More record heat

[Chris]

Three heat-related deaths were reported in Maryland this week, as 90-degree temperatures ruled in the Washington region, and a 100-degree reading on Thursday broke a record that had stood for 116 years.

washingtonpost.com

 

[Chris]

Wilmington breaks 60-year-old high temperature record

Published: Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 10:45 a.m.

Wilmington broke a 60-year-old heat record for June 24, said Michael Colby, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

At 2:53 p.m. Thursday, the temperature measured at the airport reached 98 degrees, breaking the previous record of 97, which was set in 1950.

http://www.starnewsonline.com/artic...on-breaks-60-year-old-high-temperature-record

 

[westwall]

Three heat-related deaths were reported in Maryland this week, as 90-degree temperatures ruled in the Washington region, and a 100-degree reading on Thursday broke a record that had stood for 116 years.

washingtonpost.com

For those who are critical thinking challenged that means that it was hotter 116 years ago.....before a...whole...lot of....ummmm...wellll....CO2 was pumped into the atmosphere...which means.....uuuuunnnhhh....well it means it was real hot 116 years ago and it took 100 YEARS OF POLLUTIN' TO FINALLY BREAK THAT DAMN RECORD!!!!!!! Damn COLDISTS!

 

[westwall]

Wilmington breaks 60-year-old high temperature record

Published: Thursday, June 24, 2010 at 10:45 a.m.

Wilmington broke a 60-year-old heat record for June 24, said Michael Colby, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

At 2:53 p.m. Thursday, the temperature measured at the airport reached 98 degrees, breaking the previous record of 97, which was set in 1950.

http://www.starnewsonline.com/artic...on-breaks-60-year-old-high-temperature-record

Ahh yesss a 60 year old record FINALLY drops! And I wonder how much more tarmac exists at the airport now as compared to 1950? Definately will see some major UHI effects there for sure.

 

[Chris]

June set to be the hottest on record

Durham--June could be busting out all over.

If the next few days stay as scorching as the last few have been--and alas that's the general forecast--this June will be the warmest on record in the Triangle area.

That's since records have been kept. Since 1850. Since 160 years.

The Herald-Sun - June set to be hottest on record

 

[westwall]

June set to be the hottest on record

Durham--June could be busting out all over.

If the next few days stay as scorching as the last few have been--and alas that's the general forecast--this June will be the warmest on record in the Triangle area.

That's since records have been kept. Since 1850. Since 160 years.

The Herald-Sun - June set to be hottest on record

So you have 3 deaths attributed to the heat and the deaths are truly tragic. However, how do you compare that to 1.7 MILLION animals killed in Mongolia and the afor mentioned 500 PENGUINS of all things killed by the RECORD COLD?


Riddle me that batman.

 

[Chris]

102-degree high sets record for Richmond

Richmond, Va. --
Record temperature set in Richmond yesterday; early summer sizzle could make this the 'hottest June ever' The National Weather Service is saying what your body has been telling you for weeks -- this month's heat is historic.

"This might be the hottest June ever" in Richmond, said Anthony Siebers, a meteorologist with the weather service's Wakefield office.

The experts won't know for sure until they tally the figures at month's end, but Siebers added, "We're certainly in the top 10."

Richmond's temperature hit 102 degrees yesterday, breaking the record for the date of 100 set in 1948.

That kind of heat -- temperatures in the midto upper-90s and even triple digits -- is not unusual in Richmond, but it typically comes later in the season, Siebers said.

102-degree high sets record for Richmond | Richmond Times-Dispatch

 

[Chris]

June set to be the hottest on record

Durham--June could be busting out all over.

If the next few days stay as scorching as the last few have been--and alas that's the general forecast--this June will be the warmest on record in the Triangle area.

That's since records have been kept. Since 1850. Since 160 years.

The Herald-Sun - June set to be hottest on record

So you have 3 deaths attributed to the heat and the deaths are truly tragic. However, how do you compare that to 1.7 MILLION animals killed in Mongolia and the afor mentioned 500 PENGUINS of all things killed by the RECORD COLD?


Riddle me that batman.

There's a hole in the ozone larger than Antarctica that we created.

 

[westwall]

June set to be the hottest on record

Durham--June could be busting out all over.

If the next few days stay as scorching as the last few have been--and alas that's the general forecast--this June will be the warmest on record in the Triangle area.

That's since records have been kept. Since 1850. Since 160 years.

The Herald-Sun - June set to be hottest on record

So you have 3 deaths attributed to the heat and the deaths are truly tragic. However, how do you compare that to 1.7 MILLION animals killed in Mongolia and the afor mentioned 500 PENGUINS of all things killed by the RECORD COLD?


Riddle me that batman.

There's a hole in the ozone larger than Antarctica that we created.

Really? We didn't even know it existed till the 1970's. We have zero data on the hole before that so we honestly have no idea what normal is.

 

[Chris]

So you have 3 deaths attributed to the heat and the deaths are truly tragic. However, how do you compare that to 1.7 MILLION animals killed in Mongolia and the afor mentioned 500 PENGUINS of all things killed by the RECORD COLD?


Riddle me that batman.

There's a hole in the ozone larger than Antarctica that we created.

Really? We didn't even know it existed till the 1970's. We have zero data on the hole before that so we honestly have no idea what normal is.

There is a hole in the ozone larger than Antartica, that we created.

There is a garbage patch in the Pacific twice the size of Texas, that we created.

There is an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico bigger than the state of Maryland, that we created.

We have almost double the amount of atmospheric CO2 in the last 200 years.

We are changing the earth.

 

[westwall]

There's a hole in the ozone larger than Antarctica that we created.

Really? We didn't even know it existed till the 1970's. We have zero data on the hole before that so we honestly have no idea what normal is.

There is a hole in the ozone larger than Antartica, that we created.

There is a garbage patch in the Pacific twice the size of Texas, that we created.

There is an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico bigger than the state of Maryland, that we created.

We have almost double the amount of atmospheric CO2 in the last 200 years.

We are changing the earth.

Yes we are, of that there is no doubt. However, none of what we do is irreversible. And as regards the supposed global warming "problem" the evidence points overwhelmingly to nothing but beneficial effects. All historical records we have state unequivocally that the warm eras were prosperous.

I can point to natuarally occuring plutonium in South Africa as evidence of the many environmental catastrophes that are wholly natural just to show that over time the Earth will heal herself.

However, the one catastrophe that could end life on Earth is a asteroid strike and here we waste time and money on scams like carbon trading. Good job there.

 

[Old Rocks]

There have been many environmental catastrophes over geological time. A major strike in on what is now the Yucatan Peninsula wiped out about 70% of the species in existance at that time. However, at the Permian-Triassic boundry, the Siberian Trapps released enough GHGs, by direct emission of CO2, and extruding on clathrates, that it created a runaway greenhouse effect, and most of the ocean clathrates were released into the atmosphere. The oxygen level dropped to 11%, and 95% of all species died.

 

[westwall]

There have been many environmental catastrophes over geological time. A major strike in on what is now the Yucatan Peninsula wiped out about 70% of the species in existance at that time. However, at the Permian-Triassic boundry, the Siberian Trapps released enough GHGs, by direct emission of CO2, and extruding on clathrates, that it created a runaway greenhouse effect, and most of the ocean clathrates were released into the atmosphere. The oxygen level dropped to 11%, and 95% of all species died.

That is certainly one theory. It is not the theory that most ascribe to however.

This is the MOST likely cause of the extinction...GLOBAL COOLING

The Siberian Traps

Then of course there is the ever popular impact theory....

Meteorite impacts>

Then of course there is your ever popular climate change...interesting though how you never mention the possibility of cooling.....puzzling.

Permian Extinction - climate change

Then of course it could have been a by-product of the formation of Pangea

Formation of Pangea

And once again we get back to cooling.

Permian Extinction - glaciation

You will notice that in the scientific community COOLING is suggested as a cause directly three times and heating only once. Only in the factually challenged world of wikipedia is heating considered number one.

 

[editec]

A record heat wave or record cold snap proves exactly nothing.

A century of increasing heat or decreating heat worldwide proves exactly that for the last century the world's atmosphere has been getting warmer or colder.

We can intuit that the world is getting hotter, of course.

And it might be, too.

By the time we KNOW FOR SURE, it will be too late to do anything about it.

This IS a problem.

Life's like that.

It often gives one problems for which there appears to be no firm answer.

 

[Chris]

Record high temperature cause Saudi power outages
The Associated Press

Saturday, June 26, 2010 | 12:07 a.m.

Blistering summer temperatures coupled with a sandstorm caused power failures on Monday in western Saudi Arabia, as the region suffered from a debilitating heat wave.

The skyrocketing demand for demand for electricity to power air conditioners forced eight power turbines to go off line, causing several Saudi cities to lose their power, said the Saudi Electricity Company.

"Blackouts are taking place this summer because of an increase in the electrical loads," company official Ahmed al-Dubekhi said in a recent statement.

Speaking before the turbine failures, he maintained that the company was prepared for the spikes in demand.

Temperatures in Saudi Arabia reached 124 degrees...

Record high temperature cause Saudi power outages - Saturday, June 26, 2010 | 12:07 a.m. - Las Vegas Sun

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Arent you always reminding us that a cold spell is not an indication of the yearly temperature? Yet here you are claiming a heat spell is. Go figure.

 

[westwall]

Arent you always reminding us that a cold spell is not an indication of the yearly temperature? Yet here you are claiming a heat spell is. Go figure.

Yes I am saying that. I am using these examples to show that while the ethically challenged AGW proponents are cherry picking their data to "prove" that this is a hot year....(very much in doubt based on non cherry picked data) in point of fact there was a PROVEABLE and in many areas of the world catastrophic cold snap that killed millions of creatures.

The warmers though will never mention that, they will only harp about the three poor unfortunates who died of the heat. No decadal study proves anything. The climate engine is far more powerful and slow operating that most of mankind either doesn't understand or chooses to ignore for their own monetary benefit.

 

[Big Fitz]

ohmygawdohmygawd! It just COULDN'T be SUMMER, Could it???

 

[Toro]

Here in north Florida, we had three months of freezing weather, eight days of spring, and 100 degrees ever since.

 

[sparky]

There have been many environmental catastrophes over geological time. A major strike in on what is now the Yucatan Peninsula wiped out about 70% of the species in existance at that time. However, at the Permian-Triassic boundry, the Siberian Trapps released enough GHGs, by direct emission of CO2, and extruding on clathrates, that it created a runaway greenhouse effect, and most of the ocean clathrates were released into the atmosphere. The oxygen level dropped to 11%, and 95% of all species died.

That is certainly one theory. It is not the theory that most ascribe to however.

This is the MOST likely cause of the extinction...GLOBAL COOLING

The Siberian Traps

Then of course there is the ever popular impact theory....

Meteorite impacts>

Then of course there is your ever popular climate change...interesting though how you never mention the possibility of cooling.....puzzling.

Permian Extinction - climate change

Then of course it could have been a by-product of the formation of Pangea

Formation of Pangea

And once again we get back to cooling.

Permian Extinction - glaciation

You will notice that in the scientific community COOLING is suggested as a cause directly three times and heating only once. Only in the factually challenged world of wikipedia is heating considered number one.

i take it your stance is that these are naturally occuring cycles vs. a manmade one

my question here is, why can't both be relevant factors?

~S~