Russ Steele
Amy Goodman's latest column in the Union, Weather reports are missing the big picture, issues a call to relate all the world's weather mishaps under the global warming umbrella and exhorts journalists to get busy spreading the panic. First it is WEATHER, not climate change. Second the facts do not not support her column's conclusions. You can ignore the lefties that she quotes, they have a warming agenda. The data is clear there has been no global warming since 1998, and the weather has been rather normal according to the CCSP. Check 2008 out on the graph below.
Graphic is from Really Real Climate
Yes we have extremes and they were reported on by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program assessment in a report titled "Weather and Climate Extremes in a Changing Climate.
Amy writes:
So if the disasters that follow one another, from hurricanes to tornadoes to flooding, are consistent with global warming, why aren't the networks and the weather reporters making the link?
Maybe it is because the reporters are much smarter than Amy Goodman, and know more about climate change than she does. They may know that over the long-term U.S. hurricane landfalls have been declining. That nationwide there have been no long-term increases in drought. There have been no observed changes in the occurrence of tornadoes or thunderstorms. There are no long-term trends in either heat waves or cold spells, though there are trends within shorter time periods in the overall record.
So, Amy is ignoring the facts, the official studies, and is just trying to scare people with her global warming crap. If she would stop writing her articles based on the lefty global warming talking points she could improve her credibility. Right now, she is coming off as a blooming idiot.
