Given the number of major weather related disasters worldwide in the last few years, I think it more up to you to prove this is not the case. Put more energy into the atmosphere, and you have a more energetic atmosphere. One that also packs more water vapor. Remember that stuff? You know, the primary GHG?
Oh gee, look at this. Your god is a false idol.
Ah, yes. We have been down this road before. The religion of Darwinism. Used by the usual retards to denigrate what they were incapable of understanding. From your article.
Tornadoes whipped up by wind, not climate: officials - FRANCE 24
Tornadoes whipped up by wind, not climate: officials - FRANCE 24
AFP - US meteorologists warned Thursday it would be a mistake to blame climate change for a seeming increase in tornadoes in the wake of deadly storms that have ripped through the US south.
"If you look at the past 60 years of data, the number of tornadoes is increasing significantly, but it's agreed upon by the tornado community that it's not a real increase," said Grady Dixon, assistant professor of meteorology and climatology at Mississippi State University.
"It's having to do with better (weather tracking) technology, more population, the fact that the population is better educated and more aware. So we're seeing them more often," Dixon said.
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Wednesday's deadly tornadoes, according to Imy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, were unusual for being "long track," meaning they were on the ground for a longer period of time than usual -- in this case, roiling across the land for 30 miles (48 kilometers) or more.
An average track would be less than five miles, said Imy.
However, the stronger-than-usual tornadoes affecting the southern states were actually predicted from examining the planet's climatological patterns, specifically those related to the La Nina phenomenon.
"We knew it was going to be a big tornado year," he said. But the key to that tip-off was unrelated to climate change: "It is related to the natural fluctuations of the planet."
Now their claim is that this has nothing at all to do with climate change. Even though one of the predictions of the climate scientists was for more extreme events, one must realize those events will be in the natural order. That is, just the normal for that period, only more so. So any one event has little revelance. However, as we see events beyond the norm, from Russia to Australia, we are seeing what could well be the beginning of a trend.
Could it just be a random clustering? Maybe. After all, we have seen an unusual number of subduction quakes recently, and that is almost certainly a random clustering.
How about we look at the history of tornadoes? See a pattern here? This is JUST for the US and has none listed for the rest of the world. Your hypothesis is flat wrong.
Event
Date
Area
Tornadoes
Casualties
Notes
Rehoboth, Massachusetts tornado
August 1671
Massachusetts
-
0 fatalities
Earliest recorded U.S. tornado
Cambridge, Massachusetts tornado
July 8, 1680
Massachusetts
-
1 fatality
Earliest known U.S. killer tornado
Four-State Tornado Swarm
August 15, 1787
New England
-
2 fatalities
War of 1812 Washington, D.C. tornado
August 25, 1814
Washington, D.C.
-
-
Killed several British soldiers occupying city
Great Natchez Tornado
May 7, 1840
Southeastern United States
>1
>317 fatalities, >109 injuries
2nd deadliest tornado in U.S. history
June 1860 Mid-Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak
June 3, 1860
Middle Mississippi Valley
-
≥148 fatalities, ≥409 injuries
Exceptionally violent outbreak
1865 Viroqua, Wisconsin tornado
June 28, 1865
Viroqua, Wisconsin
>1
≥22 fatalities
1871 St. Louis tornado
March 8, 1871
Middle Mississippi Valley
≥1
9 fatalities, 60 injuries
Struck St. Louis-East St. Louis
March 1875 Southeast tornado outbreak
March 20, 1875
Southeastern United States
-
≥93 fatalities, ≥367 injuries
(7 violent, ≥11 killer)
May 1875 Southeast tornado outbreak
May 1, 1875
Southeastern United States
-
58 fatalities, 195 injuries
(1 violent, 7 killer)
1878 Wallingford tornado
August 9, 1878
Connecticut
-
34 fatalities, ≥70 injuries
Deadliest tornado in Connecticut history
May 1879 Central Plains tornado outbreak
May 29–30, 1879
Central Great Plains
-
≥36 fatalities, ≥186 injuries
(≥15 significant, 6 violent, ≥9 killer)
April 1880 tornado outbreak
April 18, 1880
Mississippi Valley - Great Plains
-
≥165 fatalities, ≥511 injuries
(>22 significant, 5 violent, 14 killer)
1881 Minnesota tornado outbreak
July 15, 1881
Minnesota
≥ 6
24 fatalities, 123 injuries
April 1883 Southeast tornado outbreak
April 22–23, 1883
Southeastern United States
-
≥109 fatalities, ≥755 injuries
(17 significant, 3 violent, 13 killer)
May 1883 tornado outbreak
May 18, 1883
Middle-Lower Mississippi Valley
-
≥64 fatalities, ≥386 injuries
(≥21 significant, 6 violent, 16 killers)
1883 Rochester tornado
August 21, 1883
Rochester, Minnesota
-
37 fatalities, 200+ injured
Violent tornado led to the formation of the Mayo Clinic
1884 Enigma tornado outbreak
February 19–20, 1884
Central - Eastern United States
>41
>178 fatalities, ≥1056 injuries
Among largest known outbreaks (>37 significant, ≥4 violent, ≥28 killer)
1884 Howard, South Dakota tornado
August 28, 1884
Howard, South Dakota
-
-
Oldest known tornado photograph [1]
1886 Sauk Rapids tornado
April 14, 1886
Central Minnesota
-
72 fatalities, 200+ injuries
Deadliest tornado in Minnesota history
1890 St. Louis tornado outbreak
January 12, 1890
Middle Mississippi Valley
-
16 fatalities, 91 injuries
(≥1 violent, 3 killer)
March 1890 Mid-Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak
March 27, 1890
Middle Mississippi Valley
-
≥146 fatalities, ≥847 injuries
76 killed in downtown Louisville. Kentucky (≥24 significant, 6 violent, 16 killer)
1890 Lawrence tornado
July 26, 1890
Lawrence, Massachusetts
-
8 fatalities, 63 injuries
Eleven mile path through city, about F3 in strength
1894 Upper Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak
September 21–22, 1894
Upper Mississippi Valley
-
>63 fatalities, >253 injuries
(>9 significant, 4 violent, 5 killer)
1895 Kansas-Iowa tornado outbreak
May 1–3, 1895
Central-Northern Great Plains
-
>18-35 fatalities, >67 injuries
7 killed in schools in Ireton-Hull, Iowa (2 F5s, 3 killer)
Sherman, Texas tornado outbreak
May 15, 1896
Southern Great Plains
-
85 fatalities, ≥291 injuries
1896 Central Plains tornado outbreak
May 17, 1896
Central Great Plains
-
25 fatalities, ≥260 injuries
Late-May 1896 tornado outbreak
May 24–25, 1896
Upper Mississippi Valley - Great Lakes (Ontario)
-
≥79 fatalities, >215 injuries
1896 St. Louis-East St. Louis tornado
May 27–28, 1896
Missouri - Illinois / Mid-Atlantic
-
≥305 fatalities, >1236 injuries
3rd deadliest tornado in U.S. history (10 significant, 4 violent, 7 killer (27th))
January 1898 Arkansas tornado outbreak
January 11, 1898
Lower Mississippi Valley
-
≥56 fatalities, ≥119 injuries
(1 violent, 2 killer)
May 1898 Mississippi Valley tornado outbreaks
May 17–18, 1898
Middle-Upper Mississippi Valley
-
55 fatalities, ≥380 injuries
(5 violent, 10 killer)
1899 New Richmond tornado
June 11–12, 1899
Upper Midwest
-
≥124 fatalities, ≥203 injuries
(2 violent, 3 killer)
[edit] 1900–1919
Event
Date
Area
Tornadoes
Casualties
Notes
Plains tornado outbreak
May 5–6, 1900
Nebraska to Texas and Missouri
-
≥3 fatalities, ≥16 injuries
May 6 named "day of the cyclones" by the press. (≥19 significant, 2 killer)
1902 Goliad, Texas tornado outbreak
May 18, 1902
South Central U.S.
-
114 fatalities, ≥279 injuries
(1 violent, 3 killer; tied with Waco tornado as deadliest in Texas history)
1904 St. Louis tornado
August 19, 1904
Missouri - Illinois
≥1
3 fatalities, ≥10 injuries
Heavy damage in downtown St. Louis
1905 Snyder, Oklahoma tornado
May 10, 1905
Oklahoma
≥1
97 fatalities, ≥150 injuries
F5 largely destroyed Snyder
1908 Southeast tornado outbreak
April 23–25, 1908
Southeastern United States
-
324 fatalities, ≥1,720 injuries
(≥41 significant, 6 violent, 19 killer)
Late-April 1909 tornado outbreak
April 29 – May 1, 1909
Mississippi - Tennessee Valley
-
≥165 fatalities, ≥696 injuries
(35 significant, 4 violent, 24 killer)
Owosso, Michigan tornado
November 11, 1911
Owosso, Michigan and Shiawassee County, Michigan
-
2 dead, 9 injured
Occurred at 11:11 pm, on 11-11-11 (November 11, 1911), named "Tornado Of The Elevens".
April 1912 tornado outbreak sequence
April 20–29, 1912
Southern-Central Great Plains - Middle Mississippi Valley - Southeastern United States
-
≥104 fatalities, ≥630 injuries
(≥59 significant, 17 violent, ≥34 killer)
Mid-March 1913 tornado outbreak
March 13–14, 1913
Southeastern United States - Middle Mississippi Valley
-
78 fatalities, ≥492 injuries
(20 significant, 3 violent, 16 killer)
Easter Weekend 1913 tornado outbreak sequence
March 20–24, 1913
Southeastern United States - Central Great Plains - Middle Mississippi Valley
-
48 fatalities, ≥1,535 injuries
Omaha Easter Sunday Tornado (1913) on 23rd (≥26 significant, 7 violent, 18 killer)
June 1916 tornado outbreak
June 5–6, 1916
Mississippi Valley - Southern U.S.
-
112 fatalities, 741 injuries
(34 significant, 1 violent, 23 killer)
February 1917 Southeast tornado outbreak
February 23, 1917
Southeastern United States
-
17 fatalities, 81 injuries
1917 New Albany, Indiana tornado outbreak
March 23, 1917
Middle Mississippi Valley
-
47 fatalities, 311 injuries
May–June 1917 tornado outbreak sequence
May 25 – June 7, 1917
Central - Southeastern United States
-
>224 fatalities
(>34 significant, >7 violent, >25 killer)
May 1918 tornado outbreak sequence
May 18–21, 1918
Central-Northern Great Plains - Upper Midwest
-
44 fatalities, 340 injuries
(≥34 significant, 5 violent, 13 killer)
1918 Tyler tornado
August 21, 1918
Tyler, Minnesota
-
36 killed, 225 injured
Estimated at F4
March 1919 tornado outbreak
March 14–16, 1919
Central United States
-
53 fatalities, 219 injuries
(4 violent, 18 killer)
April 1919 tornado outbreak
April 8–9, 1919
Southern Great Plains
-
92 fatalities, 412 injuries
(4 violent, 10 killer)
1919 Fergus Falls tornado
June 22, 1919
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
-
57 fatalities, 200 injured
estimated to be F5
1920 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak
March 28, 1920
Midwest - Southeast
-
≥380 fatalities, ≥1215 injuries
(31 significant, 8 violent, 19 killer)
1920 Mississippi-Alabama tornado outbreaks
April 19–21, 1920
Southeastern United States
-
243 fatalities, 1374 injuries
(6 violent, 9 killer)
April 1921 tornado outbreak
April 15–16, 1921
Southern U.S.
-
90 fatalities, 676 injuries
(34 significant, 1 violent, 17 killer)
Austin, TX Twin Tornados May 4, 1922
May 4, 1922
Texas
2
13 fatalities, 50 injuries
(Deadliest tornadoes in Austin, TX history)
November 1922 Great Plains tornado outbreak
November 4, 1922
Great Plains
-
17 fatalities, 68 injuries
(1 violent, 4 killer)
April 1924 tornado outbreak
April 30, 1924
Southeastern United States
-
110 fatalities, 1133 injuries
7 killed at school in Horrell Hill, South Carolina (24 significant, 2 violent, 16 killer)
1924 Sandusky-Lorain, Ohio tornado outbreak
June 28, 1924
Eastern Great Lakes
-
90 fatalities, 349 injuries
(≥6 significant, 1 violent, 4 killer)
1925 Tri-State tornado
March 18, 1925
Middle Mississippi - Ohio Valley
≥9
≥747 fatalities, ≥2298 injuries
Deadliest and 3rd costliest U.S., longest path and duration in world (≥9 significant, 3 violent, 8 killer)
1926 La Plata, Maryland tornado outbreak
November 9, 1926
Mid-Atlantic
-
17 fatalities, 65 injuries
17 killed at schools
Late-November 1926 tornado outbreak
November 25–26, 1926
Southern U.S.
-
107 fatalities, 451 injuries
(27 significant, 2 violent, 18 killer)
April 1927 Southern Plains-Midwest tornado outbreak
April 18–19, 1927
Southern Great Plains - Midwest
-
146 fatalities, ≥235 injuries
(16 significant, 3 violent, 5 killer)
May 1927 tornado outbreak
May 8–9, 1927
Great Plains - Mississippi Valley
-
217 fatalities, 1156 injuries
(32 significant, 8 violent, 17 killer) + 1 F5 with 10 fatalities and 300 injuries in Kansas on May 7
1927 St. Louis tornado outbreak
September 29, 1927
Middle-Lower Mississippi Valley
-
82 fatalities, 620 injuries
Second costliest tornado in history (11 significant, 1 violent, 3 killer)
September 1928 Upper Plains-Midwest tornado outbreak
September 13–14, 1928
Upper Great Plains - Midwest
-
23 fatalities, 197 injuries
(15 significant, 3 violent, 3 killer)
January 1929 Mid-Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak
January 18, 1929
Middle Mississippi Valley
-
10 fatalities, 46 injuries
(7 significant, 5 killer)
1929 Slocum, Texas-Statesboro, Georgia tornado outbreaks
April 24–25, 1929
Great Plains - Midwest - Southeast
-
63 fatalities, 567 injuries
(15 significant, 4 violent, 7 killer)
1929 Rye Cove, Virginia tornado outbreaks
May 1–2, 1929
Southern - Eastern United States
-
44 fatalities, 349 injuries
13 killed at school in Rye Cove, Virginia (17 significant, 10 killer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_tornadoes_and_tornado_outbreaks