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attn. senator inhofe, turn on the weather channel... (Original Post) spanone May 2013 OP
You forgot the second part... nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #1
thanks for the addition...k&r... spanone May 2013 #3
Next week he'll join the climate change folks malaise May 2013 #2
They don't have the Weather Channel down there! Coyotl May 2013 #16
ROFL malaise Jun 2013 #20
Tornado on the ground in Minco. Major Hogwash May 2013 #4
updated screenshot... spanone May 2013 #5
The size of that thing is fucking shocking laundry_queen May 2013 #9
is the red highest pressure or greatest pressure differential? KittyWampus May 2013 #11
That is where the rain and hail is heaviest, I think. Coyotl May 2013 #17
I'm afraid it wouldn't do much good. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #6
Once again nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #12
Okay, well, that's fine. AverageJoe90 May 2013 #13
I look at the long trend nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #23
Picture this Snotcicles May 2013 #7
...and his sorry ass is swept away in the vortex of a funnel cloud...while in compete denial. spanone May 2013 #8
"No, Dorothy, there is no tornado, you don't need to hide in the house after all".....n/t AverageJoe90 May 2013 #14
It would be poetic if his home was affected. Coyotl May 2013 #18
Like people aboard the Titanic.. Vietnameravet May 2013 #10
Tornadoes in the midwest don't mean the climate is changing. Captain Stern May 2013 #15
dream on captain, dream on. spanone May 2013 #19
ummm...ok...you as well (nt) Captain Stern Jun 2013 #22
I don't think that stupid SOB would even understand. madokie Jun 2013 #21
 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
16. They don't have the Weather Channel down there!
Fri May 31, 2013, 11:07 PM
May 2013

Next week he'll still have his head in the sand.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
4. Tornado on the ground in Minco.
Fri May 31, 2013, 08:36 PM
May 2013

The Weather channel reporter said it was a weak tornado, but this is bad news for Oklahoma.

laundry_queen

(8,646 posts)
9. The size of that thing is fucking shocking
Fri May 31, 2013, 09:42 PM
May 2013

I watched it back build all day - never seen anything like it.

 

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)
6. I'm afraid it wouldn't do much good.
Fri May 31, 2013, 08:40 PM
May 2013

These individual severe weather events aren't really connected to climate change anyway, from what we know now, and even if they were, I doubt Inhofe would open his eyes anyway, even if any of the worst-case scenarios do end up happening tonight. He's just that far gone.

Right now, let's save the theorizing of what is possibly connected to AGW, and what isn't, for later and save our thoughts for those people who have been affected, or who may soon be affected, up there tonight.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
12. Once again
Fri May 31, 2013, 10:42 PM
May 2013

It's not individual events...it is a trend. Stronger storms are predicted, not individual storms.

Just like increased droughts, check

Increased and more intense wild fires...yup

Strong hurricanes more often.

But go on

 

AverageJoe90

(10,745 posts)
13. Okay, well, that's fine.
Fri May 31, 2013, 10:55 PM
May 2013

My problem is, though, is that some people on here seem to conflate individual events(like Hurricane Sandy, or today's tornado outbreak), and actual trends(yes, that would of course include what you've listed, and more variations in heat & cold extremes, too.) and/or confuse the two.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
23. I look at the long trend
Sat Jun 1, 2013, 09:26 AM
Jun 2013

My brother in law was born and raised in Ok, in fact knows all the small towns in news reports last night. Like my mother in Mexco City, he can tell you how much this outbreak, and a few in the past are out of norm for what he remembers.

Mexico City's weather has become far more extreme. You used not to need a sweater 70 years ago, and the heat wave, there was one a year, lasted a week not two months.

Those are the trends we are talking of here.

Even San Diego over the two plus decades, the droughts have become deeper. (And this fire season is off to a wild start)

You are right that people conflate, but Katrina is an example of what we can expect more frequently in the future.



So instead of going my god ignorant fool, educate people.

 

Snotcicles

(9,089 posts)
7. Picture this
Fri May 31, 2013, 08:45 PM
May 2013

An outdoor interview with Inhofe....

Interviewer, "So Senator Inhofe what do you think of climate change now?"

Inhofe, "Well"..... Than you hear this screaming tornado siren go off and you can see his lips moving but can't hear a thing he is saying.

 

Vietnameravet

(1,085 posts)
10. Like people aboard the Titanic..
Fri May 31, 2013, 10:39 PM
May 2013

who insist the ship is unskinkable..even as the waters closed in over their heads..

Captain Stern

(2,195 posts)
15. Tornadoes in the midwest don't mean the climate is changing.
Fri May 31, 2013, 10:58 PM
May 2013

Tornadoes are scary and bad and all that, but the fact that they are happening in places that they pretty much have always happened in doesn't really say anything about climate change.

Climate change is real. It is happening. But it's just lame to say that any time there's a catastrophic weather event it's due to climate change. There were hurricanes and tornadoes hundreds of years ago.

Ooooooo.....a tornado...CLIMATE CHANGE!!!. Please stop that.

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