Tornadoes in California and in Texas during January? Is this Global Warming?

8 comments

1. 

   BB on January 30, 2010 at 9:24 pm

   It could be the result of Global Cooling.

2. 

   Bob on January 30, 2010 at 9:24 pm

   Who knows? It’s a mistake to attribute any specific short term weather events to global warming.

   BUT, global warming will change precipitation patterns. And heat is the fuel of weather systems, more heat, more extreme weather.

   So the climate will become more extreme, more drought, and more flooding.

   California has already experienced a significant increase in fires, over the past 30 years, due to more droughts. More mud slides from excessive rain hitting areas with less vegetation are sure to occur also.

   Specific WEATHER is not attributable to global warming, but California’s CLIMATE is definitely going to get worse, unless we do something about global warming.

   EDIT – "Bob, did you just mention California and only California? Because if I mention the climate in all of North America (or in the entire Western Hemisphere) I’m told that that’s not actually global."

   The following two statements are not equivalent. One is invalid, one is valid.

   "Climate is this locality proves/disproves global warming." Deniers here make this fallacious statement often.

   "Global warming will change local climates." Duh.

3. 

   James E on January 30, 2010 at 9:24 pm

   Actually it is because the planet is in a serious cool down from a severely extended solar minimum causing drastic cooling of the atmosphere. Until sunspot activity rises to a daily average of greater than 110 this cool down will continue until the planets climate average is supportable by the suns lowered activity level. Real scientists not liberals are concerned about a sudden return to little ice age conditions caused by this reduced solar activity.

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sunspot_Numbers.png
   http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/11/12/another-parallel-with-the-maunder-minimum/
   http://www.stsci.edu/stsci/meetings/lisa3/beckmanj.html
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Holocene_Temperature_Variations.png
   http://www.deadfishwrapper.com/fish_wrapper_wont_publish_global_cooling_study
   http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NTlhOTNiOWFlMmMzNmJkOWM3ZTk5NWJkNTU2Nzk5NWI=
   http://www.dakotavoice.com/2009/06/nasa-study-shows-sun-responsible-for-planet-warming/
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volumetric_heat_capacity
   http://ossfoundation.us/projects/environment/global-warming/natural-cycle
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1491_(book)

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   thegubmint on January 30, 2010 at 9:24 pm

   Nope. There has always been a chance of tornado outbreaks during the winter months. All it takes is a collision between warm and cold weather masses. During the "cooling" period in 1967 there was a huge outbreak in the Midwest that extended from Missouri up through Wisconsin. They are fairly rare, but they happen.

5. 

   Tony R on January 30, 2010 at 9:24 pm

   Actually tornadoes can occur anytime through out the year. It’s kind of funny, because years ago, maybe 20 or 25, we had a thanksgiving dinner at my parents house in southwest missouri. The topic came up about tornadoes and then someone mentioned that they can happen anytime of the year. My cousin was like "That is totally impossible. It’s to late in the year for tornadoes to happen." Then about 2 weeks later, around december 10 maybe,a near by town got hit with a pretty bad Tornado. Never talked to the cousin about it after that but I’m sure he heard about it on the news.

6. 

   John Q on January 30, 2010 at 9:24 pm

   Probably not. It snowed a little (key word is a little) in Northwest Ohio in September; is that Global Cooling?
   We didn’t have any hurricanes this summer (at least in the U.S); is that Global Cooling?

   Bob, did you just mention California and only California? Because if I mention the climate in all of North America (or in the entire Western Hemisphere) I’m told that that’s not actually global.
   Therefore, your own beliefs have made your answer inaccurate and irrelevant to AGW.

7. 

   angels_angelsarehere on January 30, 2010 at 9:24 pm

   It is a sign of things to come.
   The Bible has predicted, there will be unusual signs in diverse places

8. 

   who is #1? on January 30, 2010 at 9:24 pm

   No, it’s a sign that The Universe hates California’s U.S. Senators Boxer and Feinstein.

   I haven’t seen any pictures yet, but California doesn’t get the monster tornadoes like the midwest. More like wind sheer which suddenly rips the roof off the L.A. convention center and then disappears. But California did get almost a year’s worth of rain in the last week. Unfortunately it has nowhere to store it, being dependent on snow from the mountains for water. So all that badly needed water ended up in the ocean.

   Now if they had Tomatoes in January, that would be global warming.