Comments on: Ana? http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/2009/08/ana/ All the Nose that's fit to blog Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:45:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tropical Storm ANA » Current News Trends http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/2009/08/ana/comment-page-1/#comment-883 Tropical Storm ANA » Current News Trends Sat, 15 Aug 2009 09:15:44 +0000 http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/?p=3074#comment-883 [...] Ana? [...] [...] Ana? [...]

]]> By: <img src='http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/wp-content/plugins/rpx/images/facebook.png'/> Brendan Loy http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/2009/08/ana/comment-page-1/#comment-839 Brendan Loy Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:19:30 +0000 http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/?p=3074#comment-839 I agree, and have always, for my part, tried to resist that temptation. The Goreons were wrong to draw sweeping conclusions from the hurricane seasons of 2004-05... and the Denialists are wrong to draw sweeping conclusions from the hurricane seasons of 2006-08-(09?). This is especially so because there is a serious question about what global warming would do to the frequency and intensity of hurricanes, separate and apart from the broader debate over AGW itself. But the larger point, as I always say, is that <b>weather and climate are different things</b>, and any conclusion that postulates "global warming is real because OMG HURRICANE KATRINA" or "global warming is a fraud because OMG IT'S COLD OUTSIDE" is patently ridiculous and fraudulent. Personally, I prefer to stick to weather, not climate, and leave the global warming arguments to others. :) I agree, and have always, for my part, tried to resist that temptation. The Goreons were wrong to draw sweeping conclusions from the hurricane seasons of 2004-05… and the Denialists are wrong to draw sweeping conclusions from the hurricane seasons of 2006-08-(09?). This is especially so because there is a serious question about what global warming would do to the frequency and intensity of hurricanes, separate and apart from the broader debate over AGW itself. But the larger point, as I always say, is that weather and climate are different things, and any conclusion that postulates “global warming is real because OMG HURRICANE KATRINA” or “global warming is a fraud because OMG IT’S COLD OUTSIDE” is patently ridiculous and fraudulent.

Personally, I prefer to stick to weather, not climate, and leave the global warming arguments to others. :)

]]> By: <img src='http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/wp-content/plugins/rpx/images/google.png'/> kentucho http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/2009/08/ana/comment-page-1/#comment-837 kentucho Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:56:53 +0000 http://www.brendanloy.com/lrt/?p=3074#comment-837 "<i>but it just goes to show that a slow-starting or below-average hurricane season is no guarantee we won’t see devastating storms</i>" And it also serves to illustrate that nature in general has huge natural variation. Yet people still insist on drawing conclusions from individual events. I guess it's just too tempting. “but it just goes to show that a slow-starting or below-average hurricane season is no guarantee we won’t see devastating storms”

And it also serves to illustrate that nature in general has huge natural variation. Yet people still insist on drawing conclusions from individual events. I guess it’s just too tempting.

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