The alarmists changed from "global warming" to "climate change" because the climate has always been changing and therefore, everything is due to climate change, right? This year the hurricanes and cyclones didn't cooperate, but it's probably due to climate change.
"2010 is in the books: Global Tropical Cyclone Accumulated Cyclone Energy [ACE] remains lowest in at least three decades, and expected to decrease even further… For the calendar year 2010, a total of 46 tropical cyclones of tropical storm force developed in the Northern Hemisphere, the fewest since 1977. Of those 46, 26 attained hurricane strength (> 64 knots) and 13 became major hurricanes (> 96 knots).
Even with the expected active 2010 North Atlantic hurricane season, which accounts on average for about 1/5 of global annual hurricane output, the rest of the global tropics has been historically quiet. For the calendar-year 2010, there were 66-tropical cyclones globally, the fewest in the reliable record (since at least 1970) The Western North Pacific in 2010 had 8-Typhoons, the fewest in at least 65-years of records. Closer to the US mainland, the Eastern North Pacific off the coast of Mexico out to Hawaii uncorked a grand total of 8 tropical storms of which 3 became hurricanes, the fewest number of hurricanes since at least 1970.
Global, Northern Hemisphere, and Southern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclone Accumulated Energy (ACE) remain at decades-low levels." Link.
Friday, January 07, 2011
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Murray sez:
I thought something was amiss when last winter in Florida we experienced the coldest winter that the natives could remember. In fact one of my sprinkler system pipes froze. So climate change fits much better thank you very much!
Since typhoons/hurricanes are entirely heat-transfer driven events, and we're in the midst, apparently, of a sunspot dearth, then the cooler oceans (most of the globe) naturally don't deliver as many typhoons/hurricanes.
But don't expect that to fly with Anthropogenic Global Climate Alarmist Cultists.
David, cult is a good, solid word for AGW and the high priest is Al Gore.
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