Lest readers think I’m the only TV meteorologist to speak my mind on climate issues, there are others, such as Jym Ganahl in Columbus Ohio.
The Daily Kos posted an article here calling for this:
Columbus Weatherman is a Kooky Global Warming Denier
Contact NBC4 and urge them to send weatherman Jym Ganahl to some climate change conferences with peer-reviewed climatologists. Let NBC4 know that they have a responsibility to have expert climatologists on-air to debunk Ganahl’s misinformation and the climate change deniers don’t deserve an opportunity to spread their propaganda:
NBC 4 phone # 614-263-4444
NBC 4 VP/GM Rick Rogala email: rrogala(ATSIGN)wcmh.com
And it was all over this story in a minor weekly newspaper in Columbus, OH., reprinted below. Jym could probably use a little support right now. His email: jganahl [at] wcmh dot com
From “The Other Paper” MEDIA MORSELS: Ganahl debunks the global warming
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| Be afraid of the sun, not carbon: Ganahl, seen here with what appears to be some sort of glacier, doesn’t buy the hype |
Just when you thought it was safe to assume that everyone had pretty much accepted climate change and moved on, here comes rogue NBC 4 chief meteorologist Jym Ganahl to blow your freaking mind.
“Just wait 5 or 10 years, and it will be very obvious. They’ll have egg on their faces,” Ganahl said this week of global warming advocates.
The “global warming hoax” is an obvious fallacy, Ganahl said in a YouTube video posted Jan. 23.
In the video, taped at a meet-up of the Ohio Freedom Alliance, Ganahl chats with Dave, the self-proclaimed No. 1 biker talk show host on radio, and—still odder—Robert Wagner, a former candidate for the 15th congressional district.
Although global warming is clearly “a fallacy,” Ganahl told the dudes, “It is remarkable how many people are being led like sheep in the wrong direction.”
Evoking Orwellian mind-control power of the media, Ganahl said it’s remarkable how easy it is to panic the unwashed masses.
Ganahl continued to evangelize offline this week.
Sunspots—and not carbon emissions—are to blame for the slow warming of the globe, Ganahl said. “It has nothing to do with us.”
“When there are sunspots, like freckles on the sun—dark spots—these are like turning on a furnace and the earth warms. When there are no sunspots, it is like the furnace is in standby and the earth cools.
“I have always thought we should celebrate and be thankful we live in a time when it is warmer, not curse it,” Ganahl said. “It allows us to grow food and feed the population—and the warming is slow and we can adapt to it.”
Cold, on the other hand, is to blame for a whole host of worldly disasters, including death of the Aztecs, the Vikings, and who knew?— the bubonic plague.
“Instead of screaming global warming, we should be preaching global cooling,” he said.
But with a new president who apparently buys into the whole carbon emission demonizing scam, Ganahl said, “It’s very scary,” and admittedly “very difficult,” to fight the mob mentality.
“Carbon dioxide is what we, as people, exhale. Enough said. Unless you eliminate people, you have it. It’s food for the plants and trees,” he said.
Our local Al Gore antithesis risked his career on his wild weather heresy—sort of.
Back in 2007, the take-no-prisoners field of meteorology was split over the issue of climate change. Prominent Weather Channel meteorologist Heidi Cullen called for those who deny the so-called truth about global warming to be stripped of their American Meteorological Society credentials.
Ganahl, who just celebrated 30 years at NBC, became the youngest person to be granted the AMS Seal of Approval, by the way, back in 1970.
Cullen’s call has thus far gone unheeded, but it stirred up a mini-schism among TV weather types.
“Meteorologists are among the few people trained in the sciences who are permitted regular access to our living rooms,” Cullen said in a column written for the Weather Channel.
“And in that sense, they owe it to their audience to distinguish between solid, peer-reviewed science and junk political controversy.”
Ganahl says he has kept his anti-global warming propaganda out of your living room, but he is prepared to sell on sunspots, and their relation to warming cycles, if you ever ask.
Asked if he’s worried that he’ll take a hit among the sheep for his climate thinking, he said he’s not concerned.
“Just tell them to wait five or 10 years, and I’ll have history to back me up.”
Thanks Anthony. This guy needs to start a blog as well!
Whilst fully supporting Jym Ganahl’s general position, I feel his absolute certainty in stating: “Sunspots—and not carbon emissions—are to blame for the slow warming of the globe, Ganahl said. “It has nothing to do with us.”
“When there are sunspots, like freckles on the sun—dark spots—these are like turning on a furnace and the earth warms.” tends to weaken the overall message he is giving.
I doubt there is such certainty of cause, and am sure I have read Leif Svalgaard here that there is no heat reaching earth from sunspots. In fact my memory is that Leif said sunspots are actually cooler than their surrounds.
It is your own caution in not making absolute statements ~ unless you have documentation ~ here on Watts Up, Anthony, which gives you your authority, and feel we could all gain by Jym and those like him adopting that caution, too.
REPLY: I was uncomfortable with that statement also, but it’s not like he went on-air and delivered this. It is an interview, and having been the subject of more than a few myself, I can also say that reporters often jot down notes, and the output doesn’t always match the input. Just look at the caption the reporter used for the photo: “some kind of glacier”, yeah sure. The Kos Kids want to hassle his boss and demand that another view be broadcast, what they miss is that the General Manager can tell them all to go take a hike, because FCC equal time rules don’t apply in this situation at all. – Anthony
I’m on to this guy. I think that this is a carefully prepared plan by Mr. Ganahl to get sent to Hawaii. After all, he’s already in a cold spot where he can spin his sordid stories to good effect and it will do no good to send him further north as that helps him too. “You go, Ganahl.” 8^)
We need more people like Jym Ganahl who are prepared to speak out and get the general public thinking for themselves. Does “general public thinking” count as an oxymoron?
I have emailed R. Rogola at NBC 4, offering my support for Jym’s views and suggesting a presidential style debate; plus, of course, suggesting they come to your website and see the evedence themselves.
Keep up the good work.
Hmmm “the climate change deniers don’t deserve an opportunity to spread their propaganda”. But it’s OK for AGW alarmists to spread their propaganda. Orwell rules.
I agree with Ganahl. You don’t have to be a sunspot scientist to use your brain to integrate the vast amount of science that disproves AGW. It will be clear as day soon. Personally I would be happy to bet my house against AGW.
BTW, I sent emails to both men, and I believe the legion of WUWT readers should do the same. It will be good for them to see our numbers.
…with peer-reviewed climatologists…
Peer-review, contrary to popular belief, is not a quality control system by modern standards. At best it’s a sanity check of the top level document, without any review of the lower level data or any of the standard top level review items.
Again the overall view of the public following like lemmings the main stream media global warming mantra is why are politicians are so supportive of AGW theory afterall they want to be re-elected. This will only change when the MSM starts running a different line on the process. The AGW religion is now out of control, an example of this is the premier of the state of Victoria in Australia stating that we can expect more frequent bushfires due to global warming. At the same time the northern hemisphere is freezing. We need a brave politician to lead the charge against these nutters.
Roger Carr (22:39:21) :
I think Leif has been saying that the difference of energy output between the solar maxima and minima in sunspots is too small to account for the heating observed in the twentieth century, not that it does not exist.
I think the spots are cooler than the average sun surface , but the accompanying aura is warmer enough to make the difference be positive.
There is also the cosmic ray theory which, as far as I am concerned still has to be proven, but it also connects sun magnetic activity ( which is what sunspots are) with albedo and therefore cooling/heating.
He’s wrong about sunspots. Most of the answer lies in local and regional human induced changes and the rest in climate cycles – PDO etc, with probably a contribution from GCRs as well as GHGs.
Anthony’s surface station project will give some interesting results and doubtless generate considerable blowback (as in hot air) from the AGW crowd.
And BTW, Orwell was right and the whole AGW machine is very Orwellian.
Heidi Cullen and the like are the very people that vehemently defend freedom of speech. But like most (bad) leftwingers how espouse tolerance, they are only tolerant if you share their views.
Anybody who thinks science is settled is no scientist and should be kicked out of any organization claiming to represent scientists.
Sunspots—and not carbon emissions—are to blame for the slow warming of the globe, Ganahl said. “It has nothing to do with us.”
“When there are sunspots, like freckles on the sun—dark spots—these are like turning on a furnace and the earth warms. When there are no sunspots, it is like the furnace is in standby and the earth cools.
And he expects to be taken seriously with drivel like this?!!
I suppose Ganahl is talking about Svensmark’s theory. This period of low solar activity should be a good test of his hypothesis. Does anyone know if the earth is being hit by more muons now that the solar wind is weakening? If so, is low cloud cover increasing? These would be two leading indicators of cooling to come – but I haven’t seen much reporting on them.
All the Best,
Hugh
Heidi Cullen’s views are most alarming, and far too prevalent when it comes to the AGW debate. It’s fine for you to express your viewpoint, Heidi, but when Jym and others express an opposing viewpoint, they must be silenced? I don’t like where that is headed at all. We may not have suspected the Spanish Inquisition, but we do see you coming, Heidi.
Hugh (01:46:40) :
I suppose Ganahl is talking about Svensmark’s theory. This period of low solar activity should be a good test of his hypothesis. Does anyone know if the earth is being hit by more muons now that the solar wind is weakening? If so, is low cloud cover increasing? These would be two leading indicators of cooling to come – but I haven’t seen much reporting on them.
The Pale articles that measure albedo, shows that albedo follows the temperature trends http://bbso.njit.edu/Research/EarthShine/literature/Palle_etal_2008_JGR.pdf , and http://bbso.njit.edu/Research/EarthShine/literature/Palle_etal_2006_EOS.pdf .
We’ve had one or two AGW advocates pounce on the horrendous bush fires that have hit Victoria in Australia, as evidence of ‘more extreme weather events’ due to global warming. We can still see smoke coming from the hills to the north of where we live. Only two weeks ago we visited a couple of the small towns that are no longer there. Poor people. At least some of the media here is being more objective and remiding us that extreme events are part of nature, and not to forget the human suffering involved.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25038325-11949,00.html
Mary Hinge (01:23:31) :
Sunspots—and not carbon emissions—are to blame for the slow warming of the globe, Ganahl said. “It has nothing to do with us.”
“When there are sunspots, like freckles on the sun—dark spots—these are like turning on a furnace and the earth warms. When there are no sunspots, it is like the furnace is in standby and the earth cools.
And he expects to be taken seriously with drivel like this?!!”
Mary
And your side of the fence somehow is taken seriously with claims like the arctic ice will melt in five years etc etc.? What’s drivel for the goose is drivel for the gander.
Re the ferocious forest fires in OZ… I believe that these fires are not caused by AGW, but actually by sick and insane people with matches or cigarette lighters deliberately setting fire to the kind of tinderbox dry bush that forms in every Oz heatwave. Yup, Humans are to blame for these fires, but because of insanity with matches, rather than the mass use of SUVs.
I have been a viewer of Jym for 27 years, and a casual acquaintance for almost 20 years. I fully support him and commend his courage for speaking his mind – the dominoes continue to fall……….
Mary H:
You seem to want to be taken seriously about what you say!
The alarmist activists seem to be getting more hysterical by the day.
I sent the following email to the station (CC to Jym Ganahl): Dear Sir(s),
With regard to Jym Ganahl’s recent YouTube video posted Jan. 23. in which he talks about the global warming hoax, he needs to be commended for his bravery in standing up to the AGW/CC behemoth in stating the plain truth. I urge you to send him to the upcoming International Conference on Climate Change in New York City March 8-10, 2009 so that he can learn even more about our climate, further enabling him to impart that knowledge to his viewers and to others. Thank you.
Bruce Cobb
Climate Realist
Oh, wait, that’s the “wrong” type of climate change conference. Oops.
Support email sent.
I find it most alarming that it’s OK for some one like Al Quixote to produce a scare tactics film aimed at children but then to try to silence all other views and opinions on the subject.