More prognostication deep into the future by Warmists, with lots of hedge betting
(USA Today) Could the USA deal with a Hurricane Katrina every two years?
Such a scenario is possible by the end of the century due to climate change, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Funny how they can’t tell us what will happen now.
The frequency of extreme storm surges — the deadly and devastating walls of water that roar ashore during hurricanes — is projected to increase by as much as 10 times in coming decades because of warming temperatures, the study finds. Global warming has already doubled the chance of storms like Katrina, according to the study, which was led by climate scientist Aslak Grinsted of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.
Except, the US has not been hit with a major hurricane (cat 3 and up) since Wilma in 2005. As of today, that is 2,703 days, which goes well beyond breaking the record for no Cat 3’s. Heck, there are barely any minor hurricane strikes. Since 2008 there has been one real hurricane. Irene was not a hurricane at landfall. Isaac was just barely a hurricane at landfall (and could be debated). Sandy was not a hurricane when she made landfall.
However, another expert finds fault with the study: “I find this paper to be very misleading,” says Georgia Tech climatologist Judith Curry, who says they used “a very incomplete data set:” It only considers tide gauge measurements at six locations (Atlantic City, Charleston S.C., Mayport, Fla.; Pensacola, Fla.; Key West, and Galveston, Texas.)
So, yet another dubious study designed to cause hysteria of something that may possibly kinda sorta happen in the future? Color me shocked.
