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margin-bottom: 2px; margin-right: 4px;"  data-src="http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/KJ-Rodgers.jpg"  alt="Fractivists" width="75" height="96" /><noscript><img class="alignleft wp-image-25219" style="border: 1px solid #000000; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-right: 4px;" src="http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/KJ-Rodgers.jpg" alt="Fractivists" width="75" height="96" /></noscript>K.J. Rodgers<br /> </strong><em>Crownsville, Maryland  </em></p><h5><span style="color: #ffffff;">&#8230;.</span></h5><h5><span style="color: #ffffff;">&#8230;. </span></h5><p><em><strong>Hurricane politics on display with Harvey, like fractivism, simply ignores the evidence and pushes reason and science to the side to exacerbate the problem.   </strong></em></p><p>A hurricane hit the Texas coast in 1900 and became the deadliest natural disaster in US history with a death toll range from 6,000 to 12,000. Granted, hurricane science was not well developed, nor was there proper communication channels available to give much of an advanced warning about a possible storm, but deadly storms such as this Category 4 storm have been around since the dawn of time. Hurricane politics, like fractivism, hasn&#8217;t been around quite that long, but its practitioners seem determined to dispense with all reason and science in pursuit of their campaigns.</p><p><span id="more-26845"></span></p><p><img   style="display:none"  class="crazy_lazy aligncenter wp-image-26854 size-large" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="  style="border: 1px solid #000000;" title="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/us/hurricane-harvey.html"  data-src="http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-nasa-master675-512x341.jpg"  alt="Hurricane Harvey" width="512" height="341" srcset="http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-nasa-master675-512x341.jpg 512w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-nasa-master675-75x50.jpg 75w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-nasa-master675-256x171.jpg 256w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-nasa-master675-450x300.jpg 450w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-nasa-master675.jpg 675w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /><noscript><img class="aligncenter wp-image-26854 size-large" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" title="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/us/hurricane-harvey.html" src="http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-nasa-master675-512x341.jpg" alt="Hurricane Harvey" width="512" height="341" srcset="http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-nasa-master675-512x341.jpg 512w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-nasa-master675-75x50.jpg 75w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-nasa-master675-256x171.jpg 256w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-nasa-master675-450x300.jpg 450w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/hurricane-harvey-nasa-master675.jpg 675w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /></noscript>Texas is no stranger to big storms and the massive rainfalls that accompany them. In 1979, Tropical Storm <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Claudette_(1979)">Claudette</a> dropped 42 inches of rain in 24 hours following <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Amelia_(1978)">Amelia</a> in 1978, which produced a total of 48 inches. These records were broken by Hurricane Harvey which has topped 51 inches thus far. However, what we are seeing more and more of is the claim that <em><strong>only</strong></em> man-made climate change is responsible for these storms and that they will continue to get worse.</p><p>A recent article was written by Penn State modeler <a href="http://naturalgasnow.org/the-tip-of-the-climate-spending-iceberg/">Michael Mann</a> on <em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/28/climate-change-hurricane-harvey-more-deadly">The Guardian</a> c</em>ites supposed “proof” Harvey was more deadly because of climate change. Titled as “It&#8217;s a fact: climate change made Hurricane Harvey more deadly,” the story is how warmer waters combined with higher levels somehow caused the storm to be stronger than it would have been a decade ago. Mann tends to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-libel-suit-threatens-catastrophe-for-the-climate-of-public-debate-1486336417">sue his critics for libel</a> his critics so perhaps I shouldn&#8217;t bring this up, but numerous other professionals have noted his “hockey stick” temperature chart glosses over the Medieval Warm Period and only ticks up in the 20<sup>th</sup> century. Curiously, he has <a href="http://principia-scientific.org/breaking-fatal-courtroom-act-ruins-michael-hockey-stick-mann/">refused to comply</a> with a court order to hand over his graph’s data to help others understand why.</p><p><img   style="display:none"  class="crazy_lazy aligncenter wp-image-26850 size-large" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="  style="border: 1px solid #000000;" title="https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-tropical-cyclone-activity"  data-src="http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cyclones-figure1-2016-512x320.png"  alt="Decreasing Hurricanes" width="512" height="320" srcset="http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cyclones-figure1-2016-512x320.png 512w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cyclones-figure1-2016-75x47.png 75w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cyclones-figure1-2016-256x160.png 256w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cyclones-figure1-2016-768x480.png 768w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cyclones-figure1-2016-480x300.png 480w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cyclones-figure1-2016.png 928w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /><noscript><img class="aligncenter wp-image-26850 size-large" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" title="https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-tropical-cyclone-activity" src="http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cyclones-figure1-2016-512x320.png" alt="Decreasing Hurricanes" width="512" height="320" srcset="http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cyclones-figure1-2016-512x320.png 512w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cyclones-figure1-2016-75x47.png 75w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cyclones-figure1-2016-256x160.png 256w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cyclones-figure1-2016-768x480.png 768w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cyclones-figure1-2016-480x300.png 480w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cyclones-figure1-2016.png 928w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /></noscript></p><p>Mann&#8217;s claims are backed up to some degree by <a href="https://www.nap.edu/resource/21852/Attribution-Extreme-Weather-Brief-Final.pdf">National Academies of Science</a> (NAS) which, based on historical and future modeling, says severe storms will increase due to man-made climate changes. Importantly, though, based on the infrequency of the events and limited recorded data, they make this conclusion with “lower confidence.” Is this &#8220;lower confidence&#8221; part of the <a href="https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indicators-tropical-cyclone-activity">downward trend</a> in kinetic energy of Atlantic hurricanes over the past decade? Perhaps.</p><p>Roy Spencer, Ph.D., former Senior Scientist for Climate Studies at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center contradicts Mann’s statements. <a href="http://www.drroyspencer.com/2017/08/texas-major-hurricane-intensity-not-related-to-gulf-water-temperatures/">Spencer says</a> the destructiveness of Harvey is a result of the slow-moving storm itself. He has charted every Category 3 and above hurricane since 1870 and noticed hurricane strength is not reliant on average water temperatures. He also criticizes Mann’s article directly, stating:</p><blockquote><p>“I don’t know of any portion of global warming theory that would explain why Harvey stalled over southeast Texas. Michael Mann’s claim in The Guardian that it’s due to the jet stream being pushed farther north from global warming makes me think he doesn’t actually follow weather like those of us who have actual schooling in meteorology (my degree is a Ph.D. in Meteorology). We didn’t have a warm August in the U.S. pushing the jet stream farther north.”</p></blockquote><div id="attachment_26849" style="width: 522px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img   style="display:none"  class="crazy_lazy wp-image-26849 size-large" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="  style="border: 1px solid #000000;" title="http://www.drroyspencer.com/2017/08/texas-major-hurricane-intensity-not-related-to-gulf-water-temperatures/"  data-src="http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TX-major-hurricanes-vs-Gulf-SSTs-512x384.jpg"  alt="Hurricane Historical Data" width="512" height="384" srcset="http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TX-major-hurricanes-vs-Gulf-SSTs-512x384.jpg 512w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TX-major-hurricanes-vs-Gulf-SSTs-75x56.jpg 75w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TX-major-hurricanes-vs-Gulf-SSTs-256x192.jpg 256w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TX-major-hurricanes-vs-Gulf-SSTs-768x576.jpg 768w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TX-major-hurricanes-vs-Gulf-SSTs-400x300.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /><noscript><img class="wp-image-26849 size-large" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" title="http://www.drroyspencer.com/2017/08/texas-major-hurricane-intensity-not-related-to-gulf-water-temperatures/" src="http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TX-major-hurricanes-vs-Gulf-SSTs-512x384.jpg" alt="Hurricane Historical Data" width="512" height="384" srcset="http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TX-major-hurricanes-vs-Gulf-SSTs-512x384.jpg 512w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TX-major-hurricanes-vs-Gulf-SSTs-75x56.jpg 75w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TX-major-hurricanes-vs-Gulf-SSTs-256x192.jpg 256w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TX-major-hurricanes-vs-Gulf-SSTs-768x576.jpg 768w, http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/TX-major-hurricanes-vs-Gulf-SSTs-400x300.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px" /></noscript><p class="wp-caption-text">Red dots indicate years of major hurricane strikes in Texas, plotted on average SST departures from normal by year over the western Gulf of Mexico (25-30N, 90-100W). Note I included Hurricane Ike in 2008, which was barely below Cat3, but had a severe impact.</p></div><p>Looking back to 1900, Kerry Emanuel, a professor of atmospheric science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, <a href="http://www.history.com/news/how-the-galveston-hurricane-of-1900-became-the-deadliest-u-s-natural-disaster">noted that politics</a> played a role of the Galveston hurricane by blocking communications from Cuba. He said, “The Galveston hurricane made people realize you can’t play politics with a weather bureau,” but that is what&#8217;s happening now. We pass on the blame for natural disasters by blaming climate, but we overlook the politics that would have prevented much of the recent flooding from Katrina, Sandy, and now Harvey. Things such as abuse of the flood insurance program, for example, discussion of which might have taken place were we not wasting time trying use storms for ideological leverage</p><p>Man-made climate change or not; one storm does not make a case. We should be focused on real science and on risk-prevention; avoiding building and rebuilding in flood-prone areas, investing in infrastructure and, yes, doing meaningful things, among which we might agree is reducing carbon emissions. Whatever the relationship of those emissions to global warming, there is every reason to attempt to reduce them where we can. Both sides of the debate should have no problem with that and the easiest way to do it, now well established, is to shift from coal and oil to natural gas. The US has made more strides toward reducing those emissions than any other nation because it&#8217;s made those shifts—thanks to fracking.</p><p>Therefore, shouldn&#8217;t this be the lesson of Harvey; that we need to get away from silly arguments about climate change causing a particular storm called Harvey and do something for a change? That something can include many things from a policy perspective, but the first step is to avoid the hurricane politics and get back to reason and science along with a little more humanity. The one bright side of this disaster, in fact, is seeing that in times of crisis, beyond the muck of hurricane politics and punditry, people rise to the occasion and simply help one another – and in today’s age, we needed to be reminded of that.</p><div class="printfriendly pf-aligncenter"><a href="#" rel="nofollow" onclick="window.print(); return false;" class="noslimstat" title="Printer Friendly, PDF & Email"><img style="border:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none; box-shadow:none;" src="https://cdn.printfriendly.com/buttons/printfriendly-pdf-button.png" alt="Print Friendly, PDF & Email" /></a></div></div><div style="width:100%; text-align:center"><div class="fb-like" style="width:65px; overflow: hidden !important; " data-href="http://naturalgasnow.org/global-warming-is-not-leading-to-stronger-hurricanes/" data-size="small" data-colorschem="light" data-width="65" data-layout="box_count" data-action="like" data-show-faces="true" data-share="true" kid_directed_site="false"></div></div> <script type="text/javascript">jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
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And what the climate  and environmental &#8220;movements&#8221; knew prior to the rise of the antifracking movement , which is a fairly recent development, is exactly what you have stated about the benefits of the shift from coal to natural gas in electricty production.</p><p>One would think that Mann might communicate to his fellow climate movement folks exactly that instead of turning a blind eye to what bill mckibben, 350org, food and water watch and many more have been doing when it comes to natural gas.</p></div><div class="reply"> <a rel='nofollow' class='comment-reply-link' href='http://naturalgasnow.org/global-warming-is-not-leading-to-stronger-hurricanes/?replytocom=38141#respond' onclick='return addComment.moveForm( "comment-38141", "38141", "respond", "26845" )' aria-label='Reply to Karen Orlando'>Reply <span>&darr;</span></a></div></article></li></ol><div id="respond" class="comment-respond"><h3 id="reply-title" class="comment-reply-title">Leave a Reply <small><a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="/global-warming-is-not-leading-to-stronger-hurricanes/#respond" style="display:none;">Cancel reply</a></small></h3><form action="http://naturalgasnow.org/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform" class="comment-form"><p class="comment-notes"><span id="email-notes">Your email address will not be published.</span> Required fields are marked <span class="required">*</span></p><p class="comment-form-comment"><label for="comment">Comment</label><textarea id="comment" name="comment" cols="45" rows="8" maxlength="65525" aria-required="true" required="required"></textarea></p><p class="comment-form-author"><label for="author">Name <span class="required">*</span></label> <input id="author" name="author" type="text" value="" size="30" maxlength="245" aria-required='true' required='required' /></p><p class="comment-form-email"><label for="email">Email <span class="required">*</span></label> <input id="email" name="email" type="text" value="" size="30" maxlength="100" aria-describedby="email-notes" aria-required='true' required='required' /></p><p class="comment-form-url"><label for="url">Website</label> <input id="url" name="url" type="text" value="" size="30" maxlength="200" /></p><p class="form-submit"><input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" class="submit" value="Post Comment" /> <input type='hidden' name='comment_post_ID' value='26845' id='comment_post_ID' /> <input type='hidden' name='comment_parent' id='comment_parent' value='0' /></p><p style="display: none;"><input type="hidden" id="akismet_comment_nonce" name="akismet_comment_nonce" value="5e3f9cfd25" /></p><p class="comment-subscription-form"><input type="checkbox" name="subscribe_comments" id="subscribe_comments" value="subscribe" style="width: auto; 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