The Whitehouse releases a laughable state by state climate impact report

UPDATE: Uproariously laughable now, the White House state climate impact report claims there are 31 counties in Hawaii, when there are actually 5, see below – Anthony

This is verbatim from the White House Blog today, see my comments below:

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State-by-State Reports: President Obama’s Plan to Cut Carbon Pollution and Prepare for Consequences of Climate Change

On Tuesday, President Obama laid out his comprehensive plan to cut carbon pollution, prepare our country for the impacts of climate change, and lead global efforts to fight it.

Climate change impacts — ranging from more frequent and severe storms, floods, heat waves, and wildfires, to increased risk of asthma attacks and longer allergy seasons — are already affecting our security, our economy, and our communities. In 2012 alone, the cost of weather disasters exceeded $110 billion in the United States, and climate change will only increase the frequency and intensity of these events. Today, we already set limits for arsenic, mercury and lead, but we impose no limits on how much carbon pollution our power plants release– despite the fact carbon pollution is one of the largest drivers of climate change.

As the President explained yesterday, we have a moral obligation to leave our children a planet that’s not polluted or damaged, and by taking an all-of-the-above approach to develop homegrown energy and steady, responsible steps to cut carbon pollution, we can begin to slow the effects of climate change so we leave a cleaner, more stable environment for future generations. The President’s plan is a comprehensive approach to cutting the pollution that causes climate change and threatens public health, setting us on a path to make our communities healthier, safer, and more resilient.

The state-by-state reports below detail some of the impacts of extreme weather and pollution across the country, and underscore the importance of acting now to cut carbon pollution and protect the health of our communities.

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas

California Colorado Connecticut Delaware

District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii

Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa

Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine

Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota

Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska

Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico

New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio

Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island

South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas

Utah Vermont Virginia Washington

West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

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OK here is the laughable part. I decided to click on my state, California, and was presented with this:

The Threat of Carbon Pollution: California

We have a moral obligation to leave our children a planet that’s not polluted or damaged, and by takingan all-of-the-above approach to develop homegrown energy and steady, responsible steps to cut carbon pollution, we can protect our kids’ health and begin to slow the effects of climate change so we leave a cleaner, more stable environment for future generations.

Climate change impacts including severe weather, asthma attacks, prolonged allergy seasons, and sea-level rise are affecting our security, our economy, and our communities. In 2012 alone, the cost of weather disasters exceeded $110 billion in the United States, and climate change will only increase the frequency and intensity of these events. Today, we already set limits for arsenic, mercury and lead, but we impose no limits on how much carbon pollution our power plants release. Carbon pollution is contributing to a higher risk of asthma attacks and more frequent and severe storms, floods, heat waves, and wildfires, driving up food prices and threatening our communities. The President’s plan is a comprehensive approach to cutting the pollution that causes climate change and threatens public health, setting us on a path to make our communities healthier, safer, and more resilient.

THE IMPACT OF POLLUTION AND EXTREME WEATHER IN CALIFORNIA

In 2011, power plants and major industrial facilities in California emitted more than 100 million metric tons of carbon pollution metric tons of carbon pollution—that’s equal to the yearly pollution from more than 21 million cars.

Recent incidents provide a reminder of the impacts to our public health and costs due to extreme weather in California. Although we cannot say that climate change is responsible for any individual event, climate change is already increasing our risks from these events.

A dry winter in 2011-12 meant that the snow pack, which provides critical drinking water and water to irrigate farmland, was the third lowest on record in the West.
In California, there were over 32,700 hospital admissions for asthma in 2011, with an average charge of over $35,800 for each stay.
In 2009, there were 4,073 emergency room visits in California due to heat stress.
Changing temperature and precipitation patterns can affect the life cycle and distribution of insects, many of which transmit disease that already pose problems to public health in California. In 2010, there were 126 cases of Lyme disease in the state.

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Really, “carbon pollution” causes asthma and Lyme disease? This is the best they can do?

I don’t know of any credible study (or incredible for that matter) that suggests large scale impacts of asthma and Lyme disease for California. And look at the numbers, compared to the most recent census data. Infoplease says the 2010 resident population of California is: 37,253,956 people.

126 cases of Lyme disease in the state. – thats 0.000338% % of the population

4,073 emergency room visits in California due to heat stress – thats 0.011% of the population

32,700 hospital admissions for asthma in 2011 – thats 0.087% of the population

For these small numbers, we need to apply a draconian policy that affects EVERYONE in the state?

And, the section of the California impact report titled: ANTICIPATED CLIMATE-RELATED RISKS IN THE SOUTHWEST, doesn’t even mention California. It mentions Phoenix and Las Vegas. Where’s the Beef?

These aren’t even remotely worthwhile justifications.

And, get this comparison:

In 2011, power plants and major industrial facilities in California emitted more than 100 million metric tons of carbon pollution metric tons of carbon pollution—that’s equal to the yearly pollution from more than 21 million cars.

First, proofreading anyone? There’s a repeated phrase in the PDF issued by the WH:

in California emitted more than 100 million metric tons of carbon pollution metric tons of carbon pollution

Embarrassing sloppiness.

Plus, California DMV says there are 22,083,049 cars in California, and the fact that power plants and industry emitted less than the number of car-equivalents…this is a concern… how?

This is the best justification research they can offer? What the hell are they smoking there in the White House?

I’m sure readers can find more silly examples in the state links above.

h/t to Marc Morano

UPDATE: Hawaiian born Obama seems to think there are 31 counties in the state of Hawaii. From the White House Hawaii state impacts report:

The US Department of Agriculture designated 31 counties in Hawaii as primary natural disaster areas due to damages and losses from drought in 2012.

Screencap from the PDF:

10 seconds with a search engine can clear that up, from the University of Hawaii, there’s 5 counties in Hawaii (though some say each island is a county, as there is confusion by due to small Kalawao County):

It is sometimes said that each of the five major islands of Hawaii are counties. This is not true. Kauai is Kauai county. The Big Island [Hawaii] is Hawaii county. Oahu is Honolulu County. But both Molokai and Maui are Maui county.

The inhabited islands relate to counties as follows:

Hawaii County comprises Hawaii.
Honolulu County, officially the City and County of Honolulu, comprises Oahu and the small islands northwest of Kauai and Niihau extending from Nihoa to Kure except for Midway. Prior to 1959 Palmyra, located about 1000 miles south of the Hawaiian chain, also was included.
Kauai County comprises Kauai and Niihau.
Maui County comprises Kahoolawe, Lanai, Maui, and Molokai, except that Kalawao County occupies a small portion of Molokai.

Here are the FIPS codes, showing five:

Of course I’m sure its pretty hard for Obama to keep track of when he’s there for the beach or the golf course. 😉

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policycritic

June 27, 2013 3:02 am

I created a PDF of all the WH state-by-state reports in a combined PDF. You can download it here, and use either Adobe Acrobat to search for all instances of counties, for example, or use a free public resource such as the excellent SKIM (all OS versions) to create better annotations than Acrobat Pro allows you. [Acrobat doesn’t print out the annotations intelligently the way the free software SKIM does.]
http://www.docyoushare.com/file/index.php?f=y4DDEQd0

steveta_uk

June 27, 2013 3:05 am

In case the above was too cryptic, the % calculations on lymes, asthma, etc, are out by a factor of 1000.

Mark Besse (@MarkB1205)

June 27, 2013 3:46 am

I heard the problem was carbon in the air. In other words, Obama’s loco on the sky with diamonds.

Bill Marsh

Editor

June 27, 2013 3:52 am

When did CO2 become the primary (and apparently only) cause of Asthma? This is beyond the pale to simply just throw the number of cases of Asthma into the list of ‘Carbon Pollution’ (Carbon pollution? – you mean there’s free carbon floating around in the atmosphere?)
In addition to the number of cattle ‘killed by heat in 2012’ in Montana I’d like to know how many where ‘killed by cold’ in 2012.

Speed

June 27, 2013 4:40 am

From the report …

In the winter of 2002, Lake Erie did not freeze throughout the winter due to temperature increases, causing many businesses to shut down for what is usually their busiest season. At least $1 million in damages were reported at Put-in-Bay Island, just one of Ohio’s islands relying on tourism for its economic growth.

From the Erie Times – News …

Lake Erie, the shallowest of the Great Lakes, is also the one most likely to be covered with ice.
But it doesn’t happen most years. Less than 14 percent of Lake Erie was covered by ice during the mild winter of 2011-12, and the last time the lake was 100 percent ice covered was 2009-10, and before that, 1995-96.
http://www.goerie.com/article/20130208/NEWS02/302089965/Lake-Erie-could-freeze-over-in-2013

Gail Combs

June 27, 2013 4:46 am

….Really, “carbon pollution” causes asthma and Lyme disease? This is the best they can do?…
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
And it is an OUT RIGHT LIE!
REBUTTAL, TICKS
First Lyme disease is found in Canada, a real tropical paradise. link Lyme disease is carried by deer ticks whose preferred host is deer and mice. the preferred habitat is the dense (and moist) undergrowth at woodland margins. This is where you find both mice and deer feeding too.
The Information to back these statement up:

Lyme Basics
Lyme disease (often misspelled as “Lime” or “Lymes”) is an inflammatory infection that spreads to humans through tick bites.
Lyme is a borreliosis caused by borrelia bacteria, which commonly infects woodland animals like mice or deer. Ticks pick up the bacteria by biting infected animals, and then pass it on to their human hosts. The are many strains or genospecies of borrelia that cause Lyme disease (borreliosis) in humans just as there are many strains of the flu virus that cause flu symptoms in humans, with some strains more virulent than others….
Canada is home to many species of ticks, but the Ixodes Tick – more often known as the “black-legged” or “deer” tick – is the most common Lyme-carrier….
Tick Habitat: University of Rode Island
…Unlike some other tick species, deer ticks (Ixodes scapularis) are particularly susceptible to desiccation, or drying out. They can only survive short periods in places where the atmospheric moisture content (relative humidity) is less than say 90%. In one experiment, most of the nymphal deer ticks exposed to 75% humidity for 8 hours died, even after being returned to 96% humidity. In a typical house environment, unfed deer ticks are not likely to survive even 24 hours….
To sample nymphal deer ticks in woods and around the perimeter of residential properties. drag a tick flag made of white flannel cloth; the cloth is about 0.25 sq meters (about 4’ X 2’8″) …if you sample prior to spray treatment between May 25 and June 25 in the proper habitat (shady, leaf litter, humid) and don’t collect any poppy seed-sized nymphs, then the risk of tick encounter is likely to be relatively low.

The above agrees with ORKIN’s: Where Are Deer Ticks Located?

Deer ticks (Ixodes scapularis) are found in many locations where their preferred host, the white-tailed deer, dwell. They are present throughout the majority of the eastern United States and tend to live in wooded areas and along trails in forests. Deer ticks reside on the tips of grass and leaves along these trails, enabling them to crawl directly onto the skin or fur of a passing host. Some of these trails may be found in suburban areas where forests meet subdivisions. Deer and other animals are often active in these areas.

US distribution of ticks that carry disease map
WHY the US government is responsible for the current tick infestation.

The State of America’s Forests. Bethesda, MD: Society of American Foresters
* The United States ranks fourth on the list of most forest-rich countries, following the Russian
Federation, Brazil, and Canada,
* Historical trends indicate that the standing inventory (the volume of growing stock) of hardwood and softwood tree species in US forests has grown by 49 percent between 1953 and 2006.

Actually it is the US government, Eco-nuts and anti-hunters who are responsible for the increase in Lyme disease.

Mimicking Nature’s Fire: Restoring Fire-Prone Forests In The West
Although a few visionaries recommended controlled burning of forests during a relatively safe season to reduce fire threats, forestry leaders, conservationists, and many land owners thought that fire should be suppressed and largely eliminated. In 1908 the U.S. Forestry Service developed a primary mission funded by Congress to suppress forest fires: it also tried to prevent any use of fire as a tool to maintain forests. Over the next several decades the Forest Service led a multiagency, paramilitary-type program to eliminate forest fires. Beginning in the 1950s clear-cut harvesting, which removed all trees from a sizeable area, was commonly applied to forests historically dominated by the mixed and stand replacement fire regimes (Clary 1986)….
By the 1960s rapidly expanding knowledge in the young science of ecology revealed that fiore played an essential role in natural forests. During the 1970s natural resource agencies changed course in response to this new knowledge and to the escalating costs of fire suppression and recognized fire should be used in forest management (Nelson 1979)….
A host of new laws, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and National Environmetal Protection Act … spawned regulations that hindered returning a natural disturbance process like fire. New homes and developments worth billions of dollars sprang up in dense high-hazard forests, increasing the political outcry when foresters wanted to use fire….
By the 1990 environmental concerns and regulations dramatically reduced timber harvesting on public forests and forced land managers to emphasize environmental protection. In response the Forest Service adopted a concept of ecosystem-based management… commonly referred to by the term “biodiversity”….
Large tracts of private forests in the West have been placed under conservation easments…easments often required protection from all human disturbance and fire…
What Is White-Tailed Deer Habitat?
Quality deer habitat includes a mixture of trees, shrubs, vines, forbs, grasses and other plants such as fungi and sedges. Certain plants within each of these categories benefit deer more than others. Desirable plants should be well interspersed throughout an area, so that the whole area functions as deer habitat. In this region (southern Oklahoma and northern Texas), adequate woody plants should be present to provide food, shelter and concealment. Some type of water source should be available every mile or so. Enough area with appropriate plants should be available to support a viable population.
Plant diversity is an important aspect of habitat, because deer require a variety of plants to provide their various needs. Many plants are utilized during only one season or a portion of a season. Each plant that is eaten provides only a portion of a deer?s nutritional requirements. Some plants serve as cover and concealment. Deer need a variety of plants to have high-quality, year-round food and cover. Plant diversity is generally adequate where native plant communities are emphasized and managed for a variety of successional stages.
Plant succession is the natural progressive change of plant species and communities on a site across time. Disturbances such as tilling, clearing, flooding, mowing, grazing and burning set back succession by various degrees. Rest or lack of disturbance allows succession to progress forward toward more mature, stable plant communities…..

Want to get rid of ticks? Burn the forest understory and thin the deer herds!

Gail Combs

June 27, 2013 4:50 am

….Really, “carbon pollution” causes asthma and Lyme disease? This is the best they can do?…
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
REBUTTAL, ASTHMA

NORMALBREATHING.com
…While breathing 2-3 times more than the medical norm, most people believe that they have good or normal breathing. Some of them even say that they are “barely breathing”. But normal breathing is so tiny that healthy people experience nearly no sensations in relation to their breathing at rest.
Over 90% of modern people suffer from breathing problems. The common problems include chest breathing, mouth breathing, and hyperventilation (increased minute ventilation), all of which reduce oxygen levels in body cells and promote chronic diseases…..
Note that advanced stages of asthma can lead to lung destruction, ventilation-perfusion mismatch, and arterial hypercapnia causing further reduction in body oxygen levels.
Definition of Hyperventilation and Its Physiology
The most common medical definition of hyperventilation is: Hyperventilation (or overbreathing) is the state of breathing that is faster and/or deeper than normal…. In contrast, Dr. Buteyko’s definition of hyperventilation (or what he implied in relation to hyperventilation) is based on the pathological physiological effects that are caused by reduced CO2 levels in the alveoli of the lungs due to hyperventilation….
Many medical textbooks suggest defining hyperventilation based on arterial hypocapnia. The most common example of this is: Hyperventilation is a physiological state when the partial pressure of arterial CO2 is less than 35 mm Hg…..
Hence, the most logical and physiologically strict way to define hyperventilation is the following. Hyperventilation is the physiological state of the human organism characterized by alveolar hypocapnia (CO2 deficiency in the alveoli of the lungs).This definition of hyperventilation is based on an abnormally low concentration of CO2 (carbon dioxide) in the functioning alveoli of the lungs, causing reduced oxygen transport, tissue hypoxia (low O2 in cells) and other pathological effects that intensify breathing.

So “…. an abnormally low concentration of CO2 (carbon dioxide) in the functioning alveoli of the lungs, causing reduced oxygen transport, tissue hypoxia (low O2 in cells) and other pathological effects that intensify breathing.
This is the basis for:

CO2 Heals Lung Damage and Lung Injury
Hyperventilation (routinely found during medical investigations in lung patients) can cause additional lung damage or injury to lung tissue and worsen any chronic condition, including lung cancers (lung tumor), chronic obstructive lung disease, lung fibrosis, lung nodules, lung carcinoma, blood clots in the lung, fibrosis of the lung, fluid in the lung, cystic fibrosis, asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, and many others. However, these pathological changes can be prevented or treated with a supplementary therapy that involves breathing training. Increased levels of carbon dioxide in the lungs can heal lungs and prevent complications due to these conditions. As a result, many patients can avoid lung transplantation so that there is less need for lung transplants.
[List several papers from around the world]
….Lung damage, due to alveolar hyperventilation, has a biochemical basis. As we discussed before, alveolar hypocapnia leads to systemic cell hypoxia, generation of free radicals, and immune system dysfunction. Hence, hypocapnia (reduced CO2 in the alveoli of the lungs) can cause cellular lung damage due to biochemical reasons independent from the minute ventilation. On the other hand, hypercapnia (increased CO2 content) or “permissive hypercapnia”, as many respirologists call it, improves the state of the immune system preventing lung damage and promoting lung tissue healing. (Similar CO2-healing effects were discovered for tissues of the skin and colon, and tooth abscesses.)……..

Dr. Artour Rakhimov, author of the normal breathing website has a PhD (Math/Physics) from Moscow University. Where he was an Honor student (Grade “A” for all exams)
Then consider C3 plants like trees.

Carbon starvation in glacial trees recovered from the La Brea tar pits, southern California.
Abstract
The Rancho La Brea tar pit fossil collection includes Juniperus (C3) wood specimens that 14C date between 7.7 and 55 thousand years (kyr) B.P., providing a constrained record of plant response for southern California during the last glacial period. Atmospheric CO2 concentration ([CO2]) ranged between 180 and 220 ppm during glacial periods, rose to approximately 280 ppm before the industrial period, and is currently approaching 380 ppm in the modern atmosphere. Here we report on delta13C of Juniperus wood cellulose, and show that glacial and modern trees were operating at similar leaf-intercellular [CO2](ci)/atmospheric [CO2](ca) values. As a result, glacial trees were operating at ci values much closer to the CO2-compensation point for C3 photosynthesis than modern trees, indicating that glacial trees were undergoing carbon starvation…. By scaling ancient ci values to plant growth by using modern relationships, we found evidence that C3 primary productivity was greatly diminished in southern California during the last glacial period.

Discussion of the paper at CO2 Science

What was done
The authors of this unique study compared “the physiological (stomatal-regulation) and modeled-growth responses of glacial and modern Juniperus trees at La Brea by using stable carbon isotope methodologies,” working with what they describe as “a very rare series of preserved Juniperus (C3) wood specimens that span a large portion of the last glacial period,” which are part of the Rancho La Brea tar pit fossil collection of the George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries in Los Angeles, California, USA.
What was learned
Values of both carbon isotope discrimination and the ratio of internal leaf to atmospheric CO2 concentration (ci/ca) at the time of the last glacial maximum were determined to be the same as those of today, implying that “leaves of full-glacial trees had extremely low calculated ci values (averaging 113 ppm) that were 25% lower than in leaves of postglacial trees (ci of 150 ppm between 7.665 and 12.450 kyr B.P.), and 40% lower than in leaves of modern trees (average ci of 187 ppm).”
Noting that “previous studies with modern C3 plants indicate that ci values are highly scaleable to photosynthetic rate and growth, with particularly strong correlations occurring at low CO2 conditions (Polley et al., 1993; Sage and Coleman, 2001),” Ward et al. estimated that forest productivity was reduced by about 55% between modern and full-glacial ci values. Viewed from the perspective of forward-evolving history, this finding suggests that most of earth’s trees have already seen their productivity more than doubled by the aerial fertilization effect of the increase in the air’s CO2 concentration experienced over the past 12.5 thousand years.
What it means
Pointing out that the low Last Glacial Maximum ci values they found “were not unique to southern California, because glacial leaves of Pinus flexilis from the Great Basin exhibited ci values of 110 ppm (van de Water et al., 1994), supporting the notion that trees in nearby regions were also carbon-starved during the last glacial period,” Ward et al. ultimately conclude that “the productivity of ancient trees, along with other C3 species, was greatly diminished during the last glacial period.” The words carbon-starved are their choice for describing this situation, and they appear in several places throughout their paper. ….

CO2 science lists a lot of other studies like Water Use Efficiency (General) For example under Stomatal Density(Response to CO2 — General) you find this study Stomatal Responses of Temperate Woodland Plants to Elevated CO2

….Over the past seven decades, the rising CO2 content of the air caused a significant reduction in the stomatal densities of 60 temperate woodland species. Consequently, this phenomenon likely lowered stomatal conductance and transpirational water loss, which likely contributed to an increase in plant water-use efficiency over this period. As the atmospheric CO2 concentration continues to rise, it is therefore likely that stomatal densities will continue to drop, thereby facilitating even greater reductions in transpirational water loss, which phenomenon can provide a biological impetus for expanding vegetation within arid and semi-arid desert regions.
Trees during the Last Glacial Maximum: just cold or cold and starving?
Summary
During the cold glacials, global levels of atmospheric CO2 were as much as 30% lower than those of the recent pre-industrial past. Forests in the southern hemisphere were much more restricted during glacials than comparable forests in northern latitudes. Current theories fail to explain this extreme restriction. This project will explore the hypothesis that southern hemisphere trees, when carbon-starved by low glacial CO2, are highly vulnerable to low temperatures and drought. The physiological responses to CO2, temperature and drought will be measured in selected tree species with contrasting abundances under glacial conditions. Measurements will be made using leaf-level gas exchange, stable isotopic laser techniques and traditional growth analysis.
Fossil evidence is increasingly used to validate models of climate change. Unless the influence of low CO2 on the growth and physiology of plants is understood, fossil evidence will yield a highly inaccurate picture of past climates and ecology. This project will transform our understanding of the full CO2 concentration spectrum which has shaped the evolutionary response of the flora and will certainly influence plant responses to atmospheric changes in the near future.

Unfortunately the finished paper is not listed among her publications
What evidence we have seems to indicate not only C3 plants stomata but animal lungs evolved to handle much higher quantities of CO2 and are ‘CO2 starved’ in the present atmosphere, that is not functioning at optimum levels.

Speed

June 27, 2013 5:10 am

More on Lake Erie freezing and government by anecdote. From 2003 …
Cold Winter Freezes Much of Great Lakes and May Delay Shipping Season
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/10/us/cold-winter-freezes-much-of-great-lakes-and-may-delay-shipping-season.html

florentinepogen

June 27, 2013 5:31 am

Dollars are allocated by county. Count each county 6 times, and each gets 6 times the money. That’s how this administration works. The extra county represents an “administrative fee”.

Bruce Cobb

June 27, 2013 5:55 am

Their connection of increased CO2 (what they like to call “carbon”) to asthma is a particularly devious one. They make that connection by virtue of pollen, a known trigger for asthmatic attacks. Since raised CO2 levels benefit plant growth, we have increased levels of pollen, which is how plants propagate. In a sane world, increased plant growth and vibrancy would be a good thing, pollen notwithstanding. But, in the insane world of Climatism the increased greening of the planet, resulting in more food available is a bad thing. It’s a sort of Through The Looking Glass mentality, where down is up and black is white. Perhaps Climatists should have their blood checked for mercury poisoning.

vukcevic

June 27, 2013 6:00 am

One of the most ardent AGWs blogs with some occasional science in it, Gavin’s RealClimate, its latest entry has all of 92 comments in 25 days, while this post manages more than that in 12 hours. The AGW supporting politicians should be aware where the people’s power is.

Slartibartfast

June 27, 2013 6:18 am

126 cases of Lyme disease in the state. – thats ~~.000000338~~ 0.000338% of the population
4,073 emergency room visits in California due to heat stress – thats ~~. 000011~~ 0.011% of the population
32,700 hospital admissions for asthma in 2011 – thats ~~.0000878~~ 0.087% of the population

Fixed.

Beer Holiday

Reply to Slartibartfast

June 27, 2013 6:24 am

^^ Oh dear, now I’m really scared of heat stoke, asthma and Lyme disease /sarcasm .

Slartibartfast

June 27, 2013 6:25 am

Nah, just fixing an egregious math error. I’m kind of picky that way.

tadchem

June 27, 2013 6:48 am

Boiler plate abuse! The USDA has also recently designated 31 counties each in both Wisconsin and Missouri as “primary natural disaster areas” due to recent weather-related damages.

Latitude

June 27, 2013 7:06 am

report claims there are 31 counties in Hawaii, when there are actually 5
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this is a report from the white house….
…you know, the people that make laws, send reports to other countries, etc
and they can’t even proof read

Jim Texas

June 27, 2013 7:13 am

Houston, El Paso, Fort Worth, and Rochester (?). From the Texas report. You mean someone is actually going to read these reports? I’m shocked, I tell you, shocked.

Beer Holiday

June 27, 2013 7:21 am

“Would you say you were a fairly egregious person?” #LeagueofGentlemen

Forensic Google Specialist

June 27, 2013 8:34 am

The county thing appears to be a repetition of a USDA typo. It looks like when a staffer prepared a press release on the 2 counties in Hawaii that were designated as drought disaster areas, they erroneously copied and pasted a paragraph from the Missouri press release. (There were 31 drought disaster counties in Missouri).
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/newsReleases?area=newsroom&subject=landing&topic=edn&newstype=ednewsrel&type=detail&item=ed_20130109_rel_0009.html
http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/newsReleases?area=newsroom&subject=landing&topic=edn&newstype=ednewsrel&type=detail&item=ed_20130109_rel_0011.html

mkelly

June 27, 2013 8:35 am

“Midwesterners will experience increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events due to climate change, including heat waves, floods, and lake-effect snow.” from the report.
Lake-effect snow is COLD air moving over warm waters of the great lakes. HMMM.

deklein

June 27, 2013 8:55 am

“California emitted more than 100 million metric tons of carbon pollution metric tons of carbon pollution” – JImmy Two Times, gangster from Goodfellas?

Chris R.

June 27, 2013 9:02 am

With respect to the extremely small numbers of victims of asthma,
Lyme disease, and heat stress cited for California:
This is the White House that hyped gun control with the phrase:
“If it saves just one life, it will be worth it.” Your logic and numbers
mean nothing! EMOTION rules! You little people must not impede
the march of regulation …. I mean CIVILIZATION!

observa

June 27, 2013 9:32 am

Come on fess up. You know you humans have ‘had a hand’ in angry summers and the like-
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/humans-had-hand-in-austs-record-summer/story-fni6ul2m-1226670930076
‘Dr Lewis said for the period of 2006 to 2020, modelling showed summers like 1998 would occur once every 16 years when only natural climate forces were at play.
However, when human influences such as greenhouse gases were introduced, they happened almost one every two years.’
We’ve only had completed Stevenson Screen rollout since 1910, after the First Fleet rolled up in 1788 and the usual suspects won’t accept higher temps and heat waves before the rollout as unreliable and anecdotal but you know how the ‘moi’ generation is nowadays.

_Jim

June 27, 2013 9:42 am

“ In 2011, power plants and major industrial facilities in California emitted more than 100 million metric tons of carbon pollution …”
Seems like there is a business opportunity here; capture that d*mn CARBON and burn it again!!!!
/sarc (IN CASE a ‘librul’ or someone from the present administration reads the above)
,

_Jim

June 27, 2013 9:49 am

Hmmm … just curious, how are our ‘counterparts’ on the left receiving this?
Have DeSmog blog, DU, ClimateProgress/ThinkProgress or ‘Dip’ Climate or ‘The Rabbet Runz’ commented on any of this?
Are they perhaps properly embarrassed?
Or are they playing it up?
.

steveta_uk

June 27, 2013 10:09 am

Isn’t it a bit embarrasing to publish an article about the “Uproariously laughable” errors and “Embarrassing sloppiness” but failt to acknowledge the massive booboo in the percentage calculations that have been silently fixed?
Just saying.

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