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Originally Posted by sounding
The Dec 3 issue had a Hurricane article. (1). It said this year was another record-breaking season -- but forgot to mention we had 21 storms this year and 30 storms last year. (2). It said this year's Atlantic storms had higher than average ACE (Accumulated Cyclone Energy) -- but forgot to mention that the Global storm ACE average was way below average. (3). The article said storm surges will be higher as seas rise -- but failed to mention that seas are only rising about 1.5 millimeters a year. (4). The article used variations of the phrase "rapid intensification" 12 times -- where they forgot to mention that many storms also rapidly weakened when they hit dry air and/or land -- plus both Surface and Satellite data measured noticeably cooler temperatures as compared to last year.
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Of course the weather changes. It changes both in the short term and in time-periods mentioned in eons. And it is only the hubris of our species that allows some of us to think that OUR actions have any effect at all on those changes.