Tuesday, December 6, 2016

When the Weather Gets Political

The research went into rainfall projections, some extreme, through 2100 and you know, right off the top, Republicans are blowing their coffee out of their noses just from the idea of it.

Preposterous!

Bloody rubbish!

In keeping with their own charmingly hateful language, they're invited to 'know it or blow it.'


The figure shows the expected increase in the number of summertime storms that produce extreme precipitation at century's end compared to the period 2000 - 2013.

Credit: Andreas Prein



You probably already knew New Orleans is a lost cause since it's mostly underwater anyway and it looks like Connecticut and Rhode Island become puddles as well.  The highest point in Rhode Island is a fat woman in Tiverton so that state definitely becomes a puddle.

Maybe the more interesting aspect is the Midwest seems to recenter around Wisconsin whereas it centers around Oklahoma / Nebraska / Iowa right now.  It also looks like the skiing will be sensational at Squaw Valley near Lake Tahoe in California.

Ed:  ever ski there?

Nope but I did at Heavenly Valley ... and crashed (larfs).

The biggest surprise is in Mexico since the intuitive thinking may be that global warming meant it would turn into one hard-baked tortilla but it appears it will get more rain rather than less.


Since we respect the science but do not accept it as Gospel unless it's warranted, we see a major flaw in the protocol used for this since a weather sample of thirteen years was used to project weather for almost ten times that period.  That ain't science, that's a guess.

Ed:  rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb

WTF?

Ed:  they told me in a drama class to say 'rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb' over and over to make it sound like crowd noise.

Well ... thanks for that.


Amazingly enough, we can critique the science without Republican tutelage.

We don't need no obfuscation
We don't need no thought control
Teacher!
Leave those kids alone

In case you live in a bottle, Trump said he will abandon any aspect of climate change research, preparation, etc.

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