California drought: Scientists to probe cause

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[chessplayer]

Washington -- California's drought will be one of the extreme weather events that the American Meteorological Society will examine later this year to determine whether the cause is natural variability or human-caused climate change, a federal official said Tuesday.

Scientists have not yet linked the California drought directly to climate change, Thomas Karl, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center, said Tuesday in announcing the latest study. "I'M SURE THERE'S A WAY, but we haven't done it yet," he said.

[chessplayer]

Wow, what an investigation. They've already decided it's because of global warming.

[rktman]

Nah. Just nature doin’ what she does. Fix that algore.

[1rudeboy]

“Our model didn’t predict this . . . therefore, it is because of the model.”

[FlingWingFlyer]

Let me help them out with their “study”. NO RAIN OR SNOW THIS YEAR! What are your questions?

[Paladin2]

Lack of precipitation in excess of evaporation?

[Tenacious 1]

Washington -- California's drought will be one of the extreme weather events that the American Meteorological Society will examine later this year to determine whether the cause is natural variability or human-caused climate change, a federal official said Tuesday.

I think the conclusion is already written. They'll have to do some observations and stuff to fill a page with narrative. But rest assured, the drought is because of the evil humans and their CO2 contributions.

[House Atreides]

“...Scientists have not yet linked the California drought directly to climate change...”
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Oh, gag me with a spoon. What complete nitwits.

[cripplecreek]

As a layman I’d say its because we have this big honkin cold air mass sitting over over 2/3 of the country clogging up the works.

[SpaceBar]

California has been mismanaged for almost half a century. Instead of recognizing that roughly half of it is desert and just dealing with it, they need to form a government funded committee that will ascertain over expensive lunches why the state is so screwed.

[edcoil]

If you believe man can change the climate, then the pas decades of laws, rules, taxes and regulations have caused the drought - it fact the government caused it.

Either that - or billions have been wasted.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“California drought: Scientists to probe cause”

Lack of rain? (and snow in the Sierra’s ?)

[dirtboy]

Scientists have not yet linked the California drought directly to climate change, Thomas Karl, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center, said Tuesday in announcing the latest study. "I'M SURE THERE'S A WAY, but we haven't done it yet," he said.

Nothing like starting a study with a clear bias.

[txrefugee]

“He (God) makes the sun shine on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.” Matthew 5:45.

[muir_redwoods]

I’m so hoping it’ll be found that its due to a CO2 shortage.

[basil]

Unfortunately, we could probably show them what a real drought is in my part of Texas today.

[faithhopecharity]

God promised he wouldn’t flood us next time its time to Clean House down here...
so....He’s gonna wipe out Californicate by drought!

this is plain enough. doesn’t require a big expensive study..

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[Gaffer]

Maybe they'll dig up that bastard Mulholland and fricassee his bones for not stealing all the water east of the Mississippi. :>) Let them eat high desert dust.

[molson209]

Jet stream goes up Jet stream goes down ,warm air goes up cold air goes down

[Iron Munro]

Perhaps the drought is caused by the reduction in CO2 resulting from government anti-global warming programs designed to reduce CO2.

[I want the USA back]

Very stupid. Weather is very complex. The only certain link is to the big shining hot object in the sky. The sun drives ALL the earth’s weather systems.