Disasters, 2017

[BuckToothMoron]

Your avatar is accurate. The reality is that the amount of rain that the Houston area received from Hurricane Harvey set a new record. And the fires that we have had in the West has set new records. In spite of having super tankers to drop suppressant. Hundreds of thousands of families had their homes damaged or destroyed this year. Now shut you fool mouth, moron.

You and the other chicken little fools keep screaming while the sane and rational adults keep the world working. We are not going to allow your phony science, science you don’t understand but pretend to, cost the lower income and down trodden people of this country their fair shot at improving their station in life.


It killed 6,000 to 12,000 people, making it the deadliest hurricane and natural disaster in U.S. history.
1900 Galveston hurricane - Wikipedia

Earth's Strongest, Most Massive Storm Ever
By By Meghan Evans, meteorologist
October 17, 2012, 5:37:36 AM EDT
On Oct. 12, 1979, Super Typhoon Tip's central pressure dropped to 870 mb (25.69 inches Hg), the lowest sea-level pressure ever observed on Earth, according to NOAA. Peak wind gusts reached 190 mph (306 kph) while the storm churned over the western Pacific.
Earth's Strongest, Most Massive Storm Ever

Ten deadliest natural disastersEdit
Rank Death toll (estimate) Event Location Date
1. 1,000,000–4,000,000*[1] 1931 China floods China July 1931
2. 900,000–2,000,000[2] 1887 Yellow River flood China September 1887
3. 830,000[3] 1556 Shaanxi earthquake China January 23, 1556
4. 300,000 1839 India cyclone[4] India November 26, 1839
1737 Calcutta Cyclone[5] India October 7, 1737
6. 280,000 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami Indian Ocean December 26, 2004
7. 273,400[6] 1920 Haiyuan earthquake China December 16, 1920
8. 250,000–500,000[1] 1970 Bhola cyclone East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) November 13, 1970
9. 250,000–300,000[7] 526 Antioch earthquake Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) May 526
10. 242,000–655,000 1976 Tangshan earthquake China July 28, 1976

 

[skookerasbil]

lol.........Ive been blowing stuff like this up for years now................


1951
June 23

• Most expensive US hailstorm (US$1.5 million crop damage and US$14 million property - Kansas). [1]

August 6

• Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria. [1]

August 17

• Hurricane winds drive six ships ashore, at Kingston, Jamaica. [1]

1952
January 14

• Snow storm in Sierra Nevada kills 26. [1]

March 16

• Greatest 24-hour rainfall: 187 cm in Cilaos, Réunion, in the Indian Ocean. [1]

March 21

• Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths. [1]

August 15

• 9 inches of rainfall creates a 20-foot wave in Lynmouth, England, killing 34. [1]

1953
January 31

• Hurricane-like winds flood Netherlands drowning nearly 2,000. [1]

May 11

• Tornado kills 114 in Waco, Texas, USA (US$39 million damage). [1]

June 8

• Cluster of six tornadoes touch down in Flint, Michigan, USA killing 113. [1]

June 9

• Tornado strikes Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, destroying Assumption College, killing 100. [1]

September 27

• Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya, Japan. [1]

December 24

• Wellington-Auckland (New Zealand) express train swept away in flood kills 166. [1]

1954
January 9

• -87 degrees F (-66 degrees C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record). [1]

January 11

• Two-ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche - ten die (Austria). [1]

August 31

• Hurricane Carol (first major named storm) hits New England, 70 die. [1]

September 2

• Hurricane Edna batters northeast US, killing 20. [1]

September 14

• Hurricane Edna (second of 1954) hits New York City, causing US$50 million damage. [1]

September 26

• Typhoon strikes Kakodate Bay, Japan, killing over 1,600. [1]

October 5

• Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US. [1]

October 18

• Hurricane Hazel (third of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US. [1]

1955
May 25

• Series of 19 twisters destroy Udall, Kansas, and most of Blackwell, Oklahoma. [1]

July 14

• Two killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England. [1]

August 3

• Hurricane Connie begins pounding US for 11 days. [1]

August 17

• Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie floods Connecticut River killing 190 and doing $1.8 billion damage. [1]

1956
May 12

• East Pakistan is struck by cyclone and tidal waves. [1]

July 4

• US most intense rainfall (1.23 inches in one minute) at Unionville, Maryland. [1]

October 20

• 58 degrees F (15 degrees C), Esperanza Station, Antarctica (Antarctic record high). [1]

1957
June 27

• 390 die by Hurricane Audrey in coastal Louisiana and Texas, USA. [1]

1958
April 2

• Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado in Wichita Falls, Texas, USA (record). [1]

June 22

• Game in Kansas City between Kansas City Athletics and Boston Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado. [1]

July 10

• The highest tsunami wave ever recorded is at Lituya Bay, Alaska, at 524m high. [5]

1959
January 9

• Dam across Tera River collapses after heavy winter rains, 135 die. [1]

February 10

• Tornado in Saint Louis kills 19 and injures 265. [1]

September 17

• Typhoon kills 2,000 in Japan and Korea. [1]

September 27

• Typhoon Vera hits Japanese island of Honshu, kills nearly 5,000. [1]

October 27

• Rare Pacific hurricane kills 2,000 in Western Mexico. [1]

December 16

• Snow falling in Lowarai Pass, West Pakistan, kills 48. [1]

1960
August 24

• A world-record low temperature (-88 degrees Celsuis, -127 degrees Fahrenheit) is measured in Vostok, Antarctica. [1] [5] [614.8]

1961
September 15

• Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 mph. [1]

1962
February 17

• Storm in Hamburg, Germany, kills 265. [1]

1963
May 28

• Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; estimated 22,000 die and one million houses destroyed. [1]

October 7

• Hurricane Flora hits Haiti and Dominican Republic, kills 7,190. [1]

December 8

• Three fuel tanks explode when jetliner is struck by lightning, crashing near Elkton Maryland; only case of lightning-caused crash, 81 die. [1]

1964
September 12

• Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, causing $17.5 million damage. [1]

December 23

• India and Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed. [1]

1965
April 11

• 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000. [1]

May 11

• First of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 in India. [1]

June 2

• Second of two cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges River, India). [1]

September 12

• Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana; kills 75. [1]

December 15

• Third cyclone of year kills another 10,000 at mouth of Ganges River, Bangladesh. [1]

1966
January 11

• 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain. [1]

January 29

• Snow storm in north-east US kills 165. [1]

March 3

• Tornado hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die. [1]

March 5

• 75-MPH air currents cause BOAC 707 crash above Mount Fuji, 124 die. [1]

November 4

• Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works. [1]

1967
February 1

• Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million and 60 lives. [1]

September 20

• Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38. [1]

1968
January 31

• Record high barometric pressure (1083.8 mb, 32 inches), at Agata, USSR. [1]

May 15

• A tornado strikes Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA, at 10 PM, killing 36. [1]

1969
April 14

• Tornado strikes Dacca, East Pakistan, killing 540. [1]

April 23

• Over 1000 square miles flooded in Shantung Province, China. [1]

August 22

• Hurricane Camille strikes U.S. Gulf Coast; kills 255. [1]

December 8

• Greek DC-6B crashes in storm at Athens, Greece; 93 killed. [1]

1970
February 11

• 26.37 cm (10.38 inches) of rainfall, Mount Washington, New Hampshire (state 24-hour record). [1]

August 3

• Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history. [1]

September 5

• Estimated 15 cm (6 inches) of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record). [1]

November 13

• Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. [1]

1971
January 23

• Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska, (north of Fairbanks) reaches a US record low temperature of -80 degrees F. [1] [32.23]

February 21

• Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi and Louisiana killing 117. [1]

April 26

• Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15 inches in 24 hours. [1]

1972
June 9

• 14 inches of rain in six hours bursts Rapid City, South Dakota dam, drowns 200. [1]

June 23

• Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history. [1]

July 22

• 27.53 cm (10.84 inches) of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Minnesota (state 24-hour record). [1]

1973
July 7

• 78 drown as flash flood sweeps a bus into a river (India). [1]

July 23

• Ozark Air Lines' plane knocked out of the air by lightning over Saint Louis - 36 die. [1]

1974
January 5

• In Vanda Station, Scott Coast, an Antarctican record hot temperature of 59 degrees F is recorded. [54]

April 3

• In the USA, 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states in the east, south and midwest killed approximately 315. [1]

September 18

• Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die. [1]

December 25

• Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin, Australia. [1]

1975
May 6

• Early warnings provided by REACT (ham radio operators) means only three people die in tornado that strikes Omaha, Nebraska. [1]

May 13

• Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville, Tennessee. [1]

June 28

• Golfer Lee Trevino is struck by lightning at Western Open (Illinois). [1]

June 29

• 20.57 cm (8.10 inches) of rainfall, Litchville, North Dakota (state 24-hour record). [1]

July 7

• Juneau, Alaska, reaches a record high temperature: 90 degrees F. [32.22]

July 13

• 8.5 inches (21.6 cm) of rainfall in Dover, Delaware (US state record). [1]

September 30

• Five drown in flash flood of sewer and water tunnel (Niagara Falls, New York). [1]

November 10

• Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior. [1]

1977
January 19

• Rare snow flurries in southeast Florida, USA. [290.15]

February 1

• Heavy blizzard in New England claims 100 lives. [1]

July 20

• Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pennsylvania, kills 80 and causing US$350 million damage. [1]

1978
January 25

• (to January 27) The Great Blizzard of 1978 strikes the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, killing 70. [841]

February 5

• (to February 7) The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 hits the New England region and the New York metropolitan area, killing about 100 and causing over US$520 million in damage. [841]

1979
January 12

• Record blizzard strikes American midwest killing over 100. [1]

February 13

• Intense windstorm strikes western Washington State and sinks a 1/2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge. [1] [840]

February 18

• -52 degrees F (-47 degrees C), Old Forge, New York (state record). [1]
• The African Sahara Desert experiences snow for 30 minutes. [1] [840]

April 10

• A tornado hits Wichita Falls, Texas, killing 42 people (the most notable of 26 tornadoes that day). [840]

May 17

• -12 degrees F (-11 degrees C), on top of Mauna Kea, Hawaii (state record). [1] [54]

July 26

• Estimated 109 cm (43 inches) of rain falls in Alvin, Texas (national record). [1]

August 14

• A freak storm during the Fastnet Race results in the death of 15 sailors. [840]

September 3

• Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm, kills over 1,000. [1]

September 12

• Hurricane Frederic makes landfall at 10:00 p.m. on Alabama's Gulf Coast. [840]

October 3

• A EF4 Tornado hits Windsor Locks, Connecticut, USA causing extensive damage to the town. [840]

October 16

• A tsunami in Nice, France kills 23 people. [840]

October 19

• 13 US Marines die in a fire at Camp Fuji, Japan as a result of Typhoon Tip. [840]

C'mon now.........floods............drought...........intense hurricane seasons.........higher tornado frequency yada........yada.............

Been happening forever s0ns...........but notice, we never see things posted up when weather events are at historic lows, like Atlantic hurricanes from 2005-2016. Those non-events don't count!!

Chronology of Extreme Weather (1951-1979)

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Why should I do that? I am not a scientist, nor are you. But I have repeatedly posted the work of scientists that have studied climate for years. And you either prefer to believe frauds like Monkton, Limpbaugh, or the present President. Or are to lazy even to read the evidence they present. And that is almost a given, considering that you are a 'Conservative'.

Why should I do that?

Sorry, I thought you were claiming the rain was due to human caused emissions of CO2.

But I have repeatedly posted the work of scientists

That's awesome! Please link to their work showing how many inches of rain would have fallen if CO2 was 10 PPM lower. 10 PPM higher.

I'd love to see their evidence.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

The only solution is to turn control over to one world government. Sure, it won't stop climate change, but if you're stupid enough to believe man controls climate on planet Earth maybe being free is not the best thing for you

 

[skookerasbil]

Oh btw..........something else that has been happening forever is people in here lobbing bombs. For years and years.........has not changed the real world landscape one iota. 25 years of lobbing bombs and still.........nothing to show for it.

 

[Old Rocks]

1951
June 23

• Most expensive US hailstorm (US$1.5 million crop damage and US$14 million property - Kansas). [1]

in 2017

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• January 22, 2018

8. Minnesota hail storm in June 2017

It caused billions of dollars worth of damage, but thankfully no deaths. | CristiNistor/iStock/Getty Images

• Total estimated cost: $2.4 billion
• Death toll: 0 deaths

Countless bouts of severe weather plagued the Midwest, but none were more costly than the hail storm that tore through Minnesota, Wisconsin, and other parts of the upper Midwest in June 2017. Hail the size of hen eggsdamaged building and vehicles in the Minneapolis metropolitan area. Though no deaths were reported, NOAA says this summer storm costs residents nearly $2.4 in estimated damages.

in 2017

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• January 22, 2018

5. Colorado hail storm in May 2017

Another hail storm with ice the size of baseballs hit Denver. | RStelmach/iStock/Getty Images

• Total estimated cost: $3.4 billion
• Death toll: 0 deaths

By now we know that hail storms and wind damage impacted many states multiple times in 2017. But hail the size of baseballs caught Denver, Colorado residents by surprise in May. Of course, windshields, car roofs, and windows don’t stand a chance in this kind of weather. NOAA data shows this was the most expensive hail storms in Colorado history, with insured losses exceeding $2.2 billion alone. Other costly damages were reported in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico.

Here's How Much Ever Major Natural Disaster Cost Americans in 2017

15.5 million, eh? Big whoopee.

 

[westwall]

1951
June 23

• Most expensive US hailstorm (US$1.5 million crop damage and US$14 million property - Kansas). [1]

in 2017

• Lauren Hamer Twitter
• MORE ARTICLES

• January 22, 2018

8. Minnesota hail storm in June 2017

It caused billions of dollars worth of damage, but thankfully no deaths. | CristiNistor/iStock/Getty Images

• Total estimated cost: $2.4 billion
• Death toll: 0 deaths

Countless bouts of severe weather plagued the Midwest, but none were more costly than the hail storm that tore through Minnesota, Wisconsin, and other parts of the upper Midwest in June 2017. Hail the size of hen eggsdamaged building and vehicles in the Minneapolis metropolitan area. Though no deaths were reported, NOAA says this summer storm costs residents nearly $2.4 in estimated damages.

in 2017

• Lauren Hamer Twitter
• MORE ARTICLES

• January 22, 2018

5. Colorado hail storm in May 2017

Another hail storm with ice the size of baseballs hit Denver. | RStelmach/iStock/Getty Images

• Total estimated cost: $3.4 billion
• Death toll: 0 deaths

By now we know that hail storms and wind damage impacted many states multiple times in 2017. But hail the size of baseballs caught Denver, Colorado residents by surprise in May. Of course, windshields, car roofs, and windows don’t stand a chance in this kind of weather. NOAA data shows this was the most expensive hail storms in Colorado history, with insured losses exceeding $2.2 billion alone. Other costly damages were reported in Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico.

Here's How Much Ever Major Natural Disaster Cost Americans in 2017

15.5 million, eh? Big whoopee.

Yeppers, hailstorms never occur in north America....

 

[Billy_Bob]

Federal report says 2017 shattered US damage record for natural disasters

BILL HUTCHINSON
Good Morning AmericaJanuary 21, 2018

An onslaught of wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and other natural disasters across the nation in 2017 caused $306.2 billion in damage, breaking a record for the price of destruction, according to a report released Sunday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.


NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information tallied 16 natural disasters that each caused more than $1 billion in damage. Together, the disasters shattered the previous single-year record of $214.8 billion in destruction that occurred in 2005 when hurricanes Dennis, Katrina, Rita and Wilma wreaked havoc on the Gulf and Atlantic coasts.

PHOTO: An aerial view of homes that were destroyed by the Tubbs Fire, Oct. 11, 2017 in Santa Rosa, Calif. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Federal report says 2017 shattered US damage record for natural disasters

Now that is money that will not be spent on new infrastructure. Close to a third of a trillion dollars in damage to our nation. And hundreds of thousands of families that have suffered major losses and disruptions to their lives. Still, the denialists state that nothing is happening.

LOL

Conflating DOLLAR AMOUNTS as proof of severity... All while ignoring that none of this is outside of natural variation and these events have been seen over and over for eons.. Now because they attach a dollar amount, they are some how worse...???

Are you really this stupid Rocks?

Leave it to GMA and ABC (All Bullshit Channel) to put up a puff piece that is full of crap, intentional deceptions and out right lies..

 

[Billy_Bob]

I am not a scientist

Finally.... You admit the truth.....

Some of us have known this forever.. Now if we can get you use you brain and possibly some cognitive thought process, you wouldn't believe half the crap you read. Use your brain.

 

[Billy_Bob]

Ah yes, a major flood event. So, where were the fires? How about the hurricanes? In 2017, we had major fires throughout the West. 3 1/2 million Americans devastated by Hurricane Maria. Millions affected by Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Irma did severe damage in Florida. A snap drought in the Dakotas destroys a percentage of the wheat crop. A freeze in the southeast in March. 79 tornadoes in January. 12 tornadoes in June in the Midwest. California flooding in February. Arkansas and Missouri flooding in May. Central and southern states 70 tornadoes in March. Midwest hit with 70 tornadoes in March. Minnesota hailstorm in June. North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana drought, spring through fall. Six storms in the southeast, major damage. Colorado hail storm, May. Firestorms in the West and California. Hurricane Irma, September. Hurricane Maria, September. Hurricane Harvey, August.

Here's How Much Ever Major Natural Disaster Cost Americans in 2017

Were that flood to hit today the damage would bankrupt every insurance company on the planet. It would cripple the economy of the western USA, and the deaths would be in the hundreds of thousands. That one storm did more damage than all of the disasters of the last 25 years. And that was just ONE storm. Your claims are laughable. The only thing that has happened is inflation has rendered the dollar valueless so that when there is a storm, or a fire, the cost is huge thanks to the devaluation of our currency.

You beat me to it.....

 

[skookerasbil]

Another thread that will die out soon...........domination by the skeptics.

It's INFO vs. INFO