Global warming-Hurricane link...

[Gato_Solo]

Debunked. Waiting for the obvious remarks about the source, rather than the facts.

 

[MrBishop]

They're beating on the wrong door, though it is in the same neighbourhood.

Why did Katrina have such a huge impact on NO? The destruction of the natural barrier by dredging the bay to allow for larger tankers to pass, the canals made through the mashlands and barrier islands, and the clearings for oil rigs have decreased NO's natural defences vs. hurricanes.

 

[Gato_Solo]

They're beating on the wrong door, though it is in the same neighbourhood.

Why did Katrina have such a huge impact on NO? The destruction of the natural barrier by dredging the bay to allow for larger tankers to pass, the canals made through the mashlands and barrier islands, and the clearings for oil rigs have decreased NO's natural defences vs. hurricanes.

Perhaps...but I've said the same thing before, as well.

 

[MrBishop]

Here's a counter-argument.

The strongest hurricanes in the present climate may be upstaged by even more intense hurricanes over the next century as the earth's climate is warmed by increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Although we cannot say at present whether more or fewer hurricane will occur in the future with global warming, the hurricanes that do occur near the end of the 21st century are expected to be stronger and have significantly more intense rainfall than under present day climate conditions. This expectation (Figure 1) is based on an anticipated enhancement of energy available to the storms due to higher tropical sea surface temperatures.

The results described above are based on a recent simulation study carried out by Thomas R. Knutson and Robert E. Tuleya at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL). This study examined the response of simulated hurricanes to the climate warming projected for a substantial build-up of atmospheric CO2. Such an increase in the upper-limit intensity of hurricanes with global warming was suggested on theoretical grounds by M.I.T. Professor Kerry Emanuel in 1987.

I guess that Emanuel changed his mind.
He seems to be going against his own research

 

[Gato_Solo]

Here's a counter-argument.


I guess that Emanuel changed his mind.
He seems to be going against his own research

Playing to the audience, or changing facts to fit the most current theories?

Almost 1/2 of the US population lives within 150 miles of a coast. Does that make hurricanes more damaging, or does that just mean that there is more to damage in the areas?

 

[Gonz]

Why did Katrina have such a huge impact on NO?

She was a Category 5?

Category 5 hurricanes, with winds faster than 155 mph, are rare with only three hitting the USA in the 20th century and only 23 known to have reached this strength at any time during their lives between 1928 and 2003.

The three Category 5 storms to hit the USA were the 1935 Florida Keys "Labor Day" hurricane, Hurricane Camille, which hit Mississippi in 1969, and Hurricane Andrew, which hit Dade County, Fla., on Aug. 24, 1992.

USA Today

So, they can't all be blamed on man-made global warming.

The Galveston hurricane isn't on that list & it cause massive damage.

I'll take "We have no control over nature for $1000. Alex"

 

[Luis G]

She was a Category 5?

AFAIK it was a category 5, but when it hit New Orleans it was category 4.