Which is about the same length of time that we've been accurately measuring such. It's called "measurement bias." We did start flying into hurricanes during the IGY (international geophysical year) in 1958 or so, but the radiosondes weren't very good until the mid-1970s. John Willkie -----Mensaje original----- De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Tom Barry Enviado el: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 3:46 PM Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Off topic: Researchers uncover potent greenhouse gas According to one Nature article the duration and strength of hurricanes has increased by about 50% over the last thirty some years. - Tom Cliff Benham wrote: > Dale Kelly wrote: >> Conspiracy theories abound, as does obfuscation. > > Ignorance too. > > Discussing world climate change is meaningless > unless you consider it for a minimum period of at least > 500 years. 1000 is better. > > The last 50 years is completely meaningless in the overall scheme of > things. > > One hurricane can contain the equivalent amount of energy of > all the nuclear weapons ever detonated. > > Man's total contribution to global climate change is minuscule compared > to major natural occurrences, i.e., volcanoes, hurricanes, earthquakes. > > The current craze on climate is completely political and is motivated by > those trying to make money from it by scaring the populace. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.