Blowin' In The Wind
This is for all you stats freaks - of which I am one.
In light of the fact, that 'Epsilon' is now the 14th hurricane, and the 26th named Atlantic tropical storm of this season of record destroying hurricane season, I thought an update was in order.
The actors:
Most category five storms in a season!
Most expensive hurricane season ever!
There may be others of which I am not aware, but even the most petro-centric dunderhead can see that if the increase in both number and power of storms is due to ocean surface temperature warming(and there is good evidence to support the relative strength claim) that it is going to be far cheaper to cut our atmospheric carbon emissions, and other greenhouse gases than to clean up after a few Katrinas per year.
(sorry 'bout the run-on sentence)
Not to even mention the other likely outcomes of accelerating climate change. We're in deep now.
This may be my next tact for approaching my wooden headed Congressmen. They're the four horsemen of the environmental apocalypse. The only thing that'll turn them is a well argued financial benefit to limiting pollutants.
Now it's time to do the research(well, it's likely way past midnight, but I'll be able to say that I tried)
In light of the fact, that 'Epsilon' is now the 14th hurricane, and the 26th named Atlantic tropical storm of this season of record destroying hurricane season, I thought an update was in order.
The actors:
Now, In addition to this being by far the busiest tropical storm/hurricane season record, there are some other records that fell as well.
- Arlene
- Bret
- Cindy
- Dennis
- Emily
- Franklin
- Gert
- Harvey
- Irene
- Jose
- Katrina
- Lee
- Maria
- Nate
- Ophelia
- Philippe
- Rita
- Stan
- Tammy
- Vince
- Wilma
- Alpha
- Beta
- Gamma
- Delta
- Epsilon
Lovely group, don't you think?
Most category five storms in a season!
Most expensive hurricane season ever!
There may be others of which I am not aware, but even the most petro-centric dunderhead can see that if the increase in both number and power of storms is due to ocean surface temperature warming(and there is good evidence to support the relative strength claim) that it is going to be far cheaper to cut our atmospheric carbon emissions, and other greenhouse gases than to clean up after a few Katrinas per year.
(sorry 'bout the run-on sentence)
Not to even mention the other likely outcomes of accelerating climate change. We're in deep now.
This may be my next tact for approaching my wooden headed Congressmen. They're the four horsemen of the environmental apocalypse. The only thing that'll turn them is a well argued financial benefit to limiting pollutants.
Now it's time to do the research(well, it's likely way past midnight, but I'll be able to say that I tried)
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