| Latest Post: Started By: Rank: Category In view of the recent storm, power outages, water shortages, gasoline lines, etc., will the "what's-in-it-for-me" folks realize that there IS a real world outside of their warped fantasies?Duh! That real world also has so0me real people in it who don't really care what you think about such irrelevant items as tea party politics, Mitt Romney's chances, how much you hate President obama or Eric Holder, love the NRA, or despise liberals OR conservatives ... Disasters, natural or man-made, put everyone in the same boat - so start rowing! ... BTW - Do ya think we might be missing some of those millions of gallons of water siphoned from lakes, creeks, rivers, etc. that have been used as part of the "fracking" process? An' hey, how about that "electric grid" thingie? Member CommentsBeRightThe cause of last year's devastating drought in the central U.S. — which cost the nation at least $35 billion according to one estimate — was a series of natural variations in weather that cannot be placed at the feet of global warming, according to a report released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The lead author of the report was Marty Hoerling, a scientist with NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colo. The study found two meteorological reasons for the drought: The low-pressure systems that normally dump lots of spring rain in May and June did not occur, nor did the usual summer thunderstorms in July and August. "Together, these conditions conspired to create a four-month sequence of record rainfall reduction over the central Great Plains," Hoerling writes in the report, which also attributes the drought to a "sequence of unfortunate events." Posted 37 days ago. Post a Comment |