tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post8495198446080254162..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: Are We Having Fun Yet?Michael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-76899188050743961172011-08-30T09:45:36.638-07:002011-08-30T09:45:36.638-07:00No it is not a climate change huricane.
However a...No it is not a climate change huricane.<br /><br />However as Govenor Christie mentioned on WNYC August was before the huricane a exceptionly wet month. It was so wet that it had set the record for rainfall for the month of August before Irene. <br /><br />http://www.erh.noaa.gov/marfc/Precipitation/Departures/NJ_counties_90_color.shtml<br /><br />The attached chart shows the departure from normal rainfalls for the state.<br /><br />The levels of percipitation for the month are not normal. What this means in terms of trends for rainfall I do not know. It is, as all the readers of this blog is aware, a bit of trouble to say that a particular event is unequivically due to global warming.Padraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15958089317701870858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-45648436620729622992011-08-27T19:34:53.050-07:002011-08-27T19:34:53.050-07:00It is a climate change hurricane in being so unusu...It is a climate change hurricane in being so unusually large. Jeff Masters has commented on Irene's size more than once.David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-19416732261930851832011-08-27T19:27:25.812-07:002011-08-27T19:27:25.812-07:00Dan Thompson --- Assume a fairly lengthy power fai...<b>Dan Thompson</b> --- Assume a fairly lengthy power failure once the winds pick up.<br /><br />In the nonce, go acquire a gasolene powered pump or just a hand powered pump. Hook up right away and test it.David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-68988774953277842232011-08-27T19:17:12.839-07:002011-08-27T19:17:12.839-07:00Hartford's been getting buckets of rain on and...Hartford's been getting buckets of rain on and off since 10:30AM Saturday. Just a warning shot. The fear is that if the power goes out, we'll lose the sump pump, and with that everything in the basement.DThompson55https://www.blogger.com/profile/09904538393009916708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-83958469895386859822011-08-27T18:48:03.581-07:002011-08-27T18:48:03.581-07:00Did Irene put out the Great Dismal Swamp peat fire...Did Irene put out the Great Dismal Swamp peat fires?David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-75715731096744251072011-08-27T18:43:32.444-07:002011-08-27T18:43:32.444-07:00I rode out a hurricane on a cruise ship back in th...I rode out a hurricane on a cruise ship back in the '80s. It was one of the top five or so experiences I've ever had. So, were I there, I might answer "yes."<br /><br />That said, there have been <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/hurricane-irenes-death-toll-at-4-christie-bloomberg-and-other-leaders-urge-safety/2011/08/27/gIQABPc6iJ_blog.html" rel="nofollow">fatalities</a>.King of the Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841601144107400103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-49312814782940589692011-08-27T18:39:10.516-07:002011-08-27T18:39:10.516-07:00Dr. William Briggs' take on it (I'm sure y...Dr. William Briggs' <a href="http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=4275" rel="nofollow">take on it</a> (I'm sure you know who he is).King of the Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841601144107400103noreply@blogger.com