Wash Times: Calls to punish climate skeptics rise with Harvey, Irma
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/sep/11/climate-change-activists-want-punishment-for-skept/ By Valerie Richardson – The Washington Times – Updated: 9:58 p.m. on Monday, September 11, 2017 Calls to punish global warming skepticism as a criminal offense have surged in the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, but it hasn’t discouraged climate scientists like Judith Curry. A retired Georgia Tech professor, she argued on her Climate Etc. website that Irma, […]
Paper: ‘Did Climate Change Cause Hurricane Irma To Fizzle?’
http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/did-climate-change-cause-hurricane-irma-to-fizzle/ Science: Perhaps the best indication that Irma failed to live up to its billing is the fact that the broad stock indexes — including insurance companies — rallied on Monday while various construction-related stocks took it on the chin. When can we expect to see stories about how global warming deserves the credit? There’s no […]
Hurricane Irma formed over cooler water, 7th worst, but ‘Climate Druids’ see fingerprints, tea leaves, crystals everywhere
Via JoNova: http://joannenova.com.au/2017/09/hurricane-irma-formed-over-cooler-water-7th-worst-but-climate-druids-see-fingerprints-tea-leaves-crystals-everywhere/ Hurricane Irma is a big bad storm, like other big bad storms. Six awkward facts: It’s only the 7th most intense at landfall in US history. It formed over water that was two degrees cooler than normal, 1893, 1933, 1950, 1995, and 2005 had more Accumulated Cyclone Energy by Sept 10. In 1933 two hurricanes […]
Climatologist Dr. Judith Curry: ‘Irma reached Cat 3 status over temperatures in the Atlantic that weren’t all that warm’
How Did Irma Get So Strong? Hint: Not Global Warming Photo of Michael Bastasch BY MICHAEL BASTASCH Curry said a major reason Irma intensified so quickly was because of weak wind shear. Wind shear takes away the heat and moisture hurricanes feed off, and it tilts a storm’s vortex, further weakening it. Irma was able […]
Matt Ridley: It’s ‘absurd’ to try to ‘promote calm weather through climate policies’
3) Matt Ridley: We Are More Than A Match For Hurricanes The Times, 11 September 2017 Whether or not tropical storms are becoming fiercer, our growing wealth and ingenuity helps us to survive them As Hurricane Irma batters Florida, with Anguilla, Barbuda and Cuba clearing up and Houston drying out after Harvey, it is reasonable […]