Category Archives: extreme weather

Stunning ignorance on display from Senator Barbara Boxer over Oklahoma tornado outbreak

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

Via POLITICO’s Morning Energy – May 21, 2013: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif. – Chair of Senate Environment & Public Works Committee) took to the Senate floor and invoked the Oklahoma tornadoes in her speech on global warming. “This is climate … Continue reading →

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US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse From Rhode Island Provides Erroneous Information To American Public in Global Warming Rant

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Video Credit: Daily Caller/C-SPAN – click for video By WUWT Regular Just The Facts First, I’m sure I speak for everyone at WUWT when I say that our hearts go out to all the families in Oklahoma affected by the … Continue reading →

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Another blow to the ‘extreme weather is climate’ alarmism meme – Australian cyclone activity down

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

We’ve mentioned many times the lack of major landfalling hurricanes on the USA being in a record drought. When the Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1st, 13 days from now, it will have been (barring a miracle storm) 2,777 … Continue reading →

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How long before cyclonic “sting jets” are blamed on global warming?

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

From the University of Manchester: Storm study reveals a sting in the tail Meteorologists have gained a better understanding of how storms like the one that battered Britain in 1987 develop, making them easier to predict. University of Manchester scientists, … Continue reading →

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Storm tides and coastal protection on the German North Sea shore

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

Guest post by Michael Palmer The North Sea is the shelf sea between Great Britain in the West and continental Europe in the East and South. It has strong tidal movements, and is prone to storm surges that occur when … Continue reading →

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Don’t let Cook and Lewandowsky see this…

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

…because you might be accused of participating in conspiracy ideation. Here’s the premise from Dr. Roger Pielke Jr.: The occasion for their update is a recent report by the Australian Climate Commission, a government body put established to advocate for … Continue reading →

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‘King’ Obama to circumvent lawful due process on climate

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

FLASHBACK March 2011: Obama on Deporting Illegals ‘America Is a Nation of Laws,’ Presidential Action Not ‘Appropriate’ Obama Administration Moves Forward on Climate Change Without Congress Forthcoming regulation likely means no new coal-fired power plants will be built in the … Continue reading →

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Wuebbles gone wild – hilarious claims of ‘wall to wall’ severe weather on cable news is not science

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

A couple of days ago there was this PR from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I decided it was just too ridiculous to get any traction. I was wrong, an even more ridiculous press release followed this one. Only … Continue reading →

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A new buzzword for pushing climate fear? ‘Explosive Cyclones’

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

After the past weekend’s silliness over a snowstorm that wasn’t all that much different than Nor’Easters of the past, I can imagine some CNN anchor using the phrase badly in the not too distant future, like suggesting sending in a … Continue reading →

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Climate cycles and political alarmism

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

Dr. Michael Asten writes to alert me of this article in the Australian, with this advice: The overwhelming conclusion ought to be that cycles should be built into at least some of the climate models in order to explore scenarios.  But … Continue reading →

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2012 ranks as 54th in ‘extreme weather’ events

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

Paul Homewood ranks the data from NOAA/NCDC in a pragmatic way, and comes up with this graph. Figure 8

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The Royal Society Disaster Movie: starring the Ehrlichs and The Prince of Wales

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

This is funny and sad at the same time. The funny part is the fact that none of Paul Erhlich’s doom and gloom predictions about the human condition from the 70′s on have even come remotely close to true, the … Continue reading →

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NYT pushes crazy claims about “extreme weather” but public interest wanes

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

From Tom Neslon who writes: Barking madness in the New York Times: Global warming blamed for coldest winter in China in 30 years and many other extreme cold events; story illustrated with a photo of snow on the palm trees … Continue reading →

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Over-insuring the gullible: The Hartford offers ‘extreme weather insurance’

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

UPDATE: graph of damage losses including 2012 posted below. It says all that needs to be said. This ad is running in rotation at the NYT today, and it needs an application of Dr. Roger Pielke Jr.’s handy bullshit button.

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Tornadoes at Christmastime – Note to McKibben and Romm – not that uncommon

Posted on December 26, 2012 by

Before alarmists like Bill McKibben and Joe Romm start caterwauling about the tornadoes in the south yesterday as being a signature of “global warming”, I caution them not to make fools of themselves but instead note this from the National … Continue reading →

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No need to guess anymore! The University of Tennessee has the weather and climate all figured out

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

From the University of Tennessee at Knoxville this gives a whole new meaning to “release the Kraken”. University of Tennessee study predicts extreme climate in Eastern US Results show the region will be hotter and wetter From extreme drought to … Continue reading →

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Introducing The New WUWT “Extreme Weather” Reference Page

Posted on December 8, 2012 by

(Photo credits: NOAA) By WUWT regular “Just The Facts” We are pleased to introduce WUWT’s newest addition, the WUWT “Extreme Weather” Reference Page. Realizing the difficulty in selling “Global Warming” when the globe hasn’t warmed in the last 16 years, … Continue reading →

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Another inconvenient truth – 2012 US tornado count well below normal

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

Somewhere, weepy Bill McKibben is weeping and Al Gore is raging, because they won’t be able to say “2012, the hottest year ever, caused more tornadoes” So much for “dirty weather” Heh. The NOAA Storm Prediction Center just updated their … Continue reading →

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An open letter to the U.N from climate skeptics

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

Published in the Financial Post today: OPEN CLIMATE LETTER TO UN SECRETARY GENERAL: Current scientific knowledge does not substantiate Ban Ki-Moon assertions on weather and climate, say 125 scientists. Open Letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations H.E. Ban Ki-Moon, … 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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