Here we go again

Submitted by Floater on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 4:28pm. Tags:

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Ike is a CAT4 and look where it's headed.

Perhaps Cuba will knock it down a bit but then it's got time to strengthen again. Look for more oil market gyrations next week.
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Ugh. Not again. (#117642)

by Soothsayer on Sun, 09/07/2008 - 3:05pm

Anyone know any good restaurants in Austin?

"In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad."~Nietzsche

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Trudy's (#117645)

by heet on Sun, 09/07/2008 - 3:18pm

several locations. Get the mexican martini. They limit you to two apiece. Good stuff.

Over here on E Street, we're proud to support Obama for President. - Bruce Springsteen

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Stubb's Bar-B-Que (#117643)

by BlaiseP on Sun, 09/07/2008 - 3:09pm

over here

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Are There More Hurricanes Now, or What? Calling Juker... (#117405)

by Traveller on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 4:44pm

...Juker and I are completely on opposite sides of the AGW issue, and often bitterly so. But he remains a friend even though we hate each others guts and very existences...seeking to nullify the others right to even being...lol

That being said, and while I completely disagree with him, he is smarter than me, (you just have to bite that bullet sometimes), and he'll know this stuff...

I think hurricanes were down last year, but this seasons seems to be shaping up to be very, very difficult.

I was in South Florida after Andrew....and Hurricanes pack an enormous amount of energy and a staggering amount of destructive power.

Traveller

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There are more Atlantic hurricanes (#117414)

by Floater on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 4:49pm

at least compared to the 80's and 90's. But I'm not aware of any research linking that to AGW. Instead it may be the consequence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation. There is quite a bit of research indicating that the intensity of hurricanes may be linked to AGW but the case there is by no means closed.

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Is research necessary? (#117421)

by Wagster on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 4:56pm

The facts speak for themselves.

The hurricane season exists because the Atlantic waters are warmer in the summer.

We have measured Atlantic temperatures and seen that they have gotten warmer in recent years.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist (or a climatologist) to deduce a causal relationship.

More Wagster!

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I tend to agree (#117429)

by Floater on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 5:05pm

but another factor that influences hurricane intensity is wind shear that may be affected differently by global warming. So it's not a perfect casual relationship.

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Oy..... - nt (#117426)

by Bernard Guerrero on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 5:00pm

The ultimate result of shielding man from the effects of folly is to people the world with fools. -Herbert Spencer

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If it ain't evaporation... (#117437)

by Wagster on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 5:34pm

What's the conservative position on the genesis of hurricanes? Are they God's sneezes? Water elves running around in circles?

More Wagster!

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As an agnostic who gave up D&D some time ago.... (#117446)

by Bernard Guerrero on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 5:58pm

....I can't really buy either of your postulates above. I'd simply note that even very strong supporters of GWT can come up with models that produce very counter-intuitive results, like more snow in Antarctica or, in the event of a shutdown of the Gulf Stream, a much chillier Europe. In the face of that, your call to draw a nice, simple conclusion by taking everything at face value looks obscurantist.

The ultimate result of shielding man from the effects of folly is to people the world with fools. -Herbert Spencer

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I don't like Ike. - nt (#117402)

by Bernard Guerrero on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 4:35pm

The ultimate result of shielding man from the effects of folly is to people the world with fools. -Herbert Spencer

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Heh (#117416)

by Floater on Sat, 09/06/2008 - 4:50pm

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