Wednesday, December 05, 2007

More Global Warmist Propaganda

...from USA Today.

USA facing increase in severe storms, study says

Global warming could bring the USA a dramatic increase in the frequency of weather conditions that feed severe thunderstorms and tornadoes by the end of the 21st century, says a study out Monday.

Some locations could see as much as a 100% increase in the number of days that favor severe thunderstorms, says the study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

"The densely populated regions of the South and East, including New York City and Atlanta, could be especially hard-hit," reports study lead author Jeff Trapp of Purdue University.

The fuel for the more intense storms would be the predicted warming of the Earth caused by the burning of fossil fuels that release greenhouse gases.

Although the typically stormy spring could see more storms, "summer should have the highest increases in severe weather," says Trapp. His team reports that by the end of the century, the number of spring days with severe thunderstorm conditions would increase mostly over the southern plains and Florida. But in the summer, almost the entire eastern half of the country might see an increase in days conducive to more severe storms, with the largest increases likely near the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast.

Kevin Trenbreth, a senior scientist with the National Center for Atmospheric Science in Boulder, Colo., who was not part of this study, says, "What they suggest here seems quite plausible." But he adds that although a study such as this is overdue and welcome, it is not as definitive as he would like because of limitations in the climate models used in the study. However, "conditions may be even worse than depicted," he says.

I guess science is not a perfect science. When does hurricane season start again?
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