causes of the increase in extreme weather

[Mr. H.]

I'm sure all that wind was caused by "angel wings". That's what we call "right wing science".

If Liberals believed in science, there would be no hydraulic fracturing bans in this country.

 

[flacaltenn]

I'm sure all that wind was caused by "angel wings". That's what we call "right wing science".

If Liberals believed in science, there would be no hydraulic fracturing bans in this country.

If Liberals believed in science, we would have enough nuclear power by now to shut down the coal plants and save the world from CO2..

If Liberals believed in science, we'd have made MORE progress on stem cell research using NON-FETAL tissue -- instead of arguing for a process that doesn't produce any results.

If Liberals believed in science, we might still have a small vestige of a Space Program instead of a Muslim Outreach operation.

Anybody?? This could be fun...

 

[Abraham3]

Conservative administrations put restrictions on research of stem cells and failed to appropriately fund climate research and alternative energy technology. All governments have finite money supplies and must make choices where and on what they will spend their research dollars. Conservative administrations have pushed technologies and research philosophies selected to advance religious agendas and support established industrial and commercial regimes.

From my subjective point of view, it has consistently seemed as if the more conservative an administration or Congress, the more often they will choose to act in support of the financial interests of large businesses and the less to support pure (unapplied) research or other expenditures benefitting the individual - the voting citizen.

 

[idb]

There is no increase in extreme weather.. why would I need an explanation for crap that doesnt exist?
Dont need an explanation for poltergeists either..

go show us the ace index for tropical hurricanes and point to this increase that you think u see. Not there dudley.....

Try telling that to the tens of thousands suffering from the worst typhoon in history.

Try reading a fucking book. It's nowhere near that bad a storm. Here's the Cliff notes version for the reading impaired....

"The 1970 Bhola cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and India's West Bengal on November 12, 1970. It remains the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded, and one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern times.[2] Up to 500,000 people lost their lives in the storm, primarily as a result of the storm surge that flooded much of the low-lying islands of the Ganges Delta.[1] This cyclone was the sixth cyclonic storm of the 1970 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, and also the season's strongest, reaching a strength equivalent to a strong Category 3 hurricane."



1970 Bhola cyclone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The winds on that one weren't as strong as the latest one in the Phillippines.
The death toll is going to depend on where it strikes isn't it?
If it strikes in a sparsely populated, elevated area there won't be the same number of deaths as a low-lying densely populated area.
Isn't that right?

 

[Abraham3]

The winds on that one weren't as strong as the latest one in the Phillippines.
The death toll is going to depend on where it strikes isn't it?
If it strikes in a sparsely populated, elevated area there won't be the same number of deaths as a low-lying densely populated area.
Isn't that right?

The death toll depends on both how powerful is the storm (windspeed and storm surge) and the number of people vulnerable to its effects... yes.

The extremity of a weather event is not measured by its death toll. It should be measured by the amount of energy in the storm.

 

[westwall]

Try telling that to the tens of thousands suffering from the worst typhoon in history.

Try reading a fucking book. It's nowhere near that bad a storm. Here's the Cliff notes version for the reading impaired....

"The 1970 Bhola cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and India's West Bengal on November 12, 1970. It remains the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded, and one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern times.[2] Up to 500,000 people lost their lives in the storm, primarily as a result of the storm surge that flooded much of the low-lying islands of the Ganges Delta.[1] This cyclone was the sixth cyclonic storm of the 1970 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, and also the season's strongest, reaching a strength equivalent to a strong Category 3 hurricane."



1970 Bhola cyclone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The winds on that one weren't as strong as the latest one in the Phillippines.
The death toll is going to depend on where it strikes isn't it?
If it strikes in a sparsely populated, elevated area there won't be the same number of deaths as a low-lying densely populated area.
Isn't that right?

Yes, and the wind speeds in the current one weren't the most powerful ever recorded either. Look up Halsey's Typhoons for the typhoon that struck during WWII and sunk many US Navy warships in the open ocean for one that was at least an order of magnitude greater.

As I said to the nimrod above. Read a fucking book.

 

[Abraham3]

Look up Halsey's Typhoons for the typhoon that struck during WWII and sunk many US Navy warships in the open ocean for one that was at least an order of magnitude greater.

As I said to the nimrod above. Read a fucking book.

I suggest you go find a book that will explain to you what "order of magnitude" means.