Rush Limbaugh: Wackos Blame Wildfires on Global Warming
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Posted on 07/03/2012 6:19:51 PM PDT by Kaslin
Hide yo kids, hide yo wife: it's global warming, y'all.
So says the Associated Press, which has an absurdly self-contradictory scare piece out about how the weather we're seeing is what global warming looks like. Yes. You read that right: global warming. Not climate change. I know, I'm confused, too.
If you want a glimpse of some of the worst of global warming, scientists suggest taking a look at U.S. weather in recent weeks.
Horrendous wildfires. Oppressive heat waves. Devastating droughts. Flooding from giant deluges. And a powerful freak wind storm called a derecho.
These are the kinds of extremes climate scientists have predicted will come with climate change, although it's far too early to say that is the cause. Nor will they say global warming is the reason 3,215 daily high temperature records were set in the month of June.
"This is what global warming looks like at the regional or personal level," said Jonathan Overpeck, professor of geosciences and atmospheric sciences at the University of Arizona. "The extra heat increases the odds of worse heat waves, droughts, storms and wildfire. This is certainly what I and many other climate scientists have been warning about."
Kevin Trenberth, head of climate analysis at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in fire-charred Colorado, said these are the very record-breaking conditions he has said would happen, but many people wouldn't listen. So it's I told-you-so time, he said.
DUN-DUN-DUNNNNNN.
Have these climate scientists been vindicated? Are we experiencing global warming? While admittedly, many experienced a relatively mild winter this year -- I, a native Michigander, was shocked by the mere two days of snow we had in DC from October to May, when we in the Mitten could reasonably expect wintery weather -- does anyone remember Snowpocalypse? In 2010? Can we really have gone from a record-breaking winter to "ZOMG global warming!!1!1" in two years? Dubious.
Indeed, that same AP article freely admits that these global warmingistas are just speculating; the science isn't exactly conclusive just yet.
Scientifically linking individual weather events to climate change takes intensive study, complicated mathematics, computer models and lots of time. Sometimes it isn't caused by global warming. Weather is always variable; freak things happen.
And this weather has been local. Europe, Asia and Africa aren't having similar disasters now, although they've had their own extreme events in recent years.
So, it's definitely global warming (climate change?!??!), even though just the U.S. is experiencing it. Got it. I mean, that makes sense, if you think about it, given that we're the nation on the planet that deserves the most punishment for our irresponsible use of natural resources, and the prevalence of technological progress, and stuff.
Right.
Meanwhile, I'll leave you with this: April 23, 2012, CNN.com, headline, "Winter Returns with a Vengeance in U.S. Northeast," subhead, "Rare Snowstorm Hits Northeast."
Global warming, folks. There's your proof.
They occur enough in North America.
Interesting watching a documentary about England last night, they mentioned that in the early 1300s England experienced a mini-ice age....which resulted in failed crops and hordes of starving people. They still don't know what caused it. Because it came on so quickly. At various times in other parts of Europe during the last millenium, abnormally cold weather caused failed crops and starvation. Which means the earth can heat up or cool quickly in a very short time for reasons scientists cannot explain. Although many ahem "experts" attempt to do so.
Thanks for the link, that was interesting. I guess we don’t get Derechos here in the Sierra of Eastern California but we do get extremely high winds that seem to come out of nowhere. Last Winter strong hurricane force winds came through knocking down hundreds of huge lodgepole pine trees, winds were clocked at 90 mph with some gusts over 150 mph. The Forest Service is still trying to clean up the mess and clear trails of fallen trees.
Thanks for the link, that was interesting. I guess we don’t get Derechos here in the Sierra of Eastern California but we do get extremely high winds that seem to come out of nowhere. Last Winter strong hurricane force winds came through knocking down hundreds of huge lodgepole pine trees, winds were clocked at 90 mph with some gusts over 150 mph. The Forest Service is still trying to clean up the mess and clear trails of fallen trees.
I’m sitting here, looking out the window, seeing the snow on the mountain north of us. We had a low of 34 degrees this morning and it’s only 39 right now. Still haven’t put away my winter clothes. This is in NE Washington state.
It was 85 at 9:30 this morning,here in Northern Ohio.We have a heat wave and a drought here,I’ve seen worse.The field corn here has just started to tassle,pollination stage will be soon.If we don’t get some rain during that period,it will be a real problem.
“I don’t know how they maintain a blend of superiority complex and hypocrisy in their heads.”
Most of these twits test out as being bi-polar.That makes the blending easy.
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