Re: Gore Slams Global Warming Critics On TV

On 30 Jun 2006 07:54:21 -0700, gregzywicki@xxxxxx wrote:


cloud dreamer wrote:
gregzywicki@xxxxxx wrote:

New Orleans might have something to say about being in the north. The
strength of Katrina has been directly linked to rising GLOBAL
temperatures (and the warmer ocean).

Untrue: roundly and widely decried at the time.


There was an expert on hurricane development that gave a report on
C-Span a few weeks back. His studies showed that looking back over the
historical record that we go through periods of high hurricane levels
and that we are in the middle of one of those periods. So don't be
surprised if there are more hurricanes of high strength in the next
few years and then the frequency and intensity drops off over time.

I'm not sure if this is the actual report, but here is one that has
interesting historical information:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/MediaAlerts/2005/2005080419881.html

"Robbins and Keim said that the likelihood of tropical storm and
hurricane development is increased by warm sea surface temperature,
known as ?SST,? and low wind shear in formation regions. According to
their research, the period from the mid-1920s to the mid-1960s had
warmer-than-normal SST and exhibited ?very active hurricane seasons.?
This was followed by a period of cooler SST and relative calm that
lasted until 1994. This changed again in 1995, which began a period of
higher SST and heightened hurricane activity that is ongoing and
likely to continue for several decades."





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