Guest Rockfish Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Extreme Weather Events Long before we experience protracted, detectable heat waves from global warming, we experience the effects of a more unstable climate -- altered drought and rainfall patterns, more intense storms, more temperature extremes, unseasonal weather events and more intense and severe downpours. http://www.heatisonline.org/weather.cfm Extreme Weather Profile: Jan. -- June, 2008 Extreme weather Profile: July -- December, 2007 Extreme Weather Profile: January -- June, 2007 Extreme Weather Profile: July - December, 2006 Extreme Weather Profile: January - June, 2006 WMO: 2005 Saw New Level of Weather Extremes (Dec. 2005) (Special package of material about Hurricanes Katrina and Rita) Extreme Weather Profile: July - December, 2005 Extreme Weather Profile: January - June, 2005 Extreme Weather Profile: January - June, 2004 Extreme Weather Profile: July - December, 2004 Current forecast: More Extreme Weather For current conditions, see: www.321weather.com Findings published in the journal Science in September, 2000, reinforced previous projections of increasingly destructive weather as climate change progresses. That study follows two previous studies by Karl et al. which had established the connection between greenhouse warming and extreme weather events: "Trends in U.S. Climate during the Twentieth Century, Consequences, Spring, 1995, Vol. 1, No. 1, Thomas Karl et al. Also: "The Coming Climate," by Thomas R. Karl, Neville Nicholls and Jonathan Gregory, Scientific American, May, 1997. A 2003 report by the World Water Council noted a steady increase in extreme weather events over the past 40 years -- with "major flood disasters" rising from 7 in the 1970s, to 18 in the 1980s to 26 in the 1990s. Extreme Weather Profile: Jan. -- June 2008 On New Year's day, an intense snowstorm dropped up to 16 inches in the midwestern US, at times dropping as much as four inches per hour . . . A monster storm battered southern California dropping thick snow, grounding flights, generating wind gusts up to 80 miles per hour and leaving 400,000 homes without power . . . Unseasonally early rains led to more than 400 cases of dengue fever in Cambodia, the highest number in a decade . . . In early January, unusually heavy snows in Romania and Bulgaria canceled flights, isolated villages and closed sea ports . . . In Iran, a rare snowstorm, the first in 20 years for many cities, closed schools, snarled traffic and shut down airports. Authorities said at least 28 people died from the storm . . . In eastern Australia, amidst the area's longest drought on record, intense downpours triggered floods which stranded thousands of people . . . In mid-January, a bizarre cluster of tornadoes erupted in the midwestern US, killing three people, leveling houses and knocking a locomotive off its tracks . . . Floods in southern Africa have displaced thousands of people, drowned livestock and put large numbers of children at risk from life-threatening diseases . . . In mid-January, residents of Baghdad awoke to the first snowstorm in memory to fall in Iraq ... At the same time, nature rampaged across the US, spawning a tornado in Vancouver, downpours in the Midwest, and severe wind and rainstorms in the South . . . While in Zimbabwe, prolonged rains and intense flooding triggered apocalyptic fears among anxious victims . . . Heavy snows and a severe cold snap killed 100 people in Afghanistan and left more than 35,000 head of cattle dead . . . A prolonged drought, China's worst in a decade, dropped water levels in the Yangtze, the country's longest river, to their lowest level in 142 years . . . In Atlanta, a bitter cold snap accompanied by a heavy sleet storm forced the cancellation of close to 1,000 flights . . . In central and eastern China, a severe cold snap, accompanied by heavy snow, killed scores of residents . . . Five days of intense rains dropped up to eight inches in the Los Angeles area and triggered avalanches that killed at least two people . . . Strong winds swept across parts of northern and central Europe, toppling trees, downing power lines and causing road and railway disruptions . . . In southern China, a new round of snow and ice storms stranded 500,000 people, bringing the total of people affected by severe weather in China this year to 67 million . . . At the end of January, global climate changed surfaced as a global growth industry when thunderstorms, tornadoes and fierce winds sliced through the US Midwest and sent temperatures in some areas plummeting by 50 degrees in a few hours . . . At the same time in Texas rampaging wildfires spread through more than half the state's counties, forcing a declaration of disaster by the governor . . . The same day, the worst winter weather in 100 years forced China to deploy 500,000 troops . . . while in the Middle East a rare blizzard blanketed parts of Jordan and the Holy Land more. . . At the beginning of February, yet another megastorm swept through the Midwestern US, dropping heavy snow and cancelling hundreds of flights . . . Hawaii was put under a "high alert status" when the island was by 11 inches of rain in one day . . . In one of the most violent outbreaks in memory, a series of devastating tornadoes killed at least 55 people and left a trail of destruction in five states in the southern US . . . At the same time, two days of rain, coupled with melting snow, triggered evacuations in Indiana and Ohio . . . In mid-February, a bitter cold snap left more than 750 dead in Afghanistan . . . while in Britain people sunbathed and enjoyed barbecues as London experienced its warmest February 9 in more than a century . . . At the same time, a rare outbreak of winter wildfires tore through parts of Virgina and North Carolina, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of homes . . . Officials in Bolivia blamed climate change for intense flooding which left 51 people dead and more than 40,000 other homeless . . . In Greece, a rare snowstorm cut rail service, snarled roads and closed airports . . . In the Philippines, intense flooding killed 10 people and drove about 140,000 others from their homes . . . Complete stories on : http://www.heatisonline.org/weather.cfm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwl Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 oh all that research and scientific study is never going to hold any water for the rest of the world if Tommy, and KF don't believe it, then all that info must be wrong cuz you didn't get it off the sites they get thier info from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rockfish Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 oh all that research and scientific study is never going to hold any water for the rest of the world if Tommy, and KF don't believe it, then all that info must be wrong cuz you didn't get it off the sites they get thier info from Don't we know it Jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightfisher Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Now now children, you must learn to behave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rockfish Posted February 23, 2008 Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 Now now children, you must learn to behave At least we aren't calling others "sheeple". Gee that ryhmes with "people" did they live in a "steeple" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 oh all that research and scientific study is never going to hold any water for the rest of the world if Tommy, and KF don't believe it, then all that info must be wrong cuz you didn't get it off the sites they get thier info from Just wondering are they the same person with different names. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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