The press has been pushing the idea that the recent Philippines flood was due to global warming.
Dec. 16 tropical storm unleashed more than a month’s worth of rainfall in 12 hours
Rainfall totals are on the order of 200 to over 250 mm (~8 to 10 inches) along Mindanao’s east coast where Washi made landfall, but the highest amounts are along the northwest coast, where totals are on the order of 300 to over 400 mm (~12 to over 16 inches).
That is impressive, but 100 years ago the Philippines received five times as much rain (88 inches) from one storm. CO2 was 310 ppm at the time.
Once again we see that global warming alarmism is rooted in nothing more than superstition and ignorance.
The Floods in Queensland.
Immense Destruction of Property.
67 Inches of Rain in 3 Days.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/61249052?
~11 Feb 1893
Also in 1911:
QUEENSLAND FLOODS.
72 INCHES IN THREE DAYS.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5264170?
~5 April 1911
We have a winner!
“WETTEST PLACE IN THE WORLD
82 Inches of Rain In Three Days
Cherrapunji, the wettest place in the world, had 21, 26, and 36 inches of rain respectively in the last three days of 10 days of a long deluge, which caused the disastrous flood In Assam. It is officially stated that 15,000 persons had been rendered homeless by the floods.”
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/36733859?
~25 July 1934
An honourable mention:
“DEERAL DELUGED.
Over 73 Inches. In Five Days.”
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/41539978?
~4 Mar 1935
Thanks for this note Steve. We have lots of strong rains and heavy flooding the past few years until this year. The latest typhoon which hit the country nearly 2 weeks ago killed more than 1,000 people, http://funwithgovernment.blogspot.com/2011/12/typhoon-washi-sendong-in-pictures.html.
so in 90 years weve massively increased motor and other production oil use etc and only managed 80ppm increase in Co2.?
and everything thats happening now has happened before..
so why? are people so committed to returning us to the pre industrial ages..
it beggars belief or intelligence
It’s interesting to note that the MSM do nothing to check the accuracy of their claims.
@Adam: Why would they bother to check? Here is a quote from Roy W. Spencer’s book “The Great Global Warming Blunder”, which illustrates why:
“As a friend from a newspaper family once told me, “bad news is good news, and good news is no news.”"
While that may be obvious to most of us, the MSM is no longer interested in accuracy, but rather what they can sell … and fear sells.
in 1972, 70 inches of rain fell. I was there.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/philippines-hit-hard-by-flooding
The Phillipines average 20 tropical systems a year. Since tropical systems often produce huge amounts of rainfall, occasional massive flooding is nothing unusual.
Yes, 19-20 typhoons a year, about 5 earthquakes a day, on average. Some of those typhoons though just enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) but don’t make landfall. And many of those EQs occur in the ocean, or are weak that only seismograph can detect them, but they are still EQs. So all those heavy rains and flooding are generally normal.
Steve, I used this blog post of yours in my article, http://funwithgovernment.blogspot.com/2011/12/climate-stupidity-25-wetter-or-drier-we.html, thanks.