Bill Nye the clueless weather guy - flattened by tornado data

Reblogged from Watts Up With That?:

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"Yid with Lid" ran this scathing headline (in the screencap below) yesterday, and pointed out why Nye just doesn't have a clue. The tornado data following eviscerates Nye's claims, who seems unable (or maybe unwilling) to Google his own claims for accuracy before bloviating them on CNN.

The screencap source at "Yid with Lid" is here, and the article goes on to explain and prove the headline correct.

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Bill Nye used to be funny, and he used to make cool shows about science for kids. Now he just acts like a juvenile and rambles on in incoherent ways that would be funny if he were on a Monty Python skit. Of course, as is, while laughable and ridiculous, it is mostly just sad. It makes me wonder if he is being paid to act so pathetically. To Anthony, thanks for the ready compilation of references and facts.

1975 : Tornado Outbreaks Blamed On Global Cooling

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denisdutton.com/newsweek_coolingworld.pdf

The Newsweek article Steven Goddard reposts is less than 40 years ago. Most of us should remember. Yes, the same evidence being presented to support claims of global warming was then being given to support fears of the big chill. Historically, warmer is better. That is, we used to refer to the Roman warm period, and the Medieval warm period, where food was plentiful and civilization advanced. People seem to avoid those terms now. But global cool periods were marked by plague and famine. Fear of global cooling is rational. Fear of global warming is not. There are far more signs of cooling in nature today than warming.

Oklahoma tornado officially an EF5 - wind speeds still less than 1999 Moore tornado

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The map below shows 'Tornado Tracks Streak Across Oklahoma' as measured by doppler radar.

The rotation of tornadoes creates a distinctive signature in radar data, and can be used to estimate the track that the system takes over land. This image shows the rotational velocity of the systems that passed over Oklahoma on the afternoon of May 20, 2013. A single cohesive structure can be seen to cut across seven counties, with Moore directly in the middle.

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Thank you, Anthony. We have some of the world's best meteorologists right here in OKC, Moore, and Norman, for obviously good reason, and it is sure nice knowing that another of the greats is out in California watching out for us here too. Thanks for documenting this solid information.

From American Thinker Blog: As conservative children died, liberals politicized, but didn’t cry

Jesus loves the little children.

All the children of the world.

Red and yellow, black, and white.

They are precious in His site.

Jesus loves the little children of the world.

Blog: As conservative children died, liberals politicized, but didn’t cry.

And all the rest of us, too. “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful servants.” The Psalmist

Lake Draper Water Supply Running on Backup — Safe!

Update, 21 May 2013, as of this afternoon, the power is fully restored, and our water is back to normal. Pressure coming up to normal. No big deal for a lot of us, but it was problematic at businesses and the schools in SE OKC that didn’t close today.

Also, much thanks to OKC personnel and OG&E personnel who got things put back to right!
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https://www.facebook.com/cityofokc

The City of Oklahoma City is reporting the power to the Lake Draper city water supply (for southeast Oklahoma City) is out. The tornado got too many lines and towers. OG&E is restoring. In the mean time, it is running on emergency generators. Everything is working. Our water is safe. But pumps are running on backup. Water pressure is very low. Minimize use. Mostly, ensure sprinklers are off. Turn off the timers and supply to the yard sprinklers.

Again the water is safe, but some residents don’t have enough pressure for any use. So, make sure you use as little as possible.

“There has been misinformation regarding the City’s drinking water supply. It IS safe to drink. The Draper Water Treatment Plant did lose power and we did ask residents in SE OKC limit water usage. The water supply was never compromised and the water has always been safe to drink.” The City of Oklahoma City.

Check the facebook page link above for updates.

Advice to Young Unemployed Workers : The Freeman : Foundation for Economic Education

Not only is this straight talk to young people, it shows clearly why home schooling is important, why we need an individualized approach, one only a parent can give. We also need to work from early on.

Advice to Young Unemployed Workers : The Freeman : Foundation for Economic Education.

“Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us. For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you. It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate. 10For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.” Paul

Becoming the Archetype

Seth Hecox

The Burial

Old dudes RULE!

The Burial

Looks like he should be in a barber shop quartet but he is an awesome base. These guys are good. Wish you were here.

Bermuda

Burmuda. Lefthanded lead. Cool. He’s good. Cool guitar.

Example of Federal Welfare for Big Wind

Sequester? Yeah, right. Your defense dollars at work.

Seven BILLION dollars for windfarms. One of these company’s doesn’t really even seem to exist.

Quoting the official announcement of the contract:
Constellation NewEnergy Inc., Baltimore, Md., (W912DY-13-D-0021); ECC Renewables LLC, Burlingame, Calif., (W912DY-13-D-0022); Enel Green Power North America Inc., Andover, Mass., (W912DY-13-D-0023); LTC Federal LLC, Detroit, Mich., (W912DY-13-D-0024); and Siemens Government Technologies, Arlington, Va., (W912DY-13-D-0025); were awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price, multiple-award, task-order contract with a maximum value of $7,000,000,000 for the procurement of energy from renewable and alternative energy production facilities that are designed, financed, constructed, operated and maintained by private sector entities on private land under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense. Work location and type of appropriation will be determined with each task order. The bid was solicited through the Internet, with 16 bids received. The Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity.

Windmills Killed Over Half a Million Birds and Nearly a Million Bats in 2012

Windmills killed over half a million birds and nearly a million bats in 2012. Where will it end?

AP has distributed a story carried by many news outlets, including Fox, The Guardian, etc. I like the variety of headlines. Some hardly admit the point while others all but accuse the President of killing eagles and fighting oil production.

A quote: “More than 573,000 birds are killed by the country’s windfarms each year, including 83,000 hunting birds such as hawks, falcons and eagles, according to an estimate published in March in the peer-reviewed Wildlife Society Bulletin.”

The link to the journal should work, but it is available after purchase only, and I didn’t register to find out how much it is. 

The Way Nature Intended

Reblogged from NoFrakkingConsensus:

The natural world is heartless and cruel. Yet we humans equate 'natural' with 'good'.

It turns out there's an entire magazine aimed at sucking the joy out of parenthood. It's called Green Child.

Apparently, we aren't smart enough to teach kids to respect Mother Earth all on our own. We need a preachy periodical to show us the way. A periodical whose…

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Remember this, Mother Nature does not care. Like T-Rex in Jurassic park, he's not evil, just hungry. Mother Nature simply obeys the laws of physics. Get in the way, and get zapped. She doesn't care. Figure out how to apply enough energy to change what she's doing, no worries. She doesn't care. Mother Nature, just like the moon, is a harsh mistress. Being natural, by no means means being good.

Some thoughts about policy for the aftermath of the climate wars.

Reblogged from Pointman's:

Charles Mackay wrote in his book, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds - "Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one." The book may have been written in the mid-nineteenth century, but here we are at the kick off to the twenty-first, and that mass psychology is only too familiar.

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Well, if I didn't know better, I'd suspect our Pointman was reading my mail.

It would be nice if sensible people took the reigns of environmentalism. Keeping some wild is certainly a worthy cause. Beauty in nature is evident to nearly all of us. Keeping some of it is a good thing. I hold with Pointy, though, people first. All people, not just the elite and not just the downtrodden, and not any other group, but each of us, individually. Each person matters, and collective coercion is as bad as individual coercion.

I am reblogging because of the science point. Thanks, Pointman, I needed that. Yes, I see the damage climate alarmism has done to science in general, and I cringe. However, you are right. To us scientists, it is a big deal, and we are all diminished for it, but for most people, the damage is minimal, and confidence will ebb and flow as it always has. We will prove our science and ethics again by just being right and honest more often than not. Of course, it helps if we can admit when we are proven wrong. It also helps when we don't call names and use other emotional tactics to attack those who challenge us.

Regarding policy going forward, we need to keep the big picture in mind, and we must never settle for the notion that doing something is better than waiting. There is much harm in the world resulting from little more than the argument that doing anything is better than doing nothing. It is rarely true where politics rule. I like to remind my legislative representatives that it is not their job to legislate. It is their job to represent me and the rest of our district. It seems to me that politicians think they are not doing their jobs if they don't pass laws, regulations, and increase spending, which of course requires increases in revenue, which can generally only be done with new or increased taxes. Viscous, self-destructive cycle. Our leaders must remember to educate themselves diligently and make decisions wisely, always with an eye to liberty and rule of law, not rule of the mob nor rule of fashion and fancy.

Again, thanks Pointman. A very worthwhile read.