Comments on: Kerry Blames Tornado Outbreak on Global Warming http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/ Commentary on puzzling things in life, nature, science, weather, climate change, technology, and recent news by Anthony Watts Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:54:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: AMS Linking Weather Events to Climate Change « Watts Up With That? http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-32530 AMS Linking Weather Events to Climate Change « Watts Up With That? Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:50:52 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-32530 [...] change is just not supportable. Senator (and former presidential candidate) John Kerry recently said that a tornado outbreak in the USA was attributable to “global warming”, when in fact it is related to the La Nina pattern in the [...] [...] change is just not supportable. Senator (and former presidential candidate) John Kerry recently said that a tornado outbreak in the USA was attributable to “global warming”, when in fact it is related to the La Nina pattern in the [...]

]]> By: Top 100 Awful Things Caused By Global Warming « Leatherhead Matters http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-25438 Top 100 Awful Things Caused By Global Warming « Leatherhead Matters Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:03:01 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-25438 [...] drinking, terrorism, threat to peace, ticks move northward (Sweden), tides rise, tomatoes rot, tornado outbreak, tourism increase, trade barriers, trade winds weakened, traffic jams,  transportation [...] [...] drinking, terrorism, threat to peace, ticks move northward (Sweden), tides rise, tomatoes rot, tornado outbreak, tourism increase, trade barriers, trade winds weakened, traffic jams,  transportation [...]

]]> By: Marginalized Action Dinosaur http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-18601 Marginalized Action Dinosaur Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:32:33 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-18601 [...] movement, teenage drinking, terrorism, threat to peace, ticks move northward (Sweden), tides rise, tornado outbreak, tourism increase, trade barriers, trade winds weakened, traffic jams, transportation threatened, [...] [...] movement, teenage drinking, terrorism, threat to peace, ticks move northward (Sweden), tides rise, tornado outbreak, tourism increase, trade barriers, trade winds weakened, traffic jams, transportation threatened, [...]

]]> By: waltzingaustralia http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-5376 waltzingaustralia Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:38:59 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-5376 Wow -- you're really smart AND you don't like Kerry. What a great combination. Wow — you’re really smart AND you don’t like Kerry. What a great combination.

]]> By: silvermine http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-5375 silvermine Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:18:30 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-5375 Suzuki? Really? Wow. He wrote one of my textbooks in college. You never expect it will be the people who were supposed to have taught you science. Suzuki? Really? Wow. He wrote one of my textbooks in college. You never expect it will be the people who were supposed to have taught you science.

]]> By: Cosmo http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-5368 Cosmo Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:46:04 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-5368 Hey John, when you get around to it, could you please look into your crystal ball and explain to me why it's been snowing here in Idaho for the past three weeks--and why it's been below zero since Christmas in Minnesota? I'd like to serve Sen. Kerry with a nice piping-hot mug of STFU. C'mon over to my cabin--if you can get to it through the seven feet of freshly-fallen snow. Morons with money and power are still morons. <strong>REPLY:</strong> Please no flaming here. The point is that single or a short string of weather events are just that, weather. A 30 year shift in the PDO like we saw in 1977 is climate. Kerry made the mistake of citing a weather event being caused by "climate change" instead of the real cause, La Nina. Don't make the same mistake in reverse. That said, thanks for visiting, feel free to comment but tone it down a little. Hey John, when you get around to it, could you please look into your crystal ball and explain to me why it’s been snowing here in Idaho for the past three weeks–and why it’s been below zero since Christmas in Minnesota?

I’d like to serve Sen. Kerry with a nice piping-hot mug of STFU. C’mon over to my cabin–if you can get to it through the seven feet of freshly-fallen snow.

Morons with money and power are still morons.

REPLY: Please no flaming here. The point is that single or a short string of weather events are just that, weather. A 30 year shift in the PDO like we saw in 1977 is climate. Kerry made the mistake of citing a weather event being caused by “climate change” instead of the real cause, La Nina. Don’t make the same mistake in reverse.

That said, thanks for visiting, feel free to comment but tone it down a little.

]]> By: Evan Jones http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-5349 Evan Jones Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:53:30 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-5349 Andrew: Thx for the links. Andrew: Thx for the links.

]]> By: Bill in Vigo http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-5346 Bill in Vigo Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:03:47 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-5346 Anthony, OT question has Steve M shut down climate audit while he is outof town? For some reason I can't access it this afternoon. Thanks Bill <strong>REPLY:</strong> Try Firefox, every once in awhile for no apparent reason it won't recognize IE6/IE7 browser requests Anthony, OT question has Steve M shut down climate audit while he is outof town? For some reason I can’t access it this afternoon.

Thanks
Bill

REPLY: Try Firefox, every once in awhile for no apparent reason it won’t recognize IE6/IE7 browser requests

]]> By: Bill in Vigo http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-5342 Bill in Vigo Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:51:20 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-5342 I just love to read the comics. Unfortunately some of these comics are the movers and shakers. Don't ya just love it. Bill I just love to read the comics. Unfortunately some of these comics are the movers and shakers.

Don’t ya just love it.

Bill

]]> By: Andrew http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-5340 Andrew Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:21:23 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-5340 The graphs are here for you to see what I mean, btw: http://www.geocities.com/andrewwerdna28/Klimacht25_files/image012.jpg http://www.geocities.com/andrewwerdna28/Klimacht25_files/image010.jpg The graphs are here for you to see what I mean, btw:
http://www.geocities.com/andrewwerdna28/Klimacht25_files/image012.jpg
http://www.geocities.com/andrewwerdna28/Klimacht25_files/image010.jpg

]]> By: Andrew http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-5335 Andrew Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:53:10 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-5335 Kerry seems to have forgotten to mentioned that the number of Strong to Violent Tornadoes in the US has been declining... Kerry seems to have forgotten to mentioned that the number of Strong to Violent Tornadoes in the US has been declining…

]]> By: Stan Needham http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-5329 Stan Needham Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:03:47 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-5329 Ralph, you really can't make this stuff up, can you? Ralph, you really can’t make this stuff up, can you?

]]> By: Ralph S http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-5327 Ralph S Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:15:42 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-5327 More hatred from the Left. David Suzuki [a geneticist] says that politicians skeptical of AGW should be <b>imprisoned:</b> a href=http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=290513>http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=290513 More hatred from the Left. David Suzuki [a geneticist] says that politicians skeptical of AGW should be imprisoned:

a href=http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=290513>http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=290513

]]> By: Doug http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-5321 Doug Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:33:38 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-5321 January 1999 bore swarms of tornadoes in the same area, though not as many deaths, probably because those occurred during the daytime. I think this was more along the LaNina cycle. January 1999 bore swarms of tornadoes in the same area, though not as many deaths, probably because those occurred during the daytime. I think this was more along the LaNina cycle.

]]> By: Jd http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-5317 Jd Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:51:36 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-5317 Perhaps Matt's contribution serves example of "the real problem" with the AGW debate? Jd <strong>REPLY:</strong> Yes, I'm considering a post named "headlines" as an instructive excercise. Perhaps Matt’s contribution serves example of “the real problem” with the AGW debate?
Jd

REPLY: Yes, I’m considering a post named “headlines” as an instructive excercise.

]]> By: Evan Jones http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-5306 Evan Jones Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:51:59 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-5306 But does Kerry know the "other side" has the ACE up its sleeve? But does Kerry know the “other side” has the ACE up its sleeve?

]]> By: Evan Jones http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-5304 Evan Jones Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:50:02 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-5304 <cite>The fact is the hurricanes are more intensive, the storms are more intensive <a href="" title="" rel="nofollow"> Kerry doesn't know the "other side" has the ACE up its sleeve. If the above looks weird, it's because I am still thrashing around with Laocoon and the tags.</a></cite> The fact is the hurricanes are more intensive, the storms are more intensive

Kerry doesn’t know the “other side” has the ACE up its sleeve.

If the above looks weird, it’s because I am still thrashing around with Laocoon and the tags.

]]> By: Stan Needham http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-5297 Stan Needham Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:26:27 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-5297 I wonder if true believers like Tamino cringe when they see stuff like this or whether they embrace it. <strong>REPLY:</strong> There's no graph coming out of Kerry's mouth so it's invisible to him. I wonder if true believers like Tamino cringe when they see stuff like this or whether they embrace it.

REPLY: There’s no graph coming out of Kerry’s mouth so it’s invisible to him.

]]> By: MattN http://wattsupwiththat.com/2008/02/07/kerry-blames-tornado-outbreak-on-global-warming/#comment-5284 MattN Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:34:57 +0000 http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/?p=664#comment-5284 This is what happens when you put stupid people in front of a microphone.... This is what happens when you put stupid people in front of a microphone….

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