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We've heard this before.
If they claim this every year, eventually they'll get it right.
Edited By Leisher on 1179893019
If they claim this every year, eventually they'll get it right.
Edited By Leisher on 1179893019
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
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So two years ago they were right.
Last year they were wrong, due to an abnormal wind shear that developed off of the east coast that had not been forecast.
I was trying to dig up their predictions for two years ago and found this article which explains why hurricane predictions are just now becoming news items. Apparently, they have a new model that's much more accurate.
In 2005, they are correct in predicting a busy Gulf of Mexico hurricane season, but they predict incorrectly that Texas and West Florida will take the brunt of it with the Carolinas getting the rest.
Last year, they couldn't have been more wrong and blame an unexpected El Nino.
This year, they say it'll be an above average season, but they also describe their "out". If you read that article, they expect a La Nina to form which will make hurricanes worse. If it doesn't they still think it'll be above average.
So we'll see. Personally, I'm curious to see when they predict a lower than normal season and do it without outside factors such as another El Nino.
I'd also like to see someone at the NOAA acknowledge the studies that show hurricanes go in 40 year cycles in terms of frequency and strength.
I'd also like for someone to explain why "El Nino" is new to weather terminology, yet they seem to occur all the time.
If we're learning new things now then why isn't it possible that the Earth's temps are just going through a normal cycle? Why does it have to be an "end of the world" disaster?
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
Cos no one can sell t-shirts that say, "Same shit been going on for a while now."Leisher wrote:If we're learning new things now then why isn't it possible that the Earth's temps are just going through a normal cycle? Why does it have to be an "end of the world" disaster?
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Recent El Niños have occurred in 1986-1987, 1991-1992, 1993, 1994, 1997-1998, 2002-2003, and 2006-2007.
Most articles on the predictions last year mentioned the 20 years up, 20 years down thing. Haven't been reading them this year, we get our weather direct from professional mets.
It's not me, it's someone else.
Because the end of the world sells more newspapers, gets gobs of government funding for whackjob "scientists", and gives the liberal chicken-littles something to run around screaming about now that the cold war is over, smoking is mostly illegal, and asbestos has been mostly erradicated.Leisher wrote:If we're learning new things now then why isn't it possible that the Earth's temps are just going through a normal cycle? Why does it have to be an "end of the world" disaster?
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Because the end of the world sells more newspapers, gets gobs of government funding for whackjob "scientists", and gives the liberal chicken-littles something to run around screaming about now that the cold war is over, smoking is mostly illegal, and asbestos has been mostly erradicated.
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“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
Right.TheCatt wrote:So two years ago they were right.
Last year they were wrong, due to an abnormal wind shear that developed off of the east coast that had not been forecast.
They are really accurate at predicting the weather, except for when "the weather" screws up their predictions.
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