Comments on: Storm Hits Oman http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/06/13/oman_cyclone/ Blogging the science and policy of global warming Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:13:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 By: Sheryl Canter http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/06/13/oman_cyclone/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Sheryl Canter Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:02:01 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/06/13/oman_cyclone/#comment-738 It never ceases to amaze me that uninformed people can speak in this tone to a scientist who received his Ph.D. from Yale and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Click on Bill's name to read his credentials. What are your credentials in science? If you'd honestly like to know why global warming causes more intense storms, visit our <a href="http://environmentaldefense.com/page.cfm?tagID=1405" rel="nofollow">Extreme Weather</a> site. It never ceases to amaze me that uninformed people can speak in this tone to a scientist who received his Ph.D. from Yale and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Click on Bill's name to read his credentials. What are your credentials in science?

If you'd honestly like to know why global warming causes more intense storms, visit our Extreme Weather site.

]]> By: fred1 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/06/13/oman_cyclone/comment-page-1/#comment-727 fred1 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:34:17 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/06/13/oman_cyclone/#comment-727 Bill, you need to go back and review thermodynamics 101....as i am sure you know...one of the driving forces of weather are temperature differences between air masses. Global warming tends to make the Arctic especially warmer, but the tropics stay the same temperature wise..as i am sure you know there is much undisputed data to this fact. since storms are formed for most part due to temperature and moisture differences between air masses, global warming would tend to make the temp differences between regions more similar, therefore decreasing the intensity of storms. i welcome your response so i can more understand this science. Bill,

you need to go back and review thermodynamics 101….as i am sure you know…one of the driving forces of weather are temperature differences between air masses. Global warming tends to make the Arctic especially warmer, but the tropics stay the same temperature wise..as i am sure you know there is much undisputed data to this fact. since storms are formed for most part due to temperature and moisture differences between air masses, global warming would tend to make the temp differences between regions more similar, therefore decreasing the intensity of storms. i welcome your response so i can more understand this science.

]]> By: Sheryl Canter http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/06/13/oman_cyclone/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Sheryl Canter Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:29:59 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/06/13/oman_cyclone/#comment-250 Perhaps you didn't read the article. Bill says: "Global warming is known to increase the likelihood of <a href="http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/05/30/is-there-a-link-between-hurricanes-and-global-warming/" rel="nofollow">extreme weather events</a>. Was this particular cyclone a result of global warming? No one can say. But with global warming, we are likely to see more and more unusually intense storms." Perhaps you didn't read the article. Bill says:

"Global warming is known to increase the likelihood of extreme weather events. Was this particular cyclone a result of global warming? No one can say. But with global warming, we are likely to see more and more unusually intense storms."

]]> By: futurewatcher64 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/06/13/oman_cyclone/comment-page-1/#comment-249 futurewatcher64 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:25:31 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/06/13/oman_cyclone/#comment-249 Now, it's global warming responsible for any extreme weather event? Did you know a Tornado a few years ago hit Salt Lake City? Was this because of global warming? In fact in 1998 a Tornado Warning was issued in Tucson, Arizona, the first in 30 years. Was this global warming? Not every strange weather event is global warming, and not even major ones like Hurricanes or Typhoons in places typically not associated with them. This means only that the situation was right for them to occur in these areas. A freak storm is a freak storm, and nothing more. Now, it's global warming responsible for any extreme weather event? Did you know a Tornado a few years ago hit Salt Lake City? Was this because of global warming? In fact in 1998 a Tornado Warning was issued in Tucson, Arizona, the first in 30 years. Was this global warming?

Not every strange weather event is global warming, and not even major ones like Hurricanes or Typhoons in places typically not associated with them. This means only that the situation was right for them to occur in these areas. A freak storm is a freak storm, and nothing more.

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