Scientist: Al Gore ‘got it wrong’ (Sex Poodle goofed by adding a 6 to hurricane scale)

The Hill ^ | 8/22/13 | Ben Geman

[Moonman62]

“He deserves great praise for these Nobel-Peace-Prize-winning efforts ...,” wrote UCS's Gretchen Goldman in a blog post Thursday about Gore’s remarks.

Talk about getting it wrong.

[Popman]

Future generations will wonder how Owl Gore wasn’t imprisoned under the RICO act...

[SgtBob]

Went to the UCS website and posted the following:

Rob Sermon says:
August 22, 2013 at 7:44 pm
Please, please post this, Mods…A question for all scientists, including those with the UCS…

When, in the history of earth, has the climate ever been static? Was it when the Arctic icecap was as far south as Indiana? Ya know, the icecap that formed the Great Lakes, and tens of thousand glacial lakes, that have the best fishing in North America?

Just when was the climate static?
Reply

Nothin’ yet.....

[Almondjoy]

Class 6.. 500 mph storms. WE’RE DOOMED!

[Chode]

Oh WOE is me... whys everybody always pickin on me???

listen... warming, cooling, it was 50/50. so i took a shot!!!

[Hardraade]

Eleventy.

[LibLieSlayer]

Uhhh da urf has a fever!

[RJL]

That almost up there with Al's Nov 2009 bit of wisdom:

"...two kilometers or so down in most places there are these incredibly hot rocks, 'cause the interior of the earth is extremely hot, several million degrees, and the crust of the earth is hot ..."

[SampleMan]

By contrast, scientists have high confidence that sea level will rise all over the world, and particularly fast in some areas like the East Coast.

Would someon care to explain the fascinating law of nature that creates higher sea level rises at on place on the coast compared to others?

Does this scientist also fear that the shallow end of her swimming pool will start overflowing, or that the half of the glass closest to her is too full?

[Publius]

Would someon care to explain the fascinating law of nature that creates higher sea level rises at on place on the coast compared to others?

It's called "the tides", and it's caused by the moon.

[SampleMan]

It's called "the tides", and it's caused by the moon.

Tides are NOT the sea level, they are deviations from sea-level.

Unless you are predicting that the moon is going to permanently plant itself over the Northeast, I would like an explanation of how sea level is going to increase more in one place than another.

[PapaBear3625]

Sandy wasn't even technically a hurricane at landfall. And its winds at landfall were low Cat 1. What made Sandy damaging was its size and timing and angle of approach to the coast.

And because it hit lots of expensive homes in the NYC area.

[PapaBear3625]

The current hurricane season, which is entering its historical peak period, has been pretty quiet so far.

[raisetheroof]

How can anyone take seriously a cause whose spokesman predicted that the seas would rise by 20 feet and then goes out and buys about $9 million of oceanfront property?

[headsonpikes]

The real life Elmer Gantry gets it wrong again!

[UCANSEE2]

So sea level is different in different places?

yes.

Not only that but it can rise in the middle of the Atlantic and fall along the coastline of Africa. Not only can it, it happens every day.

Another interesting fact, on some continents, the sea level 'rises' on one coast while it is 'falling' on the other.

One thing for sure. At no time is the overall sea level making any major move in either direction. All apparent events are localized. On the long scale of geography, it the sea appears to be 'rising', you can be assured that the real thing that happened is that the ground is sinking. It's been going on for billions of years, with 'apparent localized' sea level changes. There are Islands in the Pacific, for instance, that are brand new. volcanoes that have broken the surface. The Islands of Hawaii are of this breed. These islands experience a 'change' in sea level constantly. The level of the sea around them isn't and hasn't changed in any measurable way in millions of years. But the ground, everywhere is constantly on the move, some fast, some slow. Some up, some down.

This is the truth that many do not want to know, that the media isn't interested in bringing up (even though every child is taught the physics of hydraulic displacement and the ability of water to instantly keep it's 'level' by flowing to the lowest point), and that people like Al (my dad was a commie and raped the Earth leaving toxic poisons behind for area inhabitants to deal with) Gore have turned into a fortune by not discussing.

To summarize, yes, yes it is.

(I know your response was sarcasm, and I took advantage of it to remind everyone of some basic truths. )

[UCANSEE2]

Well.... the lush, dense forest areas I am massively surrounded by used to be a dust bowl.

[UCANSEE2]

I would like an explanation of how sea level is going to increase more in one place than another.

The answer is simple, and obvious. Somehow we have been taught to ignore the obvious.

It is not the sea that rises or falls, it is the ground. This is a well established geological fact. It is a basic principle of science. If you change the surface of the ground around a lake or river, the water will move to seek it's own new level and 'balance'. The idea that the sea level 'rose' is merely a point of view type of thing.

[GOPJ]

Looks like the slam on Gore is a pretext for reading liberal claptrap...

[UCANSEE2]

Unless you are predicting that the moon is going to permanently plant itself over the Northeast,

Well... I guess if you are powerful enough that you promise to keep the 'climate' from ever changing again (given enough funding), then surely you can freeze the Moon in place precisely wherever you want.

: )