Australia’s “Angry Summer” in Eight Images

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By Tom Yulsman | March 5, 2013

Read more and see more images @ ImaGeo

 

[Old Rocks]

Record heat. Record rain. Record floods. Hmmmm..........................

Nothing to see here, folks. Just keep moving, nothing to see here, folks.

 

[bripat9643]

Record heat. Record rain. Record floods. Hmmmm..........................

Nothing to see here, folks. Just keep moving, nothing to see here, folks.

Record cold, record snowfall.

The AGW cult members have been saying warming causes droughts. Now you're claiming it causes flooding?

 

[Noomi]

Its called Climate Change, and we will see more fires and floods in years to come.

 

[Ernie S.]

Its called Climate Change, and we will see more fires and floods in years to come.

No, it's called weather.

 

[Old Rocks]

It is called extreme weather events. What was predicted, and what is occuring.

Munich Re 2012 Cat Report Underscores Extreme Weather in U.S.; Sandy Losses

The figures for natural catastrophse that occurred in 2012 are “dominated by weather extremes in the USA,” according to a report from Munich Re. The reinsurers said the U.S. “accounted for a higher proportion of global natural catastrophe losses than usual in 2012, due to a series of severe weather-related catastrophes. Last year, natural catastrophes caused $160 billion in overall losses and $65 billion in insured losses worldwide.

 

[Old Rocks]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/11/s...tensity-around-world.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Published: January 10, 2013

WORCESTER, England — Britons may remember 2012 as the year the weather spun off its rails in a chaotic concoction of drought, deluge and flooding, but the unpredictability of it all turns out to have been all too predictable: Around the world, extreme has become the new commonplace.

Especially lately. China is enduring its coldest winter in nearly 30 years. Brazil is in the grip of a dreadful heat spell. Eastern Russia is so freezing — minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit, and counting — that the traffic lights recently stopped working in the city of Yakutsk.

Bush fires are raging across Australia, fueled by a record-shattering heat wave. Pakistan was inundated by unexpected flooding in September. A vicious storm bringing rain, snow and floods just struck the Middle East. And in the United States, scientists confirmed this week what people could have figured out simply by going outside: last year was the hottest since records began.

 

[editec]

Record heat. Record rain. Record floods. Hmmmm..........................

Nothing to see here, folks. Just keep moving, nothing to see here, folks.

Record cold, record snowfall.

The AGW cult members have been saying warming causes droughts. Now you're claiming it causes flooding?

AGW proponents have been saying that GW causes massive extremes in weather, lad.

But great beatdown of that strawman of your own device.

 

[Old Rocks]

Record heat. Record rain. Record floods. Hmmmm..........................

Nothing to see here, folks. Just keep moving, nothing to see here, folks.

Record cold, record snowfall.

The AGW cult members have been saying warming causes droughts. Now you're claiming it causes flooding?

A warmer atmosphere holds more water. Kind of very basic science. But then, even basic is a bit beyond your mental capabilities, Pattycake

 

[Samson]

Its called Climate Change, and we will see more fires and floods in years to come.

Yes, the Climate Changes on Earth.

Thanks.

 

[Old Rocks]

Record heat. Record rain. Record floods. Hmmmm..........................

Nothing to see here, folks. Just keep moving, nothing to see here, folks.

Record cold, record snowfall.

The AGW cult members have been saying warming causes droughts. Now you're claiming it causes flooding?

AGW proponents have been saying that GW causes massive extremes in weather, lad.

But great beatdown of that strawman of your own device.

Well, I wouldn't call us proponents. We would really rather be wrong on this issue. However, as we study the issue more, and continue to get a better handle on cause and effect in atmospheric physics, we begin to see the basis for what we see currently happening. Dr. Jennifer Francis presents a very lucid explanation of the why of many of the current events here;

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtRvcXUIyZg]Weather and Climate Summit - Day 5, Jennifer Francis - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Old Rocks]

Its called Climate Change, and we will see more fires and floods in years to come.

Yes, the Climate Changes on Earth.

Thanks.

Climate change is like any other physical process. There are reasons it happens. The drivers of the change can be a change in solar output, a change in atmospheric composition, or even changes in the ocean currents the distribute the heat.

Change any of these, and you change the climate. We have added 40% CO2 to the atmosphere, and over 150% more CH4. Or, to put is more in context, we have added more CO2 than it took to create the change from the ice age to the present interglacial. There is no way that cannot have a major effect.

 

[Ernie S.]

It is called extreme weather events. What was predicted, and what is occuring.

Munich Re 2012 Cat Report Underscores Extreme Weather in U.S.; Sandy Losses

The figures for natural catastrophse that occurred in 2012 are “dominated by weather extremes in the USA,” according to a report from Munich Re. The reinsurers said the U.S. “accounted for a higher proportion of global natural catastrophe losses than usual in 2012, due to a series of severe weather-related catastrophes. Last year, natural catastrophes caused $160 billion in overall losses and $65 billion in insured losses worldwide.

There are weather "extremes" most every day, like on July 24, 1934 the temperature was 105 in Chicago. On January 20, 1985, it reached -27. Looks like the long term trend is lower temperatures...

 

[Saigon]

It really was a summer that changed everything in Australia - the record temperatures, the droughts and floods - it was just catastrophic.

I was in Melbourne a few weeks back, and people seemed really worried about it. The future of the entire agricultural sector in some states is in real danger.

 

[Old Rocks]

There are areas here in the states where things are looking pretty bleak at the moment;

US Drought Monitor


Oklahoma; Texas




Description
Winter wheat in Oklahoma and Texas did not green up and begin growing again after precipitation from storms in recent weeks, according to a market analyst with Farm Futures and Farm Progress Co. The crop was planted in dry soil and has not received much precipitation during the winter. Scottsbluff Star Herald (Neb.), March 3, 2013



Colorado




Description
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on July 3, 2012, designated all counties in Colorado except for Delta and San Juan as primary natural disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by drought, excessive heat and high winds that began Jan. 1. Although Delta and San Juan counties were not listed as primary natural disaster areas, farmers and ranchers in those counties qualified for natural disaster assistance because the counties are contiguous. All counties were designated natural disaster areas July 3, 2012, making all qualified farm operators in the designated areas eligible for low interest emergency (EM) loans from USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA), provided eligibility requirements are met. USDA press release 0070.12, July 3, 2012


The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Sept. 5, 2012, designated the entire state of Indiana, which includes 92 counties, as a primary natural disaster area due to damages and losses caused by the combined effects of excessive heat, frost, freeze and drought that began Feb. 1, 2012, and continues. Agricultural producers in contiguous counties in adjacent states are also eligible for low-interest emergency loans. USDA Farm Service Agency press release, Sept. 5, 2012.

Description
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Sept. 12 designated 42 counties in Tennessee as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses caused by drought and excessive heat that began April 1, 2012, and continues. Farmers in contiguous counties in Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and Virginia were also eligible for low-interest loans. USDA Farm Service Agency press release, Sept. 12, 2012

 

[Mad Scientist]

Give up all your money and economic power to the U.N. and IMF Banks via Carbon Taxes. That'll save the World!