Posted by
Catmman on Friday, November 21, 2008 2:00:26 PM
Huh.
I thought climate was variable all the time?
Anecdotal Climate Evidence (Observation): Where I live (San Antonio, Texas) the temperature yesterday (high) was 80 degrees. Today the high (projected) is 60 degrees; right now it is in the mid fifties. 80 degrees yesterday, 60 degrees today. Does this qulify as variable? It's definately not static!
Money Quote: “These patterns are only predictable a week or two in advance and could persist for weeks at a time,” said Michael Halpert, deputy director, Climate Prediction Center. “Therefore, we expect variability, or substantial changes in temperature and precipitation across much of the country.”
The preceding statement begs the question: If this winters' (or any seasonal) climate patterns can only be predicted a "week or two" in advance thereby resulting in said climate "variability" (this is for seasonal temperatures mind) why do these people continue to propagate global warming/climate change hysteria for the climate one hundred years from now? In other words, if actual climate predictions are only reasonably accurate for a matter of a couple of weeks, why does climate alarmism (no small part supported by NOAA) tell us definitively that the temps will rise by such and such degrees, sea levels will rise by exact amounts, etc. over a multi-decadal time frame?
Climate alarmists tell us that the temps WILL rise. The polar ice caps ARE melting. That we must do something about it NOW before it is too late. The variability in those statements would be: temps ALWAYS rise as well as fall. The ice caps ALWAYS melt, as well as regrow/refreeze get thicker/thinner. And all one need do to put the "do something now" argument to rest is look at how well the economic bailout is going. The government is handling that well, yes?