Posted on 12/13/2021 6:48:15 AM PST by Red Badger
From the CO2 Coalition
– December 12, 2021
President Joe Biden wasted no time in politicizing the recent tornado tragedy that claimed nearly 100 lives in Kentucky, Illinois, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Missouri. Speaking less than 24 hours after the devastation of communities and lives, Biden linked the storms to man-made climate change.
“All I know is that the intensity of the weather across the board has some impacts as a consequence of the warming of the planet and climate change,” Biden said. “The fact is that we all know everything is more intense when the climate is warming. Everything. And obviously it has some impact here.”
Is that really the case? Have violent tornadoes been increasing? The answer to that question is clear, but you won’t find the answer at the agency most responsible for monitoring such things. It appears that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is playing games with tornado data. In 2017, while researching tornado data, I archived the NOAA site’s page on tornadoes and data. At the time, NOAA specifically warned that pre-Doppler radar records of tornadoes (before 1995) are unreliable:
“One of the main difficulties with tornado records is that a tornado, or evidence of a tornado, must have been observed. Unlike rainfall or temperature, which may be measured by a fixed instrument, tornadoes are short-lived and very unpredictable. A tornado in a largely unoccupied region is not likely to be documented. Many significant tornadoes may not have made it into the historical record since Tornado Alley was very sparsely populated during the early 20th Century.”
Because of this, NOAA recommended (at the time) only using the strongest tornadoes as a measure of pre-Doppler numbers and provided this chart that documented an overall decrease in the number of strong and violent storms that were categorized as ≥EF 3 (I have added the carbon emissions to the chart).
Figure 1 – Tornadoes: NOAA (2017) NCEI Historical Records and Trends, https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climate-information/extreme-events/us-tornado-climatology/trends CO2: Boden 2016 Global Regional and National Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions. CDIAC
Accessing the very same link for NOAA today takes one to their latest iteration, which showcases a chart of ALL tornadoes dating back to 1950 and shows a steady and significant rise in the number of tornadoes from 1950 to the late 1990s. Bear in mind, that just a few years ago, NOAA specifically warned against using exactly this data because it would under-count the numbers before 1995.
Fibber Biden...
Global warming also caused the TX freeze.
Dorothy Gale and Toto were ahead of their time with their tornado.
Poor brain-dead S.O.B.
Keep in mind official records go back to 1950.
Is what happened in KY and other states the norm? No. But unfortunately that’s weather.
More hot air.
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Ditto Hurricanes and other weather related items.
Hurricanes do a lot of damage now, because there are cities on the coast now. Before there were cities, hurricane just leveled some trees and caused almost zero damage!
Tornado near Toledo, OH, in 1794 is documented only, because battle of Fallen Timbers was fought on its ruin.
The relatives of the 100 people killed thank you Joe, they feel much better now knowing that their loved ones died do to climate change.
Global Warming (Climate Change) also accounts for his low poll numbers. It’s also blamed for him tripping on the stairs and pooping in his pants.
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What better way to further an agenda than by using a tragedy. Every gust of wind is caused by global warming. Every time a gun fires it’s gun violence. Everything you do is racist. Every death is caused by coronavirus. Every rise in inflation is caused by big oil. Every violent BLM or antifa protest is peaceful. Why do Democrats even have to open their yappers when we know exactly what they will say?
With fundamental changes in our behavior these deaths would be avoidable. See how this works?
“Biden said. “The fact is that we all know everything is more intense when the climate is warming. Everything.”
Because we have been told ad nauseum that it is so.
Although further south, this tornado followed the path of a tornado in 1925. They call it “Tornado Alley” for a reason.
Including the scare tactics of the left!
In fact, Joe could have ended his remarks with, “your loved ones did not die in vain, they sacrificed for the war on climate change. Jill and I understand your pain, we lost our son, he served in the Middle East, our other son, Hunter, is currently serving in the war on drugs.”
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