You forgot the great wildfire outbreak of '03, in the LA basin.
Nasty!
Dude, there are SO MANY wildfires in the southwest US it would take me days to list them all.
I do agree though the 2003 season was a stone cold bitch.
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You forgot the great wildfire outbreak of '03, in the LA basin.
Nasty!
This is old hat now Chris. No one seems to care. It's sad about the fires for sure but that is natural because there was SO MUCH SNOW due to the EXCEPTIONALLY COLD WINTER that there was tons more fuel to burn.
It is a natural and exceptionally predictable cycle. I suggest you look at the history of California and Australian wildfires. they are very well researched and they allways say two things. After a heavy winter the summer will be very dangerous due to more fuel. Then after the fires have burned everything out the mudslides follow.
Los Angeles is particularly prone to landslides after wildfires because the San Gabrial Mountains are beyond the angle of repose so mass wasting ensues at a prodigous rate when the rains come.
I suggest you read John McPhee's "The Control of Nature" for an excellent description of the geologic processes involved that is very readable by the layman.
The only reason there is "SO MUCH SNOW" is because there is "SO MUCH HUMIDITY".
Humidity comes from the evaporation of water from heated oceans which have no ice cover.
They have no ice cover because of "EXTREME HEAT", which of course, leads to "SO MUCH SNOW".
Funny how that works out.
The right believes that "evaporation" is "just a theory". They believe "Snow" is actually "intelligently created" from "cold". And this is why we have so few Republican Scientists.
Well this DEMOCRAT scientist says to get snow it first has to be COLD. Or did you forget that little variable? Yes warmth gives you more water vapor but if it only has a residence time of a few days your contention that the heat makes more water vapor when it is in fact really damned cold out doesn't hold too much water....now does it?
The only reason there is "SO MUCH SNOW" is because there is "SO MUCH HUMIDITY".
Humidity comes from the evaporation of water from heated oceans which have no ice cover.
They have no ice cover because of "EXTREME HEAT", which of course, leads to "SO MUCH SNOW".
Funny how that works out.
The right believes that "evaporation" is "just a theory". They believe "Snow" is actually "intelligently created" from "cold". And this is why we have so few Republican Scientists.
Well this DEMOCRAT scientist says to get snow it first has to be COLD. Or did you forget that little variable? Yes warmth gives you more water vapor but if it only has a residence time of a few days your contention that the heat makes more water vapor when it is in fact really damned cold out doesn't hold too much water....now does it?
Or did you forget that little variable?
This is fun. Sometimes I like talking to someone who doesn't know how things work. I get to give them a "teaching moment".
Hot air rises. The increased humidity plus the increased heat takes the "water vapor" produced by extreme evaporation close to the stratosphere. Because it's so high up, it travels far inland, the extreme cold so far above ground coalesces the vapor into "snow". This results in large amounts of "snow".
Simple. In fact, it's so simple, I was embarrassed to have to explain it.
August 7, 2010: The growing number of wildfires, caused by months of record setting heat, are out of control. Over 50,000 people are dealing with nearly a thousand of fires. Some 10,000 of those personnel are professional firefighters, a few thousand are military personnel and the rest are local volunteers. The fires have so far killed 40 people and destroyed about 2,000 buildings (mainly rural homes). The emergency services officials want more military personnel for fire fighting. The government has ordered that priority be given to protecting power plants, military bases and nuclear research facilities. More ominous is the fact that heat and fires have already destroyed 20 percent of the wheat crop.
Russia: Feeling The Heat
Hmmmm...... Interesting. Everyone stateing that global warming has nothing to do with the fires, then pointing out record fires that have occurred in the last 20 years. Talk about congnitive dissonance.
In the last decade Europe has had record fires, North America and Australia, also. But it is of course meaningless. Never let reality intrude on the dingbat ideology.
The NY Times Blows the Wildfire Story Climate Progress
The reporter, however, misses the real story. He mistakenly makes it seem like this wildfire season is somehow a unique event, and the opening sentence talks about large individual fires from 1949, 1988, and 1910. You would never know from this article that the U.S. record for wildfire acreage burned was set in 2005 (8.5 million acres), breaking a record just set in 2000.
Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- The Moscow skyline of the Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral vanished Friday as a blanket of thick, noxious smoke shrouded the metropolis, leaving many of the city's 10 million residents with sore throats and burning eyes.
On Friday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited a Moscow ambulance station, accompanied by top health officials. He was told that the number of emergency calls has increased by about 10 percent lately, related to the heat and smog.
The acrid smoke, from thousands of square miles of wildfires, drove carbon monoxide levels in Moscow five times higher than what is considered safe, the Russian Health Ministry said.
Residents were encouraged to stay indoors. Many who did not could be seen wearing masks as they walked outdoors.
In interviews with the state-run RIA Novosti news agency, health officials likened the pollution levels to smoking several packs of cigarettes a day.
Muscovites struggle to breathe as acrid smoke grips city - CNN.com
The only reason there is "SO MUCH SNOW" is because there is "SO MUCH HUMIDITY".
Humidity comes from the evaporation of water from heated oceans which have no ice cover.
They have no ice cover because of "EXTREME HEAT", which of course, leads to "SO MUCH SNOW".
Funny how that works out.
The right believes that "evaporation" is "just a theory". They believe "Snow" is actually "intelligently created" from "cold". And this is why we have so few Republican Scientists.
Well this DEMOCRAT scientist says to get snow it first has to be COLD. Or did you forget that little variable? Yes warmth gives you more water vapor but if it only has a residence time of a few days your contention that the heat makes more water vapor when it is in fact really damned cold out doesn't hold too much water....now does it?
Or did you forget that little variable?
This is fun. Sometimes I like talking to someone who doesn't know how things work. I get to give them a "teaching moment".
Hot air rises. The increased humidity plus the increased heat takes the "water vapor" produced by extreme evaporation close to the stratosphere. Because it's so high up, it travels far inland, the extreme cold so far above ground coalesces the vapor into "snow". This results in large amounts of "snow".
Simple. In fact, it's so simple, I was embarrassed to have to explain it.
August 7, 2010: The growing number of wildfires, caused by months of record setting heat, are out of control. Over 50,000 people are dealing with nearly a thousand of fires. Some 10,000 of those personnel are professional firefighters, a few thousand are military personnel and the rest are local volunteers. The fires have so far killed 40 people and destroyed about 2,000 buildings (mainly rural homes). The emergency services officials want more military personnel for fire fighting. The government has ordered that priority be given to protecting power plants, military bases and nuclear research facilities. More ominous is the fact that heat and fires have already destroyed 20 percent of the wheat crop.
Russia: Feeling The Heat
Hmmmm...... Interesting. Everyone stateing that global warming has nothing to do with the fires, then pointing out record fires that have occurred in the last 20 years. Talk about congnitive dissonance.
In the last decade Europe has had record fires, North America and Australia, also. But it is of course meaningless. Never let reality intrude on the dingbat ideology.
The NY Times Blows the Wildfire Story Climate Progress
The reporter, however, misses the real story. He mistakenly makes it seem like this wildfire season is somehow a unique event, and the opening sentence talks about large individual fires from 1949, 1988, and 1910. You would never know from this article that the U.S. record for wildfire acreage burned was set in 2005 (8.5 million acres), breaking a record just set in 2000.
Hmmmm...... Interesting. Everyone stateing that global warming has nothing to do with the fires, then pointing out record fires that have occurred in the last 20 years. Talk about congnitive dissonance.
In the last decade Europe has had record fires, North America and Australia, also. But it is of course meaningless. Never let reality intrude on the dingbat ideology.
The NY Times Blows the Wildfire Story Climate Progress
The reporter, however, misses the real story. He mistakenly makes it seem like this wildfire season is somehow a unique event, and the opening sentence talks about large individual fires from 1949, 1988, and 1910. You would never know from this article that the U.S. record for wildfire acreage burned was set in 2005 (8.5 million acres), breaking a record just set in 2000.
OK genius, explain to me how heat causes the fires. Wildfires are all caused by lightning strikes or careless humans, never by temperatures. A prolonged drought could contribute to dry conditions, thus exacerbating the fires, but it will not cause one either.
Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- The Moscow skyline of the Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral vanished Friday as a blanket of thick, noxious smoke shrouded the metropolis, leaving many of the city's 10 million residents with sore throats and burning eyes.
On Friday, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visited a Moscow ambulance station, accompanied by top health officials. He was told that the number of emergency calls has increased by about 10 percent lately, related to the heat and smog.
The acrid smoke, from thousands of square miles of wildfires, drove carbon monoxide levels in Moscow five times higher than what is considered safe, the Russian Health Ministry said.
Residents were encouraged to stay indoors. Many who did not could be seen wearing masks as they walked outdoors.
In interviews with the state-run RIA Novosti news agency, health officials likened the pollution levels to smoking several packs of cigarettes a day.
Muscovites struggle to breathe as acrid smoke grips city - CNN.com
Let me get this straight, the fires in Russia, the largest country on the planet, are all caused by, and prove, that AGW exists and is going to kill us all next year.
Do I have the facts right?
This is old hat now Chris. No one seems to care. It's sad about the fires for sure but that is natural because there was SO MUCH SNOW due to the EXCEPTIONALLY COLD WINTER that there was tons more fuel to burn.
It is a natural and exceptionally predictable cycle. I suggest you look at the history of California and Australian wildfires. they are very well researched and they allways say two things. After a heavy winter the summer will be very dangerous due to more fuel. Then after the fires have burned everything out the mudslides follow.
Los Angeles is particularly prone to landslides after wildfires because the San Gabrial Mountains are beyond the angle of repose so mass wasting ensues at a prodigous rate when the rains come.
I suggest you read John McPhee's "The Control of Nature" for an excellent description of the geologic processes involved that is very readable by the layman.
The only reason there is "SO MUCH SNOW" is because there is "SO MUCH HUMIDITY".
Humidity comes from the evaporation of water from heated oceans which have no ice cover.
They have no ice cover because of "EXTREME HEAT", which of course, leads to "SO MUCH SNOW".
Funny how that works out.
The right believes that "evaporation" is "just a theory". They believe "Snow" is actually "intelligently created" from "cold". And this is why we have so few Republican Scientists.
Maybe the Russian need to find a way to harvest all that melting Arctic ice?
Maybe the fires because all the ice has already melted?
Hmmmm...... Interesting. Everyone stateing that global warming has nothing to do with the fires, then pointing out record fires that have occurred in the last 20 years. Talk about congnitive dissonance.
In the last decade Europe has had record fires, North America and Australia, also. But it is of course meaningless. Never let reality intrude on the dingbat ideology.
The NY Times Blows the Wildfire Story Climate Progress
The reporter, however, misses the real story. He mistakenly makes it seem like this wildfire season is somehow a unique event, and the opening sentence talks about large individual fires from 1949, 1988, and 1910. You would never know from this article that the U.S. record for wildfire acreage burned was set in 2005 (8.5 million acres), breaking a record just set in 2000.