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Originally posted by transplant99@Sep 21 2005, 07:21 PM
OK>...everyone arguing that "global warming" is somehow responsible for the giant increase in hurricanes this year...please explain to me one thing.
That being....if THE 2 (TWO) foremost experts in North American hurricanes over the last 60 years BOTH agree that this is nothing more than a cyclical occurrence with variables that haven't all come togther at one time before (like it is this season) then what in the hell is the continuous argument against THEM??
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Well, I jumped into the thread late, so I'm not exactly sure who you're directing this at, but speaking for myself:
Natural cycles in hurricane strength and global warming influenced increases in hurricane strength aren't mutually exclusive --> it's not either A or B.
Yes, we were due for a stretch of increased hurricane activity, so yes, this would have been a bad year for hurricanes even if humans had never evolved beyond rodents, but that doesn't mean that human-induced global warming couldn't possibly have made this already bad season worse.
Anyone who says global warming has had no effect on hurricane activity this year is just as foolish (IMO) a someone who says it's 100% global warming.