Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Where's the Chief?
BBC feature on wheat growers in the Midwest said: "The current drought is much steadier and more persistent than the '30s." And along the same lines, On Point interviewed a fraudulent apocalyptic wacko posing as an alleged so-called quote "scientist" unquote, who bizarrely claims the current trend "inevitably" points to "permanent" "mega-droughts".
Say kids, what time is it? Especially you in the peanut gallery, sing along:
It's NCDC time,
It's NCDC time,
It's NCDC time,
It's NCDC time!!!
Where's Clarabell? More to the point, where's Chief Thunderthud?
I guess the chief is busy doing a rain dance, which he wasn't doing in the '30s.
Here are the main wheat-growing areas of Kansas:
And here are the NCDC precip charts for those zones, in the same positions. These are 12-month totals as recorded by Princess Summerfall Winterspring, with a highlight on the decade of the '30s.
Hmm. No matter how I look at it, the drought of the '30s was more steady and persistent than the current "flash drought". Note especially that the last 12 months are wetter than the previous 12 months, indicating that we're already on the way out of the "flash". More broadly, note the slight but clear upward trend over the century in all 4 regions. Predictions from limited data are always dubious, but the ONLY prediction you can draw from this limited data is that we'll get WETTER in the near future, not MEGA-DROUGHTIER.
Well, Howdy, I guess those BBC experts are just a whole lot smarter and holier than I am. They must be capable of sensing Spiritual Auras well beyond the mere earthly facts.
Say kids, what time is it? Especially you in the peanut gallery, sing along:
It's NCDC time,
It's NCDC time,
It's NCDC time,
It's NCDC time!!!
Where's Clarabell? More to the point, where's Chief Thunderthud?
I guess the chief is busy doing a rain dance, which he wasn't doing in the '30s.
Here are the main wheat-growing areas of Kansas:
And here are the NCDC precip charts for those zones, in the same positions. These are 12-month totals as recorded by Princess Summerfall Winterspring, with a highlight on the decade of the '30s.
Hmm. No matter how I look at it, the drought of the '30s was more steady and persistent than the current "flash drought". Note especially that the last 12 months are wetter than the previous 12 months, indicating that we're already on the way out of the "flash". More broadly, note the slight but clear upward trend over the century in all 4 regions. Predictions from limited data are always dubious, but the ONLY prediction you can draw from this limited data is that we'll get WETTER in the near future, not MEGA-DROUGHTIER.
Well, Howdy, I guess those BBC experts are just a whole lot smarter and holier than I am. They must be capable of sensing Spiritual Auras well beyond the mere earthly facts.
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