Sunday, I point out the glaring error in California Governor Jerry Brown’s website with a climate time-series that only showed 1/3 of the year, January-April:
I got an email for the direct of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research yesterday responding to the issue I pointed out: Climate FAIL: Governor ‘Moonbeam’ Brown’s ‘denier page’ can’t even get the temperature graph right
The letter I received yesterday says:
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:08 AM
To: ‘Anthony Watts – TV Weather’
Subject: RE: Your page on climate has a glaring error
Thanks for the comment. We will check it out.
From: Anthony Watts – TV Weather
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 8:45 AM
To: Ken Alex
Cc: Web Master
Subject: Your page on climate has a glaring error
Dear Mr. Alex,
I want to bring this failure to properly research this page:
http://www.opr.ca.gov/s_denier.php
To your attention:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/08/19/climate-fail-moonbeam-browns-denier-page-cant-even-get-the-temperature-graph-right/
The graph only uses 1/3 of the yearly data, and exaggerates the trend. I’ve offered alternatives for you. Perhaps less focus on “denial” and more on the actual science would suit you better. The Orange County Register seems to think so.
Thank you for your consideration.
Best regards,
Anthony Watts
As of today, the erroneous graph is gone from the website, replaced with a generic link to NCDC. Unfortunately that link still allows people to recreate the erroneous result, since the NCDC page is is not well designed.
http://www.opr.ca.gov/s_scientificconsensus.php
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Yes, climate change dispatch has certainly suddenly gone! last accessed it on Sunday night, no way of keeping in touch with Gator, Joker, Russ, Armilach, Mark, Robert and many others. I wonder whether it was taken down by censors? It appears more and more that we are not allowed to voice evidence based on sound science.
[snip we don’t do chemtrails here – long standing policy]
Thank you Rocky Road @ur momisugly 8/21, 8:51,
I’ll be sure to mention that clarification the next time I mention CA as an island, in any context.
@Anne:
Climate Change Dispatch looks like it’s back with a ‘we were parked’ notice. Not sure about after labor day (mulling it over) so it says.
@Policy Guy and Rocky Road:
Remember that “No man is an island” but some of them are way out on the end of a peninsula!
If all else fails, and your argument has been nullified then simply link to NCDC, point and say, see!.