Posted on 11/02/2012 6:58:37 PM PDT by neverdem
Associated Press
Climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer stood along the Hudson River and watched his research come to life as Hurricane Sandy blew through New York.
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Sandy took an unprecedented sharp left turn into New Jersey. Usually storms keep heading north and turn east harmlessly out to sea. But a strong ridge of high pressure centred over Greenland blocked Sandy from going north or east, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Jennifer Francis of Rutgers University, an expert in how a warming Arctic affects extreme weather patterns, said recent warming in the Arctic may have played a role in enlarging or prolonging that high pressure area. But she cautioned it's not clear whether the warming really had that influence on Sandy.
While components of Sandy seem connected to global warming, "mostly it's natural, I'd say it's 80, 90 per cent natural," said Gerald North, a climate professor at Texas A&M University. "These things do happen, like the drought. It's a natural thing."...
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Looks like she has it all backwards.
True, the low pressure was another big factor. Lots of variables came together just right to cause this, none of which can be attributed to AGW or climate change... Another interesting feature was the way the jet stream sucked Sandy into shore when it got east of NJ, just accelerated it’s landfall, which had to pack part of the punch as well... Landfall was predicted around 8pm, but then it just accelerated, was interesting to watch the radar/satellite loops...
Being in Delaware, the one true case of a hurricane hitting my area was Isabel in 2003. This was the case in my lifetime where a hurricane, or rather a tropical storm, showed winds of over 50 mph. In terms of flooding, that would have been Floyd in 1999, however, every storm since then we’ve upgraded the dams and sluice gates so that the flooding doesn’t happen again.
Being in Delaware, the one true case of a hurricane hitting my area was Isabel in 2003. This was the case in my lifetime where a hurricane, or rather a tropical storm, showed winds of over 50 mph. In terms of flooding, that would have been Floyd in 1999, however, every storm since then we’ve upgraded the dams and sluice gates so that the flooding doesn’t happen again.
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