US News and World Report is running a poll on whether or not Hurricane Sandy was caused by global warming. Here is the poll results currently:
Since it is open to everyone, no matter what side of this opinion you come down on, see their web site to add your vote if you wish.
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2012/10/30/was-hurricane-sandy-caused-by-global-warming
UPDATE: From reader input it seems this poll is apparently of even poorer quality than one would expect, and allows multiple voting. NO to vote stuffing. Be honest, 1 vote per person please…though, they may allow you to think it was counted. Sigh, what a poor design for a national magazine. In any event none of that vote stuffing please. OTOH this lack of basic input control negates any value the poll may have. – Anthony
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Where is the “don’t know” case?
Caused by natural global cooling (there is no more global warming)
what happened to weather isn’t climate?
Gene, gone with wind.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_hurricanes
When did they stop being natural?
So global warming causes phasing of the polar jet and a deep trough with tropical systems now? Wow, that almost makes sense.
Henry P. The world is still warming. I shouldn’t believe everything you read in the British Daily Mail!
Donny: don’t you understand attribution?
Swinging rapidly towards the sceptical view…
Result narrowing rapidly as your regulars check in.
Out of interest, when was the last time something like this hit so far north?
Does not return an error on a second ‘vote’.
REPLY: NO to vote stuffing. Be honest, 1 vote per person please…they may allow you to think it was counted. Sigh whata poor design for a national magazine. In any event none of that stuff please – Anthony
So that’s how we do it now? We vote? Well, certainly saves a lot of money for research.
‘No’ is up to 41% now (2000 UTC). Cool heads will prevail,eventually
It is just a way of getting internet traffic and increasing Alexa and google rankings,
Third and fourth responses seem to be accepted, too! And the %age rates change!
HenryP says:
October 30, 2012 at 1:02 pm
Caused by natural global cooling (there is no more global warming)
And the warm Atlantic which hasn’t cooled yet!
Hurricane Hazel was larger, stronger, longer lasting, more destructive, killed more people, followed more or less the same path (to this point in time), happed at the same time of year, also confronted a large cold front near the Canada US border and happened in 1954.
It was almost 60 years ago that the same thing happened.
Almost exactly the same storm pattern, 60 years ago.
So, no Sandy was not caused by ‘Global Warming’
It looks like “Sandy” is behaving like a cut-off low. Is that correct?
I apologise for the vote stuffing, but I could not resist the temptation.
I shall serve my penitence.
The No vote is now up to 47%…
@ur momisugly Gene Selkov:
“Where is the “don’t know” case?”
Tsk, tsk, no such thing allowed in climate issues…
http://i3.tinypic.com/25s0jds.jpg
No, it was Dick Cheney’s October surprise…
Smoke turned us onto that…
@ur momisugly Bill Marsh:
“So that’s how we do it now? We vote? Well, certainly saves a lot of money for research.”
Not really, it saves work for the scientists, the money flows in anyway.
Monty says:
October 30, 2012 at 1:17 pm
Henry P. The world is still warming. I shouldn’t believe everything you read in the British Daily Mail!
You have read Henrys theories yet have you?
Since when has the climate, or even the weather seen a survey and thought “yes, I must obey”?
This is one of the stupidest surveys you could possibly have.