Hurricane Sandy as 'super storm': Is climate change a factor?

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limpyhobbler (3,926 posts)

Hurricane Sandy as 'super storm': Is climate change a factor?


 
As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the Eastern seaboard — laden with predictions of drenching rains, fierce winds, snow and extensive damage — some scientists are pointing out ways that climate change might be influencing hurricanes.

No single weather event, be it drought, snowfall or hurricane, is caused by climate change, climatologists say. Rather, climate change amplifies the intensity or duration of extreme weather, akin to “putting hurricanes on steroids,” writes Amanda Staudt, a climate scientist for the National Wildlife Federation, an environmental advocacy group.

“The answer to the oft-asked question of whether an event is caused by climate change is that it is the wrong question,” writes Kevin E. Trenberth, senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. “All weather events are affected by climate change because the environment in which they occur is warmer and moister than it used to be.”

Hurricane Sandy poses several threats. Vast and slow-moving, it is expected to pour drenching rains and unleash powerful winds in the Northeast over a protracted period, perhaps several days.
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complete: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-hurricane-sandy-heads-to-northeast-20121027,0,3886956.story
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021654621

Of course it's climate change. Everything is climate change. 

Auntie Bush (13,789 posts)
9. It's very rare to get severe hurricanes this late in the year. It may be due to the warming of the

Atlantic Ocean. Global warming will effect water temp. and route of Gulf stream. I would think that would make the season for hurricanes longer and cause them to be fiercer. That is a scary thought. Too bad right wingers can't understand the concept.

Yeah shame on us for not wanting to raise taxes so we can save mother earf.
Seriously if climate change was really such a serious issue would Al Gore fly all over the globe telling us how carbon is killing us?

[GOBUCKS]

This is all George W. Bush's fault.

[DefiantSix]

Last I'd heard, the weather liars were having trouble keeping Sandy so much as a Cat 1.  It kept shrinking back to a pissant tropical storm on 'em.

[Tucker]

Hurricane Sandy as 'super storm': Is climate change a factor?

No.

[thundley4]

Every year the Chicken Littles have been predicting bigger and stronger hurricanes due to global warming.  Every year they have been wrong. 

[miskie]

Sandy is a large, disorganized storm, buffeted by bad luck (high tides) as it smashes into a dip of arctic air in the gulf stream. It is a hybrid storm, and it is a rare occurrence, but really... I don't believe the resultant damage will be any more severe than usual.

I also believe that if it does plow into the Appalachians as forecast, that the storm will rapidly degrade.

Sure, there will be squalls, wind, and rain - and there will be power outages and blocked roads, but nothing more than the same sort of results any large Nor'easter is capable of delivering.

[NHSparky]

Okay, who the hell stole the keys?  Lord Rove is gonna be PISSED.

[Celtic Rose]

Okay, who the hell stole the keys?  Lord Rove is gonna be PISSED.

I didn't steal them, I borrowed them

[diesel driver]

I didn't steal them, I borrowed them

ok...     

[BlueStateSaint]

Last I'd heard, the weather liars were having trouble keeping Sandy so much as a Cat 1.  It kept shrinking back to a pissant tropical storm on 'em.

Supposedly, the winds are going to strengthen to 90 mph or so, today.

[NHSparky]

Oh, and DUmmies?  October/November hurricanes?  Yeah, not so uncommon as you might expect.  Enjoy:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/#ori10

[JohnnyReb]

Last I'd heard, the weather liars were having trouble keeping Sandy so much as a Cat 1.  It kept shrinking back to a pissant tropical storm on 'em.

You must have watched NBC News last night?

I was laughing my ass off at them hyping the storm so as to make Obama look good. It was RE-dick-que-lous.

....and then leading you to believe they were giving you live reports from the beaches of the N.C. Outer Banks.... ....reporter was making her report in bright sunshine when it was already dark 150 miles inland... ....but that's alright, The DUmmies bought it....

They don't just think people are stupid.....they know it.

[txradioguy]

Oh, and DUmmies?  October/November hurricanes?  Yeah, not so uncommon as you might expect.  Enjoy:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/#ori10

The DUmmies seem to have forgotten the time of year the events in movie The Perfect Storm ocurred.

[miskie]

Oh, and DUmmies?  October/November hurricanes?  Yeah, not so uncommon as you might expect.  Enjoy:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/#ori10

But this flies in the face of their super-heated oceans because of GW theory - so obviously, history is lying.

[AprilRazz]

Someone asked a woman in the grocery store the other day about why she was buying 5 gallons of milk. "In case the power goes out we have plenty" Then she replied "no" to the question about her having a generator to keep all that milk cold if it does go out. Did I mention that this area is probably going to go for Obama?

[ChuckJ]

Someone asked a woman in the grocery store the other day about why she was buying 5 gallons of milk. "In case the power goes out we have plenty" Then she replied "no" to the question about her having a generator to keep all that milk cold if it does go out. Did I mention that this area is probably going to go for Obama?

I wonder if she bought some candles so she wouldn't have to watch TV in the dark if the power goes out.

[AprilRazz]

I wonder if she bought some candles so she wouldn't have to watch TV in the dark if the power goes out.

The problem is that she obviously does not read DU. If she did she would have known to follow the advice of the great and wise nads on what milk to buy.

[Vagabond]

Auntie Bush (13,789 posts)
9. It's very rare to get severe hurricanes this late in the year. It may be due to the warming of the

Atlantic Ocean. Global warming will effect water temp. and route of Gulf stream. I would think that would make the season for hurricanes longer and cause them to be fiercer. That is a scary thought. Too bad right wingers can't understand the concept.

1.  Hurricanes in the Atlantic have occured in every month of the year "hurricane season" is just the time of the year when they are most likely.

2.  October is still hurricane season, though it's very late in the season.

3.  This storm is far less powerful than the 1930s era storm that hit Massachussettes and New England late in the year.

4.  While this is a major wind and rain event, the news media has hyped it to epic proportions.  Hurricanes similar to this one form every few years in the Atlantic.  

Too bad DUmmies won't read this.

[Undies]

I woke up this morning to a weather report already downplaying this storm.  It's barely a Cat 1.

[Tucker]

I woke up this morning to a weather report already downplaying this storm.  It's barely a Cat 1.

Well this guy won't take that as good news. He was ready.

[98ZJUSMC]

Last I'd heard, the weather liars were having trouble keeping Sandy so much as a Cat 1.  It kept shrinking back to a pissant tropical storm on 'em.

That's exactly what I heard.  These mongoloids (and the Blamestream® media BIRM) will just keep trying to blow it up into the worstest. most destrucivest storm ever, so the Lightbringer can ride to the rescue, part the skies, tee off from the ladies tee and save the planet.

F in' imbeciles. 

No single weather event, be it drought, snowfall or hurricane, is caused by climate change, climatologists say. Rather, climate change amplifies the intensity or duration of extreme weather, akin to “putting hurricanes on steroids,” writes Amanda Staudt, a climate scientist for the National Wildlife Federation, an environmental advocacy group. 

Well, duh.....how else are you going to justify extorting taxes out of the great unwashed.  We 'tupid, remember?

[FlaGator]

This is all George W. Bush's fault.

I feel that it is Al Gore's fault for not doing enough to warn us of the potential dangers of man-made global warming.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

"Super storm?"

It's a Cat 1.

Auntie Bush (13,789 posts)

9. It's very rare...

So, in other words: these things happen even without Global Whining.

[JohnnyReb]

I flipped around the TV channels this morning. The ABC, NBC and CBS morning shows were all calling this a "Super Storm" or "The Perfect Storm" ....blah-blah-blah. They're setting it up so Obama can be the hero.....if he fails as he usually does....it's over.

I feel for those that have to suffer through the storm but hey, you do what you have to do.....take care of yourself first and then go help others.

[Texacon]

Oh, and DUmmies?  October/November hurricanes?  Yeah, not so uncommon as you might expect.  Enjoy:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/climo/#ori10

SHAME on you Sparky for pulling THAT out of the hat!  DUmmies can't be bothered with things like that.  That would cut into their time of reading what their compatriots are telling them!! 

Some of them have actually SEEN PICTURES of the Atlantic Ocean and they KNOW what they're talking about dammit!  How dare you.

KC