its present modest pace. Such modest warming continues to provide net human welfare benefits rather than overall harm. Fone also does a superb job of debunking the myth that scientists have reached a consensus that humans are creating a global warming crisis. To the extent some scientists claim a consensus exists, they are merely parroting a predetermined agenda. Memorably, Fone quotes MIT atmospheric scientist Richard Lindzen saying, “A consensus was reached before the research had even begun.” The science presented to support global warming alarmism, Fone says, was convincingly debunked well before the formation of the IPCC, even before the Thatcher government poisoned the political well with her brief but damaging alliance with global warming alarmists. Sadly, it was political intervention that encouraged some agenda-driven scientists to manipulate the evidence to support their political masters, who then rewarded them with lucrative research grants. This created the foundations of a corrupt, self-sustaining industry driven by politics and money. Fone presents a compelling narrative of why the mythical human-caused global warming crisis is a dangerous illusion. I highly recommend this book. Jay Lehr, Ph.D. ( lehr@heartland.org) is science director of The Heartland Institute.