flacaltenn
Diamond Member
Yes, a 100 year local rain event is still a local rain event.
Not quite O-man.. A 100 yr rain event is a statistical occurence.. Happens once (on average) every 100 years. But what we see in that graph is a 100 yr trend.
What you see is a 100 year trend in one locality. Look at another locality and you might get a different 100 year trend. That is why it is called weather (or local climate, if you will). Until you add up all the local trends, you aren't seeing the global picture. That is why it is called global warming, not local warming.
It's "global" ---- but there are regions where it doesn't exist.. Do I have that right?
So a 100 year trend in a region that DOESN'T OBEY your theory is no problem?
Wasn't N. America one of those regions where the RECENT warming has been the most pronounced?
Who's not thinking straight? 100 year trend IS climate by your definition. It can't be GLOBAL if there are INCONVIENIENT local exceptions by logic and reason..
Is this why AGW morphed into "climate change"??
Is this why a distinguished recent Senate Panel said it was "important to NOT focus on the Global Atmosphere and surface temps...... and address SPECIFIC REGIONS only".. That is was REGIONAL SIGNALS that we should be looking for...
The story is getting a little muddled -- isn't it??