2006 Hottest Year on Record – So what? Part 1

10 01 2007

Part 1 of 3 parts on this subject that I’ll post over the next few days.

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The National Atmosphereic and Oceanic Atmospheric Administration released their report on the weather records of 2006 today. In that report they state “The 2006 average annual temperature for the contiguous U.S. was the warmest on record and nearly identical to the record set in 1998, according to scientists at the NOAA National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Seven months in 2006 were much warmer than average, including December, which ended as the fourth warmest December since records began in 1895.”

I don’t doubt that a bit, nor do I dispute it. And, I actually expected it. But (and here it comes) I don’t think it has anything to do with man made greenhouse gases. Ok, now before you send a barrage of hate mail and letters to the editor saying I’m crazy consider a couple of things I’d like to point out.

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