Once upon a time, we were constantly lectured that “weather is not climate”.
Now that climate change just isn’t scary enough (and not panning out) we are told daily by such luminary activists such as Brad Johnson of “Forecast the Facts” (a paid political group that harrasses TV weathercasters, and pickets Google to make them cry uncle on climate) that all weather is in fact climate, because the weather is now “poisoned” with CO2.
This is what happens when the weather gets poisoned. It jumps the shark. You’ve been warned.
Supposedly there were cameo appearances by Supermandia and the Mann of Steel who swoop in to save the day, but that was left on the cutting room floor because screening audiences didn’t find that subplot credible.
You can watch it tonight at 9PM/8Central on the SyFy channel
Personally, I blame Trenberth’s missing heat going into the ocean.
“Earth vs. the Flying Saucers”
I loved that movie when I was a kid. Still try watch it again whenever it’s on. But remember that the cheesy FX (by today’s standards) was state of the art back then. Ray Harryhausen with his stop-motion animation was no slouch.
If you want cheesy FX even by that day’s standards, watch (I think it was called) “The Black Scorpion”. There were a bunch of giant scorpions but the really big one was the black one. When he was one the screen you could see through him to whatever background he was superimposed on. It must have been a really low budget movie. For the scorpion they reused the sound for the giant ants from “THEM!”.
Update on Sharknado, 1.3 million watched live with 600,000 tweets. What fun! Thank you, WUWT
My entry for best/worst sci-fi movie: Tremors – 1990
Broke into the wrong rec room, didn’t you, you %#%#$!!!
Enjoy!
http://youtu.be/KcsLaSBWG9k
Mac the Knife says:
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Are you sure that was from “Tremors”? (I’ve got all 4 of them.)
I think that was a scene from “The Attack of The Root of Yamal 06”.
Why sharks? Why not crocs? Watch those snappers.
Hahahaha.
rogerknights;
Mann of Stool. Stolen.
It’s not actually that difficult to grasp, I think you guys make an issue of anything, even when it shows you up for being thick. Let me explain:
Global warming is the planet gaining heat over a long long period of time and not releasing as much of it into space as it once did.
Climate change is the effect of that extra energy on climate over decades and hundreds of years [that’s why it takes decades to get any accurate data] and this has been seen to be increasingly affected by warming. The oceans are of course also warming, in fact they are acting as heat sinks, abosrbing energy from the atmosphere.
Weather is what you see outside your window, it is a microcosm of climate, it is what climate is doing NOW, and if we’re careful and bright we can forecast what it will do next week, with a bit of luck. Weather is what the intellectually challenged are aware of. Climate is what the intelligent are aware of. Got it? I know, it can be challenging, taking all that information in in one go. Go figure, quietly on your own.
[snip . . you would need to post that at the Heartland site, this is WUWT . . mod]
“There is not enough money invested in ocean sensors to cover such places” according to the MSM.
Let’s assume for argument that there is finite govt money in the world (not necessarily true of Green causes, but let’s just say). The oceans are the ultimate negative feedback loop for the already trivial warming. All those CO2s are making the ocean heat by 0.002C.
How, precisely, would our lives be better if we spent the $ on electronic devices to measure an ocean the size of an 800mi sphere and decide whether it’s 0.0021C or 0.0019C?
Just humour me as someone who cares how finite resources are spent.
The hidden “pea” under the shell, economically speaking, is the AGW challenge, “So what?” Warming, aside from inanities like Hansen’s flooding fables, has shown itself to be benign and desirable ever since the LIA, not to mention the the pause in the current BIA (the Holocene Warming). IOW, the CAGW problem
More CO2 and more warming will bloom the biosphere and quiet extreme weather trends. Bring them on!