[meteorite-list] OT: New Orleans blamestorming

[Martin Altmann]

Something, what I never will understand, is, that so many homes in USA also
in the so called Hurricane Alley
are made out of wood. Why not of stone?  Tradition? Price?
Martin,
the second of the Three Little Pigs

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: New Orleans blamestorming


> A recent paper in Science looked at this issue. The analysis suggested
that
> hurricane frequency does not appear to be strongly coupled to sea surface
> temperature, or to other components of global warming. Hurricane frequency
> appears to follow its own multi-decadal cycle and has been doing so for a
> long time. However, hurricane intensity is strongly coupled to high sea
> surface temperature, which is one of the primary results of global
warming.
> The conclusion was that we can expect much more damaging hurricanes over
the
> next century or more (depending on long term warming trends), even though
> the frequency will probably start to drop again in the next 10-15 years.
> Overall, not very encouraging for those living in hurricane prone areas.
>
> Chris
>
> *****************************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
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>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Manoj Pai" <manojpai at yahoo.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 1:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: New Orleans blamestorming
>
>
> > The August 2005 issue of National Geographic Magazine
> > featured an article on Hurricane Warnings. The article
> > pointed out that the increase of hurricane freqency
> > and resultant damages were due to the rapid rise in
> > ocean temperature.
>
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