The more interesting chart is the inner one because it shows relatively little or no significant difference in cyclones and earthquakes.
Floods, of course, will only be of concern in populated areas...and populated areas increased with the increase of world population. Also interesting is the explanation for what is included in the definition of disasters. A lot of that stuff can be ascribed to other factors than global temperatures. Anyway, none of these figures have any meaning whatsoever because: 1)it only goes back to 1900; 2) we don't know the breakdown of all the disasters except for the ones in the inner box; and 3) no one trusts ANY figures anymore from the fraudulent pro-global warming crowd. Everything must be recalculated because all data is tainted. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rf...@...> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" jstein@ wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <do.rflex@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > This is simple and basic. > > > > > > > > > > Part of the scientific realities of AGW is that the > > > > > consequences include the abnormal and extreme weather > > > > > fluctuations that we see as the trend of increasing > > > > > global temperatures continues upward. > > > > > > > > ...but there ARE NO extreme weather fluctuations. > > > > > > > > It was all made up. > > > > > > He's referring to, among other examples, the record-setting > > > storm that just hit Washington--you know, the one you cited > > > in the post he was responding to. > > > > > > > That was one "extreme weather fluctuation". > > > > Are there MORE extreme weather fluctuations since the advent of global > warming compared to before the advent of global warming or is there less > or about the same? > > > > Global warming may be responsible in part for some trends in natural > disasters such as extreme weather > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather> . > > [File:Trends in natural disasters.jpg] > <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Trends_in_natural_di\ > sasters.jpg> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Trends_in_natural_disasters.jpg > > > Extreme weather includes weather <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather> > phenomena that are at the extremes of the historical distribution, > especially severe or unseasonal weather > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severe_weather> .[1] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather#cite_note-0> > The World Meteorological Organization > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Meteorological_Organization> [2] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather#cite_note-1> and the U.S. > Environmental Protection Agency > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Environmental_Protection_Agency> [3] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather#cite_note-2> have linked > increasing extreme weather events to global warming > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming> , as have Hoyos et al. > (2006), writing that the increasing number of category 4 and 5 > hurricanes is directly linked to increasing temperatures.[4] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather#cite_note-3> > > Similarly, Kerry Emmanuel in Nature writes that hurricane power > dissipation is highly correlated with temperature, reflecting global > warming <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming> . Hurricane > modeling has produced similar results, finding that hurricanes, > simulated under warmer, high CO2 conditions, are more intense than under > present-day conditions. > > Thomas Knutson <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Knutson> and Robert > E. Tuleya of the NOAA <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAA> greenhouse gas > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas> may lead to increasing > occurrence of highly destructive category-5 storms.[5] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather#cite_note-4> Vecchi and > Soden find that wind shear <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_shear> , > the increase of which acts to inhibit tropical cyclones > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclones> , also changes in > model-projections of global warming. There are projected increases of > wind shear <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_shear> in the tropical > Atlantic and East Pacific associated with the deceleration of the Walker > circulation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_circulation> , as well > as decreases of wind shear in the western and central Pacific.[6] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather#cite_note-5> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_weather > > Extreme Weather Fits Global Warming Pattern > Drought, Flooding, Heavy Storms May Become More Frequent and Extreme as > Climate Changes It seems to make no sense: Record drought, right > next to downpours. Just this week, for example, swaths of Arizona have > been on fire and there have been flash floods in Texas. [flood] > (ABCNEWS.com) > > > But to scientists, it does make sense. > > > > The simple reason is that the air is getting warmer, and warmer air > holds more moisture -- so when the warmer winds sweep across wet > farmlands, they suck up more moisture drying the farms out. > > > > And when the winds finally dump that moisture out as rain, the downpours > are much heavier. > > > > "Suddenly you've got a gully-washer," says Kevin Trenberth, a scientist > with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, part of a research > collaboration among universities. "You've got too much water. And then > at other times you've got drier conditions, potential for drought -- > associated with global warming because of this increase of water vapor > in the atmosphere." > > > > That can translate into more rain or more snow -- as was the case this > winter in the western mountains. > > > > Normally, more snow is good news for farms and towns below the > mountains, because three-fourths of the West's water comes from snow > pack. > > > > But a warming trend over the past 30 years means snows often melt out > weeks too soon, leaving drier summers, like this year. > > > > On a hot day in the mountains with the snow melting fast, someone might > be tempted to see the weather as a sign of global warming and climate > change. But of course it's not, all by itself. There are natural cycles > of earlier and later snow pack melting. > > > > > Global Changes > > > Plus, as scientists point out, weather is not climate. > > > > Weather is local, whereas climate is a long-term pattern over a large > region. Extremes in the past -- like the Dust Bowl in the 1930's -- > happened in only one region at a time. > However, what worries scientists now is that these climate extremes are > global. > > > For instance, wildfires over the last five decades are soaring in the > United States and the other continents, according to data from the > Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, an authoritative report involving > consensus from many established scientists. The same goes for floods. > And precipitation for the planet as a whole is up 20 percent. > > > > So, say scientists, for the coming decades we must get ready for more > frequent extremes of too dry, and too wet. > http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/GlobalWarming/story?id=2115144&page=1 >
