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Comment on Is Global Warming a Neurosis? by Jon Richards

Jon Richards — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:14:24 +0000

You state that Stephens “works for one of the most partisan global warming skeptic think tanks,” however a quick search for biographical information indicates that prior to working for the WSJ, Stephens was editor in chief for the Jerusalem Post. No mention of a think tank in a bio I could find.

Comment on Is Global Warming a Neurosis? by Mitsu

Mitsu — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:31:45 +0000

That article is filled with distortions and misinformation. The author works for one of the most partisan global warming skeptic think tanks in existence; his bias shows. The NASA data he’s talking about only refers to the warmest years *in the United States* — if you take global temperatures (which really are the only relevant measure, since there are always transient local variations in temperature), the hottest year on record is 2005, and the ten hottest years (globally) are all after 1994. It’s laughable to suggest, furthermore, that the fact that some areas are getting colder in any way discredits the science —- the models all predict that, while the planet is warming overall, some areas will get colder, because of changes in weather, currents, etc. The North Pole is showing unprecedented warming, and many ice shelves in Antarctica have broken up — all events that haven’t been seen in a hundred years or more of observations, and as I mentioned before, the global temperature, measured in many different ways, has been the warmest in recent years by a large margin. Finally, the ocean sensor data only covers the last five years, and it’s a new experiment —- it’s not even remotely “discrediting” the science.

This article is woefully wrong on the science and nothing more than an attempt at political spin. It’s disgraceful that a major newspaper would print such a blatantly false “opinion” piece from a wholly unreliable think tank.

Comment on Time for a Turn to the Hot, Sticky Season by Robert Alexander

Robert Alexander — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:36:00 +0000

I live near Peachtree Ridge H.S. and in the last 4 wks have picked up about 6″ rain. My rain gage is not set up to any standard, but is a standard taylor inst. piece. I guess we are lucky this year.

Comment on The Randomness of Thunderstorms by Kathy Zipperer

Kathy Zipperer — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:26:12 +0000

We unofficially recorded over an inch at our house in Duluth Saturday night/Sunday morning. It rained very hard here for a couple of hours — tons of lightning, thunder. The ground stayed wet through Sunday so I knew we’d had quite a lot. It was nice to be in a little rain-pocket. The grass and my flowers were certainly happy.

Comment on Random Weather Thoughts by Golfing Facts - Improve your game! » Blog Archive » Random Weather Thoughts

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:58:34 +0000

[...] Jon Richards added an interesting post on Random Weather ThoughtsHere’s a small excerptMeanwhile, the Georgia EPD further relaxed watering restrictions for golf courses, which previously had only been allowed to water their greens. As of today, the new order from state EPD chief Carol Couch says that fairways and tee … [...]

Comment on Drought Worsens With Heat Wave by Clay in Nashville

Clay in Nashville — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:33:13 +0000

It has indeed been a hot June. Nice Blog!

Comment on Drought Worsens With Heat Wave by Drought getting worse, but still better than last year | Atlanta Water Shortage

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:04:16 +0000

[...] Lawrenceville Weather Blog has a nice look at the current state of the drought. From their site: And, indeed the latest drought monitor for Georgia shows an area of extreme [...]

Comment on Temperature Records Fall as June Heat Wave Continues by Matt

Matt — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:12:37 +0000

Congratulations on the 400th blog post. You and Chipper Jones are neck and neck (he got his 400th home run last week)….

Your blog is one of my weapons in my information arsenal about Atlanta weather. Keep up the good work! Thanks for blogging.

Comment on Random Weather Thoughts by Morgan Kemp

Morgan Kemp — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:22:54 +0000

Astonishing! A drought in Georgia from 1998-2003, and now an endless drought (worst in 100 years) from early 2006 - present! The scary thing is it shows no signs whatsoever of going away! Here are comments from Georgia State Climatologist David Stooksbury:

June 1, 2007

Extremely dry May sets records in Georgia

May is often dry, but this one set record lows for rainfall.

An extremely dry May is setting low rainfall records across Georgia. May is traditionally one of the drier months, with rainfall normally averaging 3 to 4 inches across the state.

By David Emory Stooksbury
University of Georgia
Athens, Ga. –- An extremely dry May is setting low rainfall records across Georgia. May is traditionally one of the drier months, with rainfall normally averaging 3 to 4 inches across the state.

No rain was recorded in May in many places from near Macon to south of Albany. University of Georgia weather stations recording no rain in May in this area were Arabi, Camilla, Cordele, Jeffersonville and Newton.

With little to no rain in May, drought conditions in the lower Flint River Valley and middle Georgia have deteriorated very fast. Much of this region will be reclassified on Monday as being in extreme drought.

May rainfall set preliminary record lows at Camilla (0.00 inches), Cedartown (0.80), Macon (less than 0.01), Plains (0.00 tied 1962), Rome (0.22), Tifton (0.02) and Valdosta (0.20 tied 1920).

Total April and May rainfall set preliminary record lows at Alma (0.42 inches), Camilla (0.58 tied 1986), Cedartown (2.36), Plains (0.35), Rome (0.35), Tifton (0.02) and Valdosta (0.65).

More records

Rainfall totals for March through May set preliminary record lows at Alma (2.39 inches), Atlanta airport (5.07), Camilla (2.08), Macon (3.59), Plains (2.32), Rome (2.40), Tifton (1.90) and Valdosta (0.69).

Based on preliminary data, June 2006 through May 2007 rainfall set record lows for that period at Alma (29.82 inches) and Rome (31.97).

UGA weather stations with less than 0.25 inches of rain in May were Alapaha (0.16 inches), Alma (0.19), Arabi (0.00), Attapulgus (0.19), Byromville (0.13), Byron (0.03), Cairo (0.24), Calhoun (0.06), Camilla (0.00), Cordele (0.00), Dawson (0.01), Dixie (0.02), Eatonton (0.17), Fort Valley (0.17), Homerville (0.18), Jeffersonville (0.00), Moultrie (0.06), Newton (0.00), Plains (0.02), Sasser (0.13), Shellman (0.03), Tifton (0.01), Ty Ty (0.08), Unadilla (0.18), Vidalia (0.01) and Vienna (0.12).

Since the planting season started in full force April 1, several UGA weather stations have had less than 2 inches of rain. These are Alapaha (0.40 inches), Alma (0.20), Attapulgus (0.61), Brunswick (1.41), Cairo (1.00), Calhoun (1.23), Camilla (1.56), Dixie (0.48), Douglas (0.37), Eatonton, (1.11), Fort Valley (1.46), Griffin (1.88), Homerville (0.24), Moultrie (0.24), Nahunta (0.80), Rome (1.62), Savannah(1.29), Skidaway Island (1.87), Statesboro (1.77), Tifton (0.46), Ty Ty (1.02), Valdosta (1.15), Vidalia (0.71) and Woodbine (1.32).

Comment on Mother’s Day Tornadoes Pound Georgia by trevor

trevor — Tue, 27 May 2008 01:14:27 +0000

i saw hail and a tornado