Extreme Weather and Climate Change

[TOM4CWB]

Dear Charlie et al.;

At Reason.Org they have done a new study on 'Extreme Weather Events' explained by Dr. Julien Morris ofthe Reason Foundation. Climate Change causing extreme weather and human deaths.

Anti-development C02 reduction promotion by environmentalists is working against the poorest humans on the planet... and hurts them the most.

For a few $100's billion we can remove the lack of good clean water for the poor people... of the world. Yet we will spend trillions and have no meaningful impact on climate change!!!

I caught this presentation on QR770 on Friday morning in the 11AM Rutherford hour. The actual interview starts at 34:10 minutes no the audio recording for this hour.

http://www.qr77.com/other/audiovault.html

[Burbert]

I thought Rutherford was busy this past
week or two, suckin up the the PC party,
playin at is convention. PICKN gARY to
be our new premiey, causin hes soooooo
smart. Rutherford and yous could all
spend your time more productivleey stiking
you heads in the tar sands and keepin them
there......

[TOM4CWB]

Burbert,

My Princess tells me there is a Firefox system we could install to skip your troll comments with special codeing.

It would take a some hours to remove you from our browzers... but it can be done!

Please try to stop the untruths. Rurtherford has indicated numerous and often times he supports a different political solution than the P.C. Alberta folks.

Be NICe. That is your job. NOT being an annoyance. Bring in new ideas... must be some in your brain... I HOPE!!!

[malta]

Rutherford wasn't on the air this week. He's in Liberal Ontario having surgery at a private clinic.

[TOM4CWB]

Malta,

Rob filled in for Rutherford.

Here is the summary report:

Extreme Weather Events Are Killing Fewer People Than Ever Before

The worldwide death rate from weather happenings has dropped over 98 percent since the 1920s


September 22, 2011



Despite concerns about global warming and a large increase in the number of reported storms and droughts, the world’s death rate from extreme weather events was lower from 2000 to 2010 than it has been in any decade since 1900, according to a new Reason Foundation study.

The Reason Foundation report chronicles the number of worldwide deaths caused by extreme weather events between 1900 and 2010 and finds global deaths caused by extreme weather events peaked in the decade running from 1920 to 1929, when there were 241 deaths a year per million people in the world. From 1930 to 1939 there were 208 deaths a year per million people. But from 2000 to 2010 there were just 5.4 deaths a year per million people in the world. That’s a 98 percent decline in the weather-related death rate since the 1920s. Extreme weather events were responsible for just .07% of the world’s deaths between 2000 and 2010.

The extreme weather categories studied in the Reason Foundation report include droughts, floods, wildfires, storms (hurricanes, cyclones, tornadoes, typhoons, etc.) and extreme temperatures, both hot and cold.

Droughts were the most deadly extreme weather category between 1900 and 2010, responsible for over 60 percent of extreme weather deaths during that time. The worldwide death rate from droughts peaked in the 1920s when there were 235 deaths a year per million people. Since then, the death rate has fallen by 99.9 percent. The study finds that global food production advancements, such as new crops, improved fertilizer, irrigation, and pesticides, along with society’s better ability to move food and medical supplies, were responsible for reducing the number of deaths in times of severe drought.

Floods were to blame for 30 percent of the deaths during the timeframe studied, making them the second most deadly extreme weather category. The death rate for floods topped out in the 1930s at 204 deaths a year per million people. Deaths from floods have fallen by over 98 percent since then and there was an average of approximately one flood death per year per million people from 2000 to 2010.

Deaths from storms spiked as recently as the 1970s, when there were 10 deaths a year per million people. But the death rate has dropped by 75 percent since then, with storms being blamed for two deaths a year per million people from 2000 to 2010.

The average number of extreme weather events recorded increased from 2.5 per year in the 1920s to 8.5 in the 1940s to 350 per year for the period 2000-2010. The study notes technological and telecommunication advances made it significantly easier to learn of and respond to weather events. Broader news coverage and an increased tendency by authorities to declare natural disaster emergencies have also contributed to the large uptick in the number of storms recorded.

“Overall mortality around the world is increasing, while mortality from weather events is decreasing,” said Dr. Indur Goklany, the author of the Reason Foundation study. “Despite the intense media coverage of storms and climate change’s prominent role in political debates, humanity is coping far better with extreme weather events than it is with other much more important health and safety problems.”

“The number of reported extreme weather events is increasing, but the number of deaths and the risk of dying from those events have decreased,” said Julian Morris, the study’s project director and vice president of research at Reason Foundation. “Economic development and technological improvements have enabled society to protect against these events and to cope better with them when they do occur.”

Full Report Online

The full study is online here and here (.pdf).

About Reason Foundation

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Contact

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[theplowboy]

The climate change researchers are passionate on both sides.

I am not sure the poor folk down in Joplin Missouri would agree with this group.

[mustardman]

Any org that is called the "reason foundation' ought to be suspect. lol

Interesting Tom that you believe the stories about a man born over 2000 years ago who walked on water ,performed miracles was crucified and rose again But you won't believe the science on climate change.

Interesting

[TOM4CWB]

Mus,

Interesting... Global cooling as we speak! The third year running!

"Oceanic and atmospheric indicators show a trend towards the development of a La Nina climate event in the Pacific Basin in coming months, the government's Bureau of Meteorology reported Tuesday. Across the tropical Pacific Ocean, sea surface and sub-surface temperatures have cooled steadily since July while atmospheric indicators such as the strength of the trade winds and cloudiness near the International Dateline remain within "weak La Nina-like territory," the bureau said in a weekly tropical climate note. Half of the international climate models used by the bureau predict further cooling of the equatorial Pacific over the southern spring and into summer, it said. The key indicator of a La Nina is cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific. The bureau's Southern Oscillation Index measured 8.9 in the 30 days ended Sept. 25, up from 2.1 in August. Sustained positive values of the SOI above 8 may indicate a La Nina."

Looks like science to me!

[mustardman]

La nina and El Nino events will continue to happen with warming of the planet.
We have set new heat records Again this year. Its been over 28 for the last month and sounds like it will continue into October. The time for dithering and searching for 'reason foundations' is over