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Superstorm Sandy’s seismic action – a whole lotta normal

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

From the University of Utah a press release with a shaky basis, since all hurricanes create some micro-seismicity. But, our friends will likely try to make something of it. Superstorm Sandy shook the US ‘Standing waves’ in Atlantic caused seismicity … Continue reading →

Posted in Earthquakes, hurricanes, Weather | 35 Comments

New video from Bob Tisdale explains The Impact of Manmade Global Warming on a Blizzard Called Nemo and on Hurricane Sandy

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale The following video is an examination and discussion of the sea surface temperature data associated with the recent blizzard called Nemo, and with hurricane Sandy. There’s nothing unusual about those temperatures, and there’s no evidence … Continue reading →

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Doha delegation using hurricane Sandy as a call to action

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

(via CFACT) The latest round of climate talks began this week in Doha, Qatar in the usual fashion – namely, with alarmist claims that the world is being imperiled by manmade global warming and it’s time for “action.” Naturally, the … Continue reading →

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More WUWT.TV video segments – Joe D’Aleo on Hurricane Sandy and extreme weather

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

I continue with uploading videos from the 24 hour WUWT.TV Gore-a-thon on November 14-15th seen live here on WUWT. This post contains two segments, one that was seen during the live session on Hurricane Sandy, and one that was a … Continue reading →

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An update to US Hurricane Intensity 1900-2012 – no recent trend with hurricane Sandy

Posted on November 27, 2012 by

While there is still lots of caterwauling about Hurricane Sandy and climate, it is telling that this new update shows that the last five years record the lowest period of landfalling hurricane intensity of any five-year period dating all the … Continue reading →

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Discovery Channel FAIL – Sandy was not a ‘megastorm’

Posted on November 18, 2012 by

The hype meter at the Discovery Channel has pegged at full McKibben. See this:

Posted in Alarmism, media | Tagged , , | 135 Comments

Inverse hockey stick – Hurricane Sandy cools the ocean

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

The Impact of Sandy on Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies Along Its Track Guest post by Bob Tisdale We’ve established in recent posts that, based on linear trends, the sea surface temperature anomalies along Sandy’s storm track haven’t risen in 70+ years … Continue reading →

Posted in Sea Surface Temperature | 64 Comments

U.N. leader: Sandy a lesson in climate change

Posted on November 10, 2012 by

From CBS/AP “United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says one of the lessons from Superstorm Sandy is the need for global action to deal with future climate shocks. A new round of global climate talks starts in Doha, Qatar on Nov. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, extreme weather, hurricanes, Weather | Tagged , , , , , , | 72 Comments

Bill McKibben’s ‘Tabloid Climatology’ claims about Sandy are easily debunked

Posted on November 9, 2012 by

McKibben must have set some sort of record for the number of absolute lies in a single paragraph in this LA Times story: It’s time for fossil fuel companies to do the right thing – latimes.com Sandy was off-the-charts terrible, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, hurricanes, Weather | Tagged | 53 Comments

Sandy and the presidential election

Posted on November 7, 2012 by

From Fox News, a surprising metric from exit polls. They write: Many analysts felt that the arrival of Hurricane Sandy gave the president a boost last week by allowing him to display leadership in front of the American people, as … Continue reading →

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An Inconvenient Truth: Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies along Sandy’s Track Haven’t Warmed in 70+ Years

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale I was visiting family in the Northeast U.S. when Sandy came ashore, so I was without power for most of last week. Since my return home, I’ve been catching up with all of the nonsense … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, Sea Surface Temperature, Weather | Tagged , , , , , , , | 61 Comments

Did Global Warming Reduce the Impacts of Sandy?

Posted on November 5, 2012 by

Guest post by Chip Knappenberger (above graphic by Anthony) The press has been quick to jump on the idea that post-tropical cyclone Sandy (it was not a hurricane at landfall) was worsened by anthropogenic global warming and that “superstorms” are … Continue reading →

Posted in hurricanes, Sea level, Weather | Tagged , , , , | 57 Comments

Insurance Industry…No Consensus on Sandy?

Posted on November 4, 2012 by

The insurance industry does not agree that Sandy was evidence of climate change. Story submitted by Robert Bissett I happened to be listening to NPR this morning through my pillow speaker. I was only half awake. Even so, the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate News | 36 Comments

The hybridization of hurricane Sandy

Posted on November 3, 2012 by

by Bob Henson, NCAR News with contributions from Dr. Ryan Maue Every so often, a quiet corner of research suddenly grabs the spotlight. Such was the case this week when a Category 1 Atlantic hurricane morphed into Superstorm Sandy (note- … Continue reading →

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Next time somebody tries to tell you hurricane Sandy was an “unprecedented” East Coast hurricane, show them this

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

All one need to do to explode the memes that paid political activists Bill McKibben and Brad Johnson are pushing is to look at a history book. In this case, WeatherBELL’s Joe Bastardi points us to NOAA’s National Hurricane Center … Continue reading →

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A Reply to Hurricane Sandy Alarmists

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

A suggestion the Great Gale of 1821 was worse than Hurricane Sandy, and Alarmists are wrong to suggest otherwise. Guest post by Caleb Shaw While I am often humbled, when it comes to predicting the weather, I did correctly predict … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Sandy’s ‘Unprecedented’ Storm Surge

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

Guest post by David Middleton Funny thing… Hurricane Sandy’s unprecedented storm surge was likely surpassed in the New England hurricanes of 1635 and 1638. From 1635 through 1954, New England was hit by at least five hurricanes producing greater than … Continue reading →

Posted in flooding, hurricanes, Paleoclimatology | Tagged , , | 114 Comments

Pielke Jr. on Hurricane Sandy – ‘not the new normal’

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

Dr. Roger Pielke, Jr. has authored an excellent essay in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal that put the kibosh on the “new normal” meme seen here . As Pielke clearly shows, hurricanes like Sandy are not the “new normal” and the data tells … Continue reading →

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Spooky: A nighttime view of Hurricane Sandy’s landfall

Posted on October 31, 2012 by

You’ve seen those photographs from space of the Earth at night with cities lit up like Christmas trees. Imagine that scene with a hurricane added.

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Reality check: Who believes Hurricane Sandy was/was not caused by global warming?

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

This list of who’s who is instructive to review. It says a lot about credibility of the “Sandy was caused by global warming” argument being pushed by activists and media. Compare who’s pushing the agenda versus who isn’t buying into … Continue reading →

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