Hurricane Harvey

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staropeace

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kingricefan

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I live in a suburb north of the city. I don't consider the city to be safe to live in. I've had three friends/family members who were victims of random, armed home invasions. Even the well-traveled tourist areas are dangerous at night.

I could go on, but I won't - it breaks my heart.
See what happens when Anne Rice moves out of the neighborhood? ;-D
 

fljoe0

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The part about the wind was interesting. I had never heard that before.


Though “more tenuous” than the other two factors, says Mann, Harvey also may have stalled near the coast because of weak prevailing winds that failed “to steer the storm off to sea.” This stalling then led to continued heavy rainfall on Texas that eventually topped 50 inches.


The weak prevailing winds are caused by a “greatly expanded subtropical high pressure system” currently over much of the U.S., which is “predicted in model simulations of human-caused climate change,” says Mann.
 

DiO'Bolic

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Nov 14, 2013
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Poconos, PA

Why Houston Flooding Isn’t a Sign of Climate Change « Roy Spencer, PhD

Major floods are difficult to compare throughout history because the ways in which we alter the landscape. For example, as cities like Houston expand over the years, soil is covered up by roads, parking lots, and buildings, with water rapidly draining off rather than soaking into the soil. The population of Houston is now ten times what it was in the 1920s. The Houston metroplex area has expanded greatly and the water drainage is basically in the direction of downtown Houston.
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There is no aspect of global warming theory that says rain systems are going to be moving slower, as we are seeing in Texas. This is just the luck of the draw. Sometimes weather systems stall, and that sucks if you are caught under one. The same is true of high pressure areas; when they stall, a drought results.
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In this case, we didn’t have just a tropical storm like Claudette, but a major hurricane, which covered a much larger area with heavy rain. Roger Pielke Jr. has pointed out that the U.S. has had only four Category 4 (or stronger) hurricane strikes since 1970, but in about the same number of years preceding 1970 there were 14 strikes. So we can’t say that we are experiencing more intense hurricanes in recent decades.
 

DiO'Bolic

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Nov 14, 2013
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Poconos, PA
The part about the wind was interesting. I had never heard that before.


Though “more tenuous” than the other two factors, says Mann, Harvey also may have stalled near the coast because of weak prevailing winds that failed “to steer the storm off to sea.” This stalling then led to continued heavy rainfall on Texas that eventually topped 50 inches.


The weak prevailing winds are caused by a “greatly expanded subtropical high pressure system” currently over much of the U.S., which is “predicted in model simulations of human-caused climate change,” says Mann.
Why does Mann continue to force his false premises on us? He should just slink back to teaching at PSU and stick to grading papers.

Fatal Courtroom Act Ruins Michael 'hockey stick' Mann | Principia Scientific International
 

GNTLGNT

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....many celebrities and companies are sending cash infusions to those affected by Harvey, but this young man's campaign is just short of miraculous....JJ Watt of the Houston Texans......much love to you big boy....
JJ Watt has helped raise over $10 million for Houston - Business Insider