Ray9
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As a procession of hurricanes marches across the Atlantic toward the mainland of the US again thoughts on climate change and weather forecasting come to mind. One mistake we should never make is to believe that human science has any meaningful control over weather patterns.
We are still as vulnerable to destructive storms today as we were in the Stone Age. In fact we are more susceptible in this technological modern era because we have chosen to build our largest cities in coastal areas right next to massive bodies of water.
After we entered the space age we were able to surround the Earth with satellites which gives us a lofted, panoramic perspective delivering an advanced view of approaching weather. But this just gives us a picture of what’s coming-good for warning people to prepare for and evacuate areas in a broad and changing target zone but experts have no idea how to stop bad weather.
Due to the fluid nature of the Earth’s atmosphere and its interaction with ocean temperatures along with gravity and the Earth’s rotation, it’s impossible for contemporary meteorological science to predict with certainty where a storm will hit until just before it makes landfall.
We must understand that climate science is as fluid and inexact as weather forecasting and those who use terms like “settled science” to blame anthropogenic climate change for hurricanes and tornados are operating more on misguided faith than actual fact.
Astronomers and physicists don’t even know what is holding the universe together-it should be flying apart according to “settled science”. They use terms like “dark matter” and “dark energy” to explain their lack of understanding. Unlike climate experts they admit they don’t know what’s really happening. But it’s easy for some to just blame people.
Now the people do share some blame and once again we are reminded that building crowded urban communities on coasts like New Orleans, Houston and Miami should be obviously problematic. Irma is demonstrating what can happen on a peninsula that juts five hundred miles into the Atlantic with several densely-populated cities right on the waterline.
It’s like working on the 101st floor of a high-rise because you like the view and the experts say it’s safe if an airplane hits. Sometimes you don’t just need to be smart you need to be clever enough not to blindly trust experts because they’ll just blame you anyway.
We are still as vulnerable to destructive storms today as we were in the Stone Age. In fact we are more susceptible in this technological modern era because we have chosen to build our largest cities in coastal areas right next to massive bodies of water.
After we entered the space age we were able to surround the Earth with satellites which gives us a lofted, panoramic perspective delivering an advanced view of approaching weather. But this just gives us a picture of what’s coming-good for warning people to prepare for and evacuate areas in a broad and changing target zone but experts have no idea how to stop bad weather.
Due to the fluid nature of the Earth’s atmosphere and its interaction with ocean temperatures along with gravity and the Earth’s rotation, it’s impossible for contemporary meteorological science to predict with certainty where a storm will hit until just before it makes landfall.
We must understand that climate science is as fluid and inexact as weather forecasting and those who use terms like “settled science” to blame anthropogenic climate change for hurricanes and tornados are operating more on misguided faith than actual fact.
Astronomers and physicists don’t even know what is holding the universe together-it should be flying apart according to “settled science”. They use terms like “dark matter” and “dark energy” to explain their lack of understanding. Unlike climate experts they admit they don’t know what’s really happening. But it’s easy for some to just blame people.
Now the people do share some blame and once again we are reminded that building crowded urban communities on coasts like New Orleans, Houston and Miami should be obviously problematic. Irma is demonstrating what can happen on a peninsula that juts five hundred miles into the Atlantic with several densely-populated cities right on the waterline.
It’s like working on the 101st floor of a high-rise because you like the view and the experts say it’s safe if an airplane hits. Sometimes you don’t just need to be smart you need to be clever enough not to blindly trust experts because they’ll just blame you anyway.
