Posted on 09/17/2014 12:47:14 PM PDT by xzins
It's still summer, yet it has already snowed in the western United States and one of America's premier weather forecasters, Joe Bastardi at Weatherbell Analytics, is warning that for parts of the country, another bad winter is on the way.
"It's going to be a major winter for much of the eastern and southern United States," he said. "We think a formidable winter, but the core of the worst cold, relative to averages, instead of being in the northern Plains and Midwest, will be further south and east."
Last winter was bad, too -- historically bad. The Great Lakes weren't ice-free until June, when the mountainous West was still seeing snow.
Nevertheless, the United Nations keeps warning that if we don't do something to stop global warming, terrible things will happen.
"The effects of human-caused climate change are already widespread and consequential," the United Nations said.
But what effects from climate change? The Earth stopped warming 18 years ago, and the weather has made a mockery of climate change predictions.
The number of extreme weather events are down, sea levels are not rising dangerously, and not only is Antarctic ice not melting, it's the largest it's been since measurements began 35 years ago.
But world leaders, including President Barack Obama, still act like climate change is a serious problem.
"Climate change is already affecting Americans, all across the country, in every region, although in different ways," the president told reporters.
Some environmentalists are demanding world leaders do something to stop what they believe is a coming climate disaster. But the real disaster has been the inaccuracy of all those scary predictions that didn't come true.
"There's a real problem with the computer models for climate change," Dr. Pat Michaels, director of The Center for the Study of Science at the Cato Institute, said.
"By last count there were 42 separate explanations in the scientific or public literature on why it hasn't been warming. When there are 42 explanations for one phenomenon, I can tell you what that means: scientists don't know what they're talking about," he added.
Why has the Earth stopped warming? One reason is cooler temperatures in the Pacific.
"One of the major cycles of the Earth is Pacific Decadal Oscillation, which is a temperature cycle in the north Pacific Ocean," Steve Goreham, who heads the Climate Science Coalition of America, explained. "It's gone into a cool phase since about 2005, and the sun has moved into a cool phase in terms of sunspots."
Bastardi is forecasting a long-term trend toward colder temperatures.
"Over the next 20 to 30 years I think the general trend is down, back to where it was in the late 70s," he said.
In the 1970s, some environmentalists were warning of a coming ice age. Yet the president thinks the problem of global warming is so urgent, he's reportedly attempting to make an international climate deal without gaining U.S. Senate approval as required by the Constitution.
But the president may be lonely when he attends next week's climate summit in New York. A number of world leaders aren't coming.
“There’s a real problem with the computer models for climate change,” Dr. Pat Michaels, director of The Center for the Study of Science at the Cato Institute, said.
“By last count there were 42 separate explanations in the scientific or public literature on why it hasn’t been warming. When there are 42 explanations for one phenomenon, I can tell you what that means: scientists don’t know what they’re talking about,” he added.
It’s all about the transfer of wealth from the industrialized countries to the turd world countries, very little of which will be used to raise the standard of living there.
Cool and wet with about 10 days of what one might call 'summer' .. approaching or reaching 90 plus
I haven't REALLY kept any records or logs, but I'd say the average daytime temp, since May (or so) as been around 70 and the average night around 60-65
NOW we're averaging about 60 day and 40/45 night.
The operative word is 'average'
Same here in SW Ohio. I think our weather comes up the river at you in most cases. But we had such a cool summer that the tomatoes barely got the ripen heat they needed. A little stretch with 80’s and 90’s as the high. A lot of nights were in the 60’s and 70’s. And right now its about 60 outside and this morning it was 44. Yesterday was 42.
It is STILL Summer according to the calendar.
So, it’s about the transfer of money to those who want to be our masters (and many of whom think they already are.)
Yep, Al Gore was once the principle stockholder in a carbon credit exchange market. He stood to make billions.
Al Gore is such an easy target.
Fat Albert
Oh man, and I went out and bought more shorts.
Damn those Gorebal warming nuts.
That's funny. I knew about the shift in the PDO back in 2000. Mr. Goreham had best get up to speed.
That’s the comical side of this whole “science”. If they’d said that we need to limit air flights, or take down coal-powered electrical plants, or limit everyone to three-cylinder cars....OK, it’d make sense. But when the carbon credits crept into the deal, and you were merely handing cash to a third-world country...you had to ask...what purpose were you achieving, and the answer just didn’t make sense.
they don’t make a mockery of them- THEY are making a mockery of truth and facts- THEY are destroying the truth- THEY are destroying this country, and indeed the world with their scam- it is impossible to shame the left on this or any issue really- them ore facts you throw at them, the louder they scream and stomp their foot, and drown out the facts- THEY are making a mockery of truth, justice, morality, decency, common sense- etc etc etc
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