Wednesday, September 21, 2005

The Evidence Still Isn't In On Global Warming

Funny thing about this hurricane season... we've had a lot of them. We're about to run out of names, and that hasn't happened before. Not only that, but we seem to be getting some particularly bad hurricanes. Here's what the nice folks at NOAA just had to say about hurricane Rita...

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WTNT63 KNHC 212146
TCUAT3
HURRICANE RITA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
545 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

...RITA BECOMES THE FIFTH MOST
INTENSE HURRICANE ON RECORD...

DROPSONDE DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE
UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT AT 416 PM CDT
...2116Z...INDICATED THE CENTRAL PRESSURE
HAS FALLEN TO 904 MB...OR 26.69 INCHES.
THIS MAKES RITA THE FIFTH MOST INTENSE
HURRICANE IN TERMS OF PRESSURE IN THE
ATLANTIC BASIN.


RITA CURRENTLY RANKS BEHIND HURRICANE
GILBERT IN 1988 WITH 888 MB...
THE 1935 LABOR DAY HURRICANE WITH 892 MB...
HURRICANE ALLEN IN 1980 WITH 899 MB...
AND HURRICANE KATRINA LAST MONTH WITH 902 MB.


FORECASTER STEWART

So we've two of the five most powerful Atlantic hurricanes, in terms of pressure, this year!

Sure, it's probably just coincidence. Time for Guitar George to put out a few more disclaimers.

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