(CNN) -- A deadly string of tornadoes and thunderstorms rampaged Tuesday through central Oklahoma, killing at least four people, injuring dozens and destroying homes and vehicles, officials said.
#6. To: fred mertz, rudgear, skip intro, war, ferret mike, godwinson, lucysmom (#5)
From weatheronline.com:
A record breaking spring of death and destruction continues in the US with more killer tornadoes and storms striking a large part of the country. There have been approximately 1,000 tornadoes so far this year; in a typical year, the U.S. sees a total of 1,274 for January - December. We're on track to double that. The highest number of tornadoes recorded in a single year were 1,817 in 2004.
#12. To: go65, fred mertz, rudgear, skip intro, war, ferret mike, lucysmom (#6)
From weatheronline.com:
A record breaking spring of death and destruction continues in the US with more killer tornadoes and storms striking a large part of the country. There have been approximately 1,000 tornadoes so far this year; in a typical year, the U.S. sees a total of 1,274 for January - December. We're on track to double that. The highest number of tornadoes recorded in a single year were 1,817 in 2004.
Ironic as how global climate change is striking at the heart of Republican Rube states.
Tornadoes are actually a sign of unusually COOL weather, or most correctly cool air masses colliding with warm masses. It's strictly a weather phenomenon. AGW would cause fewer such events, not more. Tornadoes are almost unheard of in the tropics.
They are a "sign" of a rapid onset of warm weather underneath a what is usually a fast moving low pressure storm system...
And it is not a sign of warming as very few tornadoes occur in tropical regions even though there are frequent thunderstorms in such areas. The statement that unusual cooling caused more tornadoes stands as fact. (see post 19)
Wrong again. The trend is clear that warming has brought fewer strong tornadoes, as was demonstrated.
You as a so called Chemical Engineer should have enough basic knowledge chemical reactions, particularly of how water vapor in the atmosphere is created, to figure this out. Tornados do not form on cloudless days.
