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According to the article, "the combined global land and ocean surface temperature for June 2009 was the second warmest on record, behind 2005, 1.12 degrees F (0.62 degree C) above the 20th century average of 59.9 degrees F (15.5 degrees C)." And, "the global ocean surface temperature for June 2009 was the warmest on record, 1.06 degrees F (0.59 degree C) above the 20th century average of 61.5 degrees F (16.4 degrees C)."
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According to the article, "the combined global land and ocean surface temperature for June 2009 was the second warmest on record, behind 2005, QUOTE]
So? Where's all the killer hurricanes we were promised? Maybe all that hoopla about warmer oceans creating more hurricanes should be called into question next, eh?
Well yeah but we haven't had any hurricanes in the US and the numbers of warm water were for the month prior to this one.
I was going to mention that the summer of 1980 was a bad one where I live. Little, if any rain, and every day in June was over 100 and that doesn't happen here, ever. El Nino was blamed for all that heat so maybe our 80s the next week of so will turn to 100s.
I have surely loved the last three summers since last summer we were at the end of June when we got our first 100 and the summer before, I live just over 20 miles from Greensburg, it was way up in July when we had our first 100 day.
Yeah, see where I live? I even remember August 13, 2004 vividly. The point is, while there is always a contributing factor, there are always detracting factors as well. This year it seems to be an El Nino, that should keep things at bay(so far at least) But the weather is going to do what it is going to do, regardless of humans.
So what if the ocean is warmer this year, next year it may be cooler. And until someone can convince me that the evil chemtrails, or HAARP is able to control the weather, I'll subscribe to the fact that different things will happen in different years, months, days, etc. Trying to use those naturally occuring circumstances to pick my pocket for more tax money to feed some "whackaloon" like algore's pocket is just plain dumb.
Well yeah but we haven't had any hurricanes in the US and the numbers of warm water were for the month prior to this one.
I was going to mention that the summer of 1980 was a bad one where I live. Little, if any rain, and every day in June was over 100 and that doesn't happen here, ever. El Nino was blamed for all that heat so maybe our 80s the next week of so will turn to 100s.
I have surely loved the last three summers since last summer we were at the end of June when we got our first 100 and the summer before, I live just over 20 miles from Greensburg, it was way up in July when we had our first 100 day.
El Nino years usually lead to stronger than average trade winds in the tropical Atlantic and Carribean so hurricane formation is inhibited. Also the formation of tropical waves in W Africa is less so fewer waves come off Africa to form hurricanes. 2009 will be a below average year if the El Nino strenghtens. The bad years are the ones just after El Nino years in that the first factor noted above is lessened. W African storms are more frequent and stronger and Atlantic waters are warmer. Put those three factors together and bingo.
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