Many WUWT readers have heard about this:
UPDATE: Video report on the DC snow here h/t to Stefan P
Here is my IntelliWeather Monday and hour by hour forecast for Washington, DC.
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST MONDAY
Includes the Counties: District Of Columbia, Arlington/Falls Church/Alexandria
Includes the cities: Washington, Alexandria, Falls Church
Tonight…Snow. Snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches. Brisk with lows in the lower 20s. North winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
Monday…Cloudy. Snow likely in the morning…Then a chance of snow in the afternoon. Additional snow accumulation around an inch. Total snow accumulation 7 to 8 inches. Brisk with highs in the mid 20s. Northwest winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow 70 percent.
Hour by Hour, as of 4:30PM EST Sunday. Click for full sized image
By the time Partly Cloudy skies appear about 3PM Monday, there will be about 4-8″ of snow on the ground in DC.
Plus, in New York City, where Jim Hansen would likely depart from, they also have a Winter Storm Warning in effect to 6PM Monday with forecast of:
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST MONDAY
Includes the Counties: Hudson, New York (Manhattan), Bronx, Richmond (Staten Island), Kings (Brooklyn), Queens Tonight…Snow developing this evening…Heavy at Times. Snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches. Windy with lows in the mid 20s. North winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
Monday…Snow in the morning…Then snow likely in the afternoon. Snow May be heavy at Times in the morning. Total snow accumulation of 8 to 12 inches. Windy. Near steady temperature in the mid 20s. North winds 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow near 100 percent.
If Hansen hasn’t left NYC already, I’d say it is doubtful he’ll even make the protest given it is a Monday, and Monday’s are usually pretty bad commutes even without bad weather. Looks like it is going to be a…
More on the DC weather story form Justin Berk, Baltimore Weather Examiner
I interrupt the snowstorm updates to bring you this pressing issue. Monday, March 2nd 2009 is the date for a scheduled protest by Capitol Climate Action (CCA).
Heavy snow expected at the Nation’s Capitol on Monday
Their website labels it:
Mass civil disobedience at the coal fired power plant in Washington, DC
CCA claims this will be the largest mass civil disobedience for the climate in US history. There is actually a request to wear dress clothes. That seems odd. Is this a target to get young Americans in a vogue protest?
My forecast from this morning can be found here (I will have a new update by this evening). If you go just by the NWS forecast, then snow will range between 5-10 inches with wind gusts over 30 mph. The snowstorm forecast is ironic not only because it falls on the date of this protest, but also because it is a late season event. The normal high for the date in Washington, DC is 51F. What would be worse: Keep the protest on in the snowstorm, or cancel it because of the snowstorm?
The infamous Dr. James Hansen should be there leading the charge. My post last week about 2008 being the coldest year this decade included a reference to Hansen. I wrote, “This is the same man who turned off the air conditioning in the Capitol while speaking about Global Warming on a hot day in 1988.” I also mentioned his exposure of bad data for Russia just this past October. He used September data (a statistically warmer month) in place of cooler October data. This skewed the temperatures upward.
I don’t knock him for his extreme beliefs, but I do disagree with the questionable tactics he uses to get his message across. According to Fox News , he is in hot water since he works for NASA, yet is helping to organize a protest.
It seems like the Climate Crew has had some trouble getting their messages across. It’s almost as if mixed signals are coordinated by nature itself. Marc Marano, Communications Director for the GOP on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) sent out a list of events that seem to follow the Gore Effect. This was labeled by Politico.com as:
The so-called Gore Effect happens when a global warming-related event, or appearance by the former vice president and climate change crusader, Al Gore, is marked by exceedingly cold weather or unseasonably winter weather.
Check out this list courtesy of Marc Marano:
Note: The “Gore Effect” has a long and storied history. What follows is a sampling of how Mother Nature enjoys mocking global warming fear promoters.
1) First October snow since 1922 blankets London as global warming bill debated – October 2008
3) HOUSE HEARING ON ‘WARMING OF THE PLANET’ CANCELED AFTER SNOW/ICE STORM – February 2007
4) NOT AGAIN! DC ‘Snow Advisory’ Issued on Day of Congressional Global Warming Hearing – March 2007
5) Gore decries ‘global warming’ in bitterly cold NYC – December 2006
9) Global warming protest in Maryland frosted with snow – January 2008
10) Global warming rally in the snow – April 2007
11) Snow won’t dampen global-warming rallies – April 2007
13) Global Warming Awareness Walk Braves Snow Storm – March 2007
14) The Gore Effect, Cont. – Gore speaks in Italy during ‘rare’ cold and snow
15) Tracking ‘The Gore Effect’ – Politico November 26,6, 2008
16) Climate protest cancelled ‘due to rain and cold’ – Nov. 23, 2008
“Reply: What part of “And yes, I’ve read Crichton’s essay on the subject.” was not clear? ~ charles the moderator.”
Your right, I did overlook that.
Suggestion : a little less on the rude edge?
Reply: My sincere apology. You are correct ~ charles the moderator.
E.M.Smith (03:27:34) :
You’re not alone with the random sarcasm. I’ve been doing it for a while…. just not with my sister-in-law or I’d be toast.
It’s alright.
There’s some usernames that I just scroll past because I know they’re trolls. But you have to read all comments. That must be annoying sometimes and can affect your attitude. That’s why I just scroll past trolls, so my attitude isn’t affected.
So I can easily forgive you.
Reply: 95% or more of my time here is spent on moderation. This is one reason I rarely comment on my own nowadays despite the fact that I often have issues with huge numbers of the posts. My moderation replies are completely separate from any comments I would make about content. In moderation I am often defending the rights of people I adamantly disagree with to comment and be treated with respect. I strive to maintain standards here, not of the level of quality of the content which is all over the map, but of the level of respect and civility. It’s a royal pain btw. ~ charles the moderator.
Charles and all moderators,
Thanks for the hard work… I know I could not do it.
Mike Bryant
Reply: I would like to continue in my series of responses to “Just want truth… ” here. The reason I take issue with the AGW as religion meme is simply that it is disrespectful to AGW proponents who may wish to engage here, especially when they are called disciples or believers. Again, I understand the origin and explanations and the widespread use of the meme, but if we are going to encourage discourse, real discourse, and not just self-congratulatory back-patting among friends, then it is incumbent upon us to learn to debate, argue, and discuss, without resorting to character assassinations. ~ charles the moderator.
There was a segment on it on Fox in the Bret Bair Report. Brit Hume covered it (he is the senior anchor by the way) and the coverage included a sense of ironic humor that they were freezing their buns off in the cold protesting global warming.
The most significant observation he made however, was that global warming was not a scientific “fact” but a “consensus” of opinion which is a lower standard, and it is the theory but not proven, and he did comment that a fair number of qualified scientists do not concur with the “consensus”.
It was not open ridicule or sniping, but it did have a humorous overtone and it was clear to me from the video that the turnout was not all that impressive.
It seems to me that Fox has been more open and even handed on coverage of global warming issues than the other MSM, and may be finding some traction on this topic as their coverage seems to have picked up recently.
Given their ratings that is significant — FNC has been the top rated cable news network for 86 consecutive months, finishing February as the third most watched basic cable network in primetime.
Larry
A commenter on HotAir remarks,
“Looks like an Angry St. Patrick’s Day protest.” (http://tinyurl.com/dften4 )”
/Mr Lynn
PS Charles the Moderator: Is it OK to refer to the Algoracle?
Reply: Anthony allows an unrestricted, all season, no limit, open hunting license on Al Gore. Just no profanity. And lest someone complain, that was meant as metaphor and in no way is to be construed as a call to violence. ~ charles the moderator.
The news channels are as frustrating as being single but craving companionship. If only I could mix and match, cut and paste, pick and choose, and create my very own pop bead animal. The head would be this, the body that, and the tail yet another thing. If I could mix the old standby channel from one of the three networks I watched as a kid (NBC, CBS, Chet, David, and Walter where are you) with some of the conservative channels (IE Fox), some of the liberal channels (IE MSNBC), and some of the metrosexual channels (IE CNN), with the strictly NPR and CSPAN bunch, I would be in companion bliss.
Brit Hume’s commentary on the ‘protest’ and on AGW today was terrific. I can’t find a transcript, but you can watch the video here:
http://www.foxnews.com/specialreport/
Scroll down to a box of video links at the bottom, and click on “Mercury Rising.”
/Mr Lynn
Charles, is there a limit on James Hansen?
Reply: No profanity. ~ charles the moderator
Charles, is insane considered profane?
Reply: I had no intention of putting everyone on edge. Please return to believing moderation is done by magic and no more questions please. ~ charles the moderator
Charles, that was an excellent reply.
Mr Lynn (19:51:27) :
Brit Hume’s commentary on the ‘protest’ and on AGW today was terrific. I can’t find a transcript, but you can watch the video here:
Not anymore. His commentary gets cut off abruptly just before the end of his first sentence.
So I take it that the plant kept burning coal and was not shut down. That several guest speakers decided to cancel due to cold, and that the phrase “thousands showed up” meant that they were also counting the number of people on the subway, cars, buses, and overhead jets that happened to be going buy. Reminds me of the population of Lostine. The people in hwy 82 traffic going through town are counted. Hey, every body helps us look like the metropolis we are.
A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL OPINES ON THE METHOD IN THEIR SEEMING MADNESS
http://drsanity.blogspot.com/2009/02/neo-marxists-modus-operandi.html
Works fine for me, their server might be getting hit pretty hard and it dropped your connection.
Larry
Doesn’t work here in either Firefox or Explorer. You probably have the video cached on your desktop.
Here is some coverage of the rally:
http://www.physorg.com/news155239985.html
Thousands rally for legislation on climate change
“An enthusiastic crowd of mostly young people marched from a park near the Capitol to the power plant several blocks away, where they planned to block entrances and were prepared to get arrested. The group chanted along the way, “We don’t want the world to boil, no coal, no oil!”
The group met about a dozen counter-demonstrators who held signs reading: “Our economy runs on coal.” The counter-demonstrators argued that coal is affordable and that renewable alternatives to coal-fired power plants won’t meet a growing demand for electricity.
The Capitol power plant hasn’t generated electricity since 1952, but it does provide steam for heating and chilled water for cooling buildings within the Capitol complex.
The protest on energy and climate comes as Washington digs out from its largest snowfall of the season. Organizers note that climate change causes more extreme weather, and they say the issue is important enough that people are willing to brave the cold.
“God has a sense of humor,” said protester Rhody Streeter, of Louisville, Ky., referring to the weather.”
@Yet Another Pundit (20:29:12)
BRIT HUME IS STILL THERE (I’ve put the direct link in)
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=3755532&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/specialreport/
And it’s about as good as I guess we can expect from an industry where even balanced reporting could jeopardize the job of someone without Hume’s clout.
were you using FireFox? Sometimes videos freeze up on me in that browser.
I just loaded the newest flash player on another computer I have not used for weeks and the whole video clip ran just fine. It runs 2:37 in length.
Something local, going on you might want to make sure you are running current updates on the browser and flash.
Larry
@ur momisugly April E. Coggins (15:04:42) :
I never saw that video, did the emcee really said that?
Well, Nancy Pelosi did not make it to the protest, but some other politicians did, including local Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen. He had this to say:
“Wasn’t it terrific to hear the president of the United States say that our energy policy is going to based on the facts and on the science and not on political ideology and science fiction?”
and
“The science has told us one thing. The time for talking about this problem is over; the time for action is now.”
Oh-oh, Chris…no political ideology here. Nothing to see. Move along.
split infinitives
Not bad grammar, actually, just a “usage” issue. (And sometimes they are unavoidable.)
I ought to go out
To protest and shout
And spread the Word far and wide.
But though I’m your friend,
I couldn’t attend
‘Cause, baby, it’s cold outside . . .
I got sss-sss-sss steam heat
I got sss-sss-sss steam heat
But I need your love to keep away the coal.
We hear all this guff about “peak oil”. But with cycle 24 out to lunch, shouldn’t we be worrying more about “peak sun”?
Those on the left are always looking for ways to spend other peoples money.
Werlcome to socialism America
Tonyb