Category Archives: hurricanes

500-Year Storm of Scientific Illiteracy

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

A new paper in Nature Climate Change suggests that: 1. Hurricane Irene was an especially bad tropical system, and that its power was due to “climate change”; 2. what were once called “100-year floods” may now occur every “three to … Continue reading →

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Introducing: Don’t Sell Your Coat

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

What follows is an excerpt from my new book Don’t Sell Your Coat, available here: I want to examine the moral component of meteorological journalism. As I mentioned near the beginning of this book, I used to be an avid watcher … Continue reading →

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You Cannot Have It Both Ways

Posted on October 29, 2011 by

I spent 25 years of my life worried about global warming. And one of the best proofs that the scientists and the media both had to keep me convinced was warmer winters, with less snow. Al Gore talked about it. … Continue reading →

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Some help with the drought in Central Texas?

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

Although you wouldn’t know it listening to conversation around Austin, this summer’s drought and heat are not the “worst ever.” They do, however, to put a technical spin on it, suck. A system passing from the Caribbean to the Gulf … Continue reading →

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Number of Hours Spent Watching Hurricanes Skyrockets

Posted on May 17, 2010 by

Cory Wolfe, Associated Press Science Writer (New York, NY) – Scientists at Columbia University have completed a study confirming what climatologists had been whispering among themselves for years but been unable to prove: the number of mentions of hurricanes among the … Continue reading →

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