Monday, August 07, 2006

Where Have all the Hurricanes Gone

Last year when a record number of hurricanes hit densely populated areas we were told by everyone (except the hurricane experts) that "Global Warming" was responsible. Today is August 7th and we are all the way to the letter "C" and there hasn't been a real hurricane yet. So, what's the explanation? Did "Global Warming" stop, reverse, peter out? I recently read a report that stated "Global Warming" stopped in 1998. This is "Global Warming" season, previously known as "summer" and we keep hearing about "record high temperatures". However, most high temp records still belong to 1936. What exactly was causing the "Global Warming" way back then? Why did it stop so completely that by the 1970's we were reading frantic warnings of the coming ice age?

Well the earth may be warming. Personally I'm not positive that even today we have the ability to determine the temperature of the entire planet. I am positive that it is not logical to assume that if the planet has been warming for the past 30 years it will continue to do so, indefinitely. Especially when we have every reason to believe that the earth has been warming and cooling for hundreds of thousands of years.

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