Expect to see more hurricanes, tornadoes and blizzards thanks to climate changes: scientists

Only this time humans are the asteroid.

Yes, I hope we wake up before its too late, and right you are... dumbasses one and all. They actually think voting us down here changes the reality of the world. And thanks.

I say, as a contributing member of the new Donner Party, we eat these hotdogs and poop them back out!

Sorry, I don't eat junk food.

2011 (not included on the graph) has surpassed the all-time tornado record.
Tornado season used to be from March to October until the past decade. Now it's 12 monhs a year and tornadoes are happening in places that never saw a tornado before.

y,http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-05-04/deadly-tornado-outbreak-may-be-worst...
"May 04, 2011, 12:56 PM EDT
(Bloomberg) -- The tornado outbreak that killed at least 327 people in the Southeast last week may have been the largest in U.S. history, with an estimated 305 twisters, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.

More than 600 tornadoes formed in all of April, compared with the previous record of 267 set in 1974, the agency said in a statement today. That makes April 2011 the most active month ever, breaking the record of 542 tornadoes in May 2003.

“So far, there have been an estimated 881 tornadoes in 2011,” NOAA said. “The annual tornado record is 1,817, set in 2004. May is historically the most active month for tornadoes.”

Insured losses from the outbreak that lasted from April 25 to April 27 may be as much as $5 billion, according to catastrophic risk modeler Eqecat Inc. in Oakland, California. It was the third-deadliest single outbreak, behind March 1925 with 747 deaths and March 1932 with 332, NOAA said."
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They're always picking cherries. Can't read either, because this is also talking about the future based on current changes which are more extreme and being seen in regions where this was previously not known.
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http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/monthly/newm.html#latestmts

Oh and coolplanet, based on preliminary stats yes, up to now (September for those who only come here to piss on posters instead of contributing anything worthwhile) 2011 is blowing it out of the water (1733 and the year isn't over yet with 1217 ACT.) Some people need to learn how to read. The article I posted here was dated in May when the number quoted was 881. We are now in Sept.

There you go... proof of man-made global warming/climate change/biodistress - there can be no other reason for this - join the dots, people!!!

“So far, there have been an estimated 881 tornadoes in 2011,” NOAA said. “The annual tornado record is 1,817, set in 2004. May is historically the most active month for tornadoes.”

Surely if we get everyone to report even the tiniest tornado we can surpass the earlier record. This estimate is, of course, highly accurate. Remember, our fore-fathers used to count their tornadoes very accurately too, even the smallest tornado in the most remote place was counted.

"2011 (not included on the graph) has surpassed the all-time tornado record. "
Did you just make that statement up?
Well, 2011 isn't over yet so you might be a little premature with your statement, and besides, how dare you go against the wonderful JanforGore, who posted this:

"So far, there have been an estimated 881 tornadoes in 2011,” NOAA said. “The annual tornado record is 1,817..."

Now, I might be a little slow, but if there have been an estimated 881 tornadoes so far, and the record is 1,817, doesn't that mean you still need something like 936 tornadoes in order to break the record?
And "places that never saw a tornado before." Nothing to do with better observations, wider spread of populations, satellite and aerial observations...

I'm only reporting what I've read in the press. 2011 was the worst tornado season ever recorded in American history.
Guess we'll have to wait until January when all the numbers are in.
Yet with global warming it's not so much the numbers as the intensity of wind and/or rain.
What planet are you living on?

How does the annual tornado record of 1,817 tornadoes set in 2004 help your case against global warming?

"Yet with global warming it's not so much the numbers as the intensity of wind and/or rain. "

Don't you mean biodistress? I thought we had agreed to dump the misleading global warming tag. But yes, you're right, it's not about the numbers, not when they don't match your needs. Now it's intensity.
So, are you going to apologise to your leader for making things up?

My mistake.
But that doesn't change the fact that 2011 was the worst year for tornado intensity and damage in U.S. history.
2011 has also broken the all-time record for flooding, droughts and wildfires.
You desperate deniers really crack me up.
And by the end of this year you will be shut up!

Damn... you got me there!!!
But wait... if 2004 did see a record number of tornadoes, and you tell me the world is getting warmer, why haven't there been more tornadoes since then? Almost seven years without reaching the 2004 record - some correlation!
And, as I stated earlier, were people accurately counting tornadoes in 1634? 1720? 1880? Were your ancestors riding around with their own personal Doppler radar systems strapped to their horse and carts?
Now there are more people around to see (and video) these things, storm chasing has become a great hobby for many so there's bound to be better and more thorough reporting of tornadoes.

"And by the end of this year you will be shut up!"

Only if I survive the cold winter we're expecting over here. I hate it when man-made global warming brings me cold winters.

Be careful what you wish for. If enough ice melts from Greenland's glaciers and Arctic tundra and massive amounts of cold fresh water enters the North Atlantic it could theoretically shut down the Gulf Stream and trigger an ice age.

Yes, I had heard that... oh well, looks like my days are numbered. Still, I've been surviving end of the world predictions for decades...
Exactly what do you think I'm wishing for, it isn't me who is wanting to change anything?

Wow, i finally think I see where you're coming from.
You confuse global warming science with religious end of the world hysteria.
Global warming has never been about the Earth or humankind ending. It's about our hospitable climate becoming intolerable.
You don't want to change anything because you're scared of change.
You like the status quo and prefer to believe global warming is a liberal doomsday cult.
Very scientific of you, ice.

Personally I think that's already slowed it down a bit. And that's the exact positive feedback loop bringing us all of these more extreme rain and snow events. More melting, more evaporation off oceans pushing the hydrologic cycle.

Remember the thread I posted regarding Roy Spencer and his faulty science the other day? He is part of the Cornwall Alliance and also from what I have read someone who does not believe in evolution. This is not about science to them. It is about ideology.

Man made global warming is whatever algore says it is, and given how much $$$$ Gore is making he will ride this horse till it drops. Almost every single bit of evidence the Global Warming Alarmists have has been disproven and the people who fabricated it discredited, and still people believe this crap.

Unbelievable.

Damage in terms of cost has no relevance. Cost changes with population density.

Cha-ching
Is that all "you people" care about?
Thanks for voting us all down.
Now we know who you are.

"We seem to be pushing extreme temperatures in both directions,"

Exactly, and this is the point as well of them seizing on the semantics (global warming) and misinforming people in trying to make them think those talking about it were talking about the Earth burning to a crisp with its ashes floating into the cosmos to scare people. It's another great diversion tactic of the denier movement. Get people hooked on the semantics and twist its meaning to divert from the science.

While I really like your term for this, "biodistress," perhaps the most accurate discription for global warming/climate change is how scientists describe it: "atmospheric forcing by hydrocarbons."

Isn't it terrible when those nasty deniers claim it's cooling just because it snowed more than usual in many places. I mean, you never hear of good, honest people claiming the weather is getting worse just because of some tropical storm, or because some place had a drought this year.

I agree Jan. I think we should use the all-encompassing term Climate Change, then no matter what happens we can still blame someone for it.
Even if global temperatures fall below the long-term average, using the term Climate Change still enables us to link this to CO2.
We need to get CO2 concentrations back to what they used to be in the good old days, back in the days when tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and droughts were caused by Mother Nature and not oil companies.

How much did the kock brothers pay you today to spread disinformation and vote everyone down, HotDog?

I get paid around $100 per comment. Of course I only do it for the money, you don't really think I believe the things I post do you?

You see, there you go lying again.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/science/earth/25cold.html?pagewanted=all

While the Northeast shivers, the Arctic has been freakishly warm
Published: January 24, 2011

Judging by the weather, the world seems to have flipped upside down.

For two winters running, an Arctic chill has descended on Europe, burying that continent in snow and ice. Last year in the United States, historic blizzards afflicted the mid-Atlantic region. This winter the Deep South has endured unusual snowstorms and severe cold, and a frigid Northeast is bracing for what could shape into another major snowstorm this week.
Yet while people in Atlanta learn to shovel snow, the weather 2,000 miles to the north has been freakishly warm the past two winters. Throughout northeastern Canada and Greenland, temperatures in December ran as much as 15 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit above normal. Bays and lakes have been slow to freeze; ice fishing, hunting and trade routes have been disrupted.
Iqaluit, the capital of the remote Canadian territory of Nunavut, had to cancel its New Year’s snowmobile parade. David Ell, the deputy mayor, said that people in the region had been looking with envy at snowbound American and European cities. “People are saying, ‘That’s where all our snow is going!’ ” he said.
The immediate cause of the topsy-turvy weather is clear enough. A pattern of atmospheric circulation that tends to keep frigid air penned in the Arctic has weakened during the last two winters, allowing big tongues of cold air to descend far to the south, while masses of warmer air have moved north.
The deeper issue is whether this pattern is linked to the rapid changes that global warming is causing in the Arctic, particularly the drastic loss of sea ice. At least two prominent climate scientists have offered theories suggesting that it is. But others are doubtful, saying the recent events are unexceptional, or that more evidence over a longer period would be needed to establish a link.
Since satellites began tracking it in 1979, the ice on the Arctic Ocean’s surface in the bellwether month of September has declined by more than 30 percent. It is the most striking change in the terrain of the planet in recent decades, and a major question is whether it is starting to have an effect on broad weather patterns.
Ice reflects sunlight, and scientists say the loss of ice is causing the Arctic Ocean to absorb more heat in the summer. A handful of scientists point to that extra heat as a possible culprit in the recent harsh winters in Europe and the United States.

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Powerful stuff!
Guess this is the new normal.

The main concern now is preparing areas for these effects that are not used to them. With Congress wanting to cut funds for preparedness and state budgets suffering from drought as well, this leaves many of us in a very precarious and dangerous situation.

Exactly who is this graph's designer, Dr. Ryan N. Mane, and what denier website is he from.
Provide us a link please.

They're an embarassing lot aren't they?