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Quote by: Rick Blaming this specific storm on global warming is just silly. |
Blaming any
specificstorm on global warming is problematical. Katrina, for instance, just happened to be in the wrong place, if you recall. Nothing more, correct? But to divorce the two would be
really silly.
The fact is that extreme weather events (i.e. manifestations that there's more energy in the system) are on the rise, especially in the northern hemisphere.
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I could agree with saying that the recent storm was possibly related to the current El Nino conditions. The deadly tornadoes of 1998 also occurred during an El Nino year. That being said, the El Nino conditions might have been entirely coincidental.
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It is
definitely being linked to El Niņo. I get (count 'em) 750,000 hits for "el nino"+"global warming". An example:
The Weather Factory - El Nino and Global Warming
I'd leave the Hummer in the garage.