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
Currently (23:38 UTC) it’s 58-42 in favor of the No’s
I voted “no” at 4:32 PDT. At this time, the results were:
NO: 58.54%
YES: 41.46%
RTF
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New theory on what caused the storm.
Can we have a poll on whether or not 63% of people who participate in US News and World Report polls are morons?
Yes. If the continent were still half-covered with ice, we would probably be seeing different weather. Oh, you mean recent warming? No evidence of it…
Yes 39.39% and No 60.61%. The alarmist trolls have been unsuccessful in trying to alter the result.
How are you going to certify the voter as being at least 112 years of age before allowing their vote?
Just voted for the first and last time.
A.38.9% Yes
B.61.1% No
I pray that 97% of the 38.9% don’t get RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury)
There was no choice for “Butterfly wing flap” so I voted AGAINST climate change because this has been happening since records were kept, so they should have had a “climate same” category…
10:05 PM EDT – 62.17 No, 37.83% Yes
A.37,8% Yes
B.62.2% No
Obviously the solution is to get rid of humans, and then there will be no more storms. It will be sunny with warm, with butterflies everywhere.
polkyb says:
October 30, 2012 at 1:18 pm
“Out of interest, when was the last time something like this hit so far north?”
Information such as you ask about is easily found:
As to the last time, I think that would be H. Irene – last year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Irene_(2011)
Compare H. Irene and H. Sandy via GIF:
http://coedmagazine.com/2012/10/29/hurricane-sandy-vs-hurricane-irene-a-gif-comparison/
As this thread is about a poll related to “global warming” it is of interest to delve a bit more into the subject.
The Worst Massachusetts Hurricanes of the 20th Century
http://www.mass.gov/czm/worst_hurricanes.htm
Middle Atlantic States in General
http://www.midatlantichurricanes.com/BookOverview.html
. . . for Pennsylvania (link in above site)
http://www.midatlantichurricanes.com/Pennsylvania.html
Then pick a date as to when “global warming” kicked in and then note how many serious blows occurred before your chosen date.
Historical tracks are here – it’s a bit of a bother:
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/#
President Obama engineered Hurricane Sandy:
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/10/29/conspiracy-theorists-say-obama-engineered-hurricane-sandy
Now the results are:
37.46% Yes
62.54% No
A steady trend to the No side.
Was Sandy the result of Global Warming? Will coming years get even worse? Let’s see some excerpts from the Internet and sources like the Boston Globe:
ONE: “climatologists say we can expect more hurricanes like this. … Hurricanes will become much more common in the coming century. So no, the city shouldn’t be rebuilt.” (1)
TWO: “Bobby Kennedy … was saying that we’re going to see many more hurricanes like this one, and those future hurricanes will be caused by global warming. [In] RFK, Jr’s own words: ‘Now we are all learning what it’s like to reap the whirlwind of fossil fuel dependence … [This hurricane] is giving our nation a glimpse of the climate chaos we are bequeathing our children.’ ” (2)
THREE: “[shortly after the hurricane] Dr. Trenberth participated in a press conference organized by scientists at Harvard on the topic “Experts to warn global warming likely to continue spurring more outbreaks of intense hurricane activity” (3)
FOUR: “The hurricane[‘s]… real name is global warming. … Although [it] began as a relatively small hurricane … it was supercharged with extraordinary intensity by the relatively blistering sea surface temperatures. …
The consequences are as heartbreaking as they are terrifying. … Unfortunately, very few people in America know the real name of [the hurricane] because the coal and oil industries have spent millions of dollars to keep the public in doubt about the issue. (4)
FIVE: “Global warming and hurricanes? The local news networks were all predicting one of the worst hurricanes seasons in many years. Upward 15 to 20 major events. Naturally, like everything else that goes wrong they indicated the reason being global warming. (5)
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So what does WUWT have to say that can possibly counter all this?
A suggestion: point out that the first four items are all from about eight years ago and refer to Katrina, and the last item was from 2007, which I believe (? not checked: guessing from context) was a relatively quiet year for hurricanes.
– MJM
References:
(1)http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104×4522604
(2) http://www.wholereason.com/2005/09/how-much-of-the-katrina-destruction-is-bushs-fault.html
(3) http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/archives/science_policy_general/000318chris_landsea_leaves.html
(4) http://www.heatisonline.org/contentserver/objecthandlers/index.cfm?id=5444&method=full (Katrina’s Real Name
Boston Globe Op-Ed By Ross Gelbspan, August 30, 2005)
(5) http://www.focaladvice.com/question/20071116044639AAAFbIn
Willis Eschenbach said, that it was tropical storm. What will the category 4 hurricane do to New York.
The results have changed drastically.
9:03pm PT
A. 36.45% Yes
B. 63.55% No
@ur momisugly MJM:
From:
23–331PS
2006 – NOAA HURRICANE FORECASTING
HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS – FIRST SESSION
OCTOBER 7, 2005
Witnesses:
Brigadier General David L. Johnson (ret.), Director of NOAA’s National Weather Service.
Mr. Max Mayfield, Director of the National Weather Service’s National Hurricane Center.
Page 32…
There’s much more but you won’t like it, counters every one of your erroneous points and assumptions. I’ll stick with the science.
This also means if you are anticipating an increase that is right in line with a 1920–1966 (increasing). 1967-2013 (decreasing, note: not 2004 as in the text) and an assumed future 2013-2059 (increase) all attributable to the AMO (Atlantic multi-decadal signal), it is also in the text, no co2, no warming when ever it might repeat again (40-60 year period).
Cris “Tingles” Matthews has called unbelievers “Pigs” mighty bold words from
pink skinned liberal…
At NationalReview.com, an honest survey of their readers has 8,070 votes and 95% have voted no to global warming as the cause of The SuperStorm.
Wayne, you misunderstood my posting. The “erroneous points and assumptions,” which sound like they were made just yesterday, were not. The point I was making was that IF you believed the hype being spouted EIGHT YEARS AGO we should have seen a DOZEN Katrina/Sandy Hurricane events by this point.
We haven’t.
– MJM
michaeljmcfadden, apologies. It took a second reading to detect that you weren’t really pushing all of these five points, actually contraire. Suggestion, don’t advertising like that for the warmists, enough floating around. ☺ Well, just add my response to your list of ways to disassemble such nonsense.
I read 64.84% say “No”. Am I looking at the wrong graph?
Puzzled
64.98 no.
65.27% No