tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post2336735080415906457..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: Eli Is a Straightforward BunnyEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-90493990007671685142012-04-22T18:31:58.070-04:002012-04-22T18:31:58.070-04:00> This presents a number of problems. First, wh...> This presents a number of problems. First, what about those records that do not extend to 1990?<br /><br />That would seem to be a problem (though you might mean 1980). Since you're doing the investigative-reporter bit, I think its your duty to pose this further question to Idso.William M. Connolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05836299130680534926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-32406246039523370782012-04-22T14:45:05.292-04:002012-04-22T14:45:05.292-04:00Lionel A -- "Then there was the unusual behav...<i>Lionel A -- "Then there was the unusual behaviour of icebergs in the Labrador current which was probably instrumental in the Titanic tragedy."</i><br /><br />Cold mirage seems to have been the main culprit, brought about by the Jet Stream hitting the cold air brought down by the pattern you mention. The lookouts wouldn't have been able to see the icebergs against starlight as the horizon would have been lifted by the refraction. If you haven't seen it, a fascinating NatGeo docu based on Tim Maltin's exhaustive research of shipping weather data, called <a href="http://natgeotv.com/ca/titanic-case-closed" rel="nofollow">Titanic: Case Closed (not my title) is a must see</a>.J Bowersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-50546916045972884002012-04-22T14:37:03.218-04:002012-04-22T14:37:03.218-04:00"On a related note I was wondering if anybody...<i>"On a related note I was wondering if anybody has done a trawl ('scuse pun) through maritime records and ships logs for weather and climate related information."</i><br /><br />Phil Jones and CRU. For almost forty years ;)J Bowersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-28790363003194229582012-04-22T14:26:17.607-04:002012-04-22T14:26:17.607-04:00Lionel,
The Normans invaded Ireland in 1179, and...Lionel, <br /><br />The Normans invaded Ireland in 1179, and in their wake came a Welshman called Gerald de Barry. Gerald left a valuable record of Ireland in the 1180s called <i>Topographia Hibernica</i>. He mentions in regard to climate and crops:<br /><br />- a windy and rainy climate, much like the 20th century.<br />- specifically says that vines are not grown there, though Ireland has a milder climate than England.<br />- says that the grain sometimes does not ripen.<br /><br />These last would have been a weaker strain of wheat or oats than modern crops.<br /><br />A contemporary account of Greenland in the 13th century says that the inhabitants "did not know bread", and only a few grains from the Norse period have been found, in a dunghill. Probably, the Greenland Norse grew a little grain for personal use in small gardens, but the main Greenland Norse crop was hay. No remains of barnyard fowls have been found in Norse sites, suggesting the winters were too cold for them.<br /><br />On the whole, the literary or archaeological evidence of the period does not support the more extravagant claims made for the Medieval Warm Period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-70589462079138036882012-04-22T12:35:28.092-04:002012-04-22T12:35:28.092-04:00Goddard's IP address has been blocked - how te...Goddard's IP address has been blocked - how terrible. Does the same go for his IQ work space?<br /><br />On this MWP & LIA troublesome, as a keen maritime history looker-into I cannot help but note that records of shipbuilding in England during the late 1600s oft-times mention troubles with high temperatures and droughts causing related issues with ship's seams opening up whilst in 'ordinary'.<br /><br />1666 (the year my old school was founded) saw an unusually warm summer which was instrumental in the severity of the Great Fire which took hold in London.<br /><br />On a related note I was wondering if anybody has done a trawl ('scuse pun) through maritime records and ships logs for weather and climate related information. Defoe wrote a book about the Great Storm of 1703 and I know that the year the Titanic went down had unusual weather early on with hurricane force winds in mid January which caused trouble for a squadron of US TB-destroyers in the Caribbean and many ships to near founder each side of the North Atlantic. Then there was the unusual behaviour of icebergs in the Labrador current which was probably instrumental in the Titanic tragedy. Sudden encounter of below freezing water causing metallurgical trouble with the ship's structure and a temperature inversion which caused strange, for those out there, atmospheric optical effects leading to unfortunate belief in a vessel being nearby thus rescue near. <br /><br />Just thinking.Lionel Ahttp://lionels.orpheusweb.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-38814774790797331822012-04-21T23:31:52.336-04:002012-04-21T23:31:52.336-04:00In a ripe durian related incident, reports of S...In a ripe durian related incident, reports of Steve Godddard's brain death have been somewhat exaggerated- he has merely suffered website infarction , with WUWT telling us :<br /><br />"It is becoming increasingly apparent that the report of the death of Steve Goddard is somewhat premature. When I first e-mailed Anthony with this news, his first response was “I don’t know this might be a fake is real name is ….” a subsequent e-mail responding to a link to the Real Science site noted “some of it jibes with what I know it some does not I’d be cautious…” then he asked me to post the link to the notice with a notice that we could not confirm anything. Apparently his caution was justified and WUWT readers can be assured that Anthony keeps a close watch on his interns even when he takes a rare few hours off.<br /><br />UPDATE # 3<br /><br />Steve Goddard himself appears to have weighed in here at WUWT:<br /><br />I’m fine. I was off at a soccer game when this happened. Basically, someone I trusted went insane and took control of the site. I still don’t have access, as my IP address has been blocked."THE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-57917660797584456762012-04-21T21:52:37.177-04:002012-04-21T21:52:37.177-04:00On Durian. I first had it in Singapore and enjoye...On Durian. I first had it in Singapore and enjoyed the first 2 bites. After that, I wanted nothing to do with it. <br /><br />I have since tried it several times, and I am convinced that if you can put aside all your prejudices of what food should taste or smell like, it can be pretty good. <br /><br />I'd still take cherries over durian any day.a_ray_in_dilbert_spacenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-70441993103912546842012-04-21T20:45:31.905-04:002012-04-21T20:45:31.905-04:00"as written it means SINCE the 1980s, or 1990..."as written it means SINCE the 1980s, or 1990 on"<br /><br />Except that in at least one of the references, they seemed to be comparing it with AD 1808-2000.<br /><br />"stink they do, but some people swear they taste better than cherries!"<br /><br />I once took a durian to a school where I gave a talk on the uses of plants to 3 different groups. By mid-day you could smell it through the whole school. One girl compared the smell to the inside of her hockey bag and it tasted like a blend of pineapple and garlic.<br /><br />Richard SimonsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-72025062680045015332012-04-21T18:41:00.495-04:002012-04-21T18:41:00.495-04:00"In essence this is a durian pick, a large fr..."In essence this is a durian pick, a large fruit that smells like dead animals when ripe.."<br /><br />stink they do, but some people swear they taste better than cherries!dhogazanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-52809602000041429332012-04-21T17:24:46.286-04:002012-04-21T17:24:46.286-04:00Hmm, rereading (always a good idea) what Craig Ids...Hmm, rereading (always a good idea) what Craig Idso wrote, they are using the highest value in the PROXY record (which ones are not mentioned) between well, ok that is not very clear, but as written it means SINCE the 1980s, or 1990 on<br /><br />This presents a number of problems. First, what about those records that do not extend to 1990? Second, since the proxys are calibrated to temperatures using the instrumental data, well you know.<br /><br />In essence this is a durian pick, a large fruit that smells like dead animals when ripe..EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-88231984317100614172012-04-21T12:49:08.695-04:002012-04-21T12:49:08.695-04:00Ah, yes, his naval career when he intentionally sa...Ah, yes, his naval career when he intentionally sabatoged the sea surface temp data collected by his US Navy ship, using buckets to collect sea water and then measuring the temperature ...<br /><br />Except that was the British, not the US, Navy using bucket data rather than measuring at sea water intake ports ...<br /><br />Good times were had, exposing Fuller's live. I almost miss those times, though I don't miss Fuller ...dhogazanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-49482751642135515022012-04-21T12:30:13.457-04:002012-04-21T12:30:13.457-04:00Mmmm seems like Google doesn't know who I am. ...Mmmm seems like Google doesn't know who I am. The above post was from me.<br /><br />Ian ForresterIan Forresternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-83096333431209193772012-04-21T12:26:53.069-04:002012-04-21T12:26:53.069-04:00Fuller has just gone into hissy overdrive over at ...Fuller has just gone into hissy overdrive over at Bart's place when I exposed what a liar he is by linking to his fictitious Navel career as described on this very blog.<br /><br />He even told me to "Bugg*r off".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13059555910724173987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-72251246251010368042012-04-21T11:42:07.887-04:002012-04-21T11:42:07.887-04:00Well Richard, now the bunnies get to play auditorWell Richard, now the bunnies get to play auditorEliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-9118070414249370882012-04-21T11:15:46.927-04:002012-04-21T11:15:46.927-04:00Tom Fuller is still full of $#it.
Always has bee...Tom Fuller is still full of $#it. <br /><br /><a href="http://rabett.blogspot.com/2010/11/infra-digging-michael-tobis.html" rel="nofollow">Always has been</a>, always will. <br /><br />Dick Courtney may intentionally mislead folks with his qualifications, but I doubt he's lied about military service as oh-so-civil Tommy Boy did.Former Skepticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-67797503041486274382012-04-21T09:40:04.686-04:002012-04-21T09:40:04.686-04:00My oh my.
Tom Fuller is having rather a hissy fit...My oh my.<br /><br />Tom Fuller is having rather a hissy fit over at Bart's, all because those nasty consensus scientists and their supporters won't play nice and let pseudoscientific ideologues attempt to distract from the fact that humans are warming the planet with their carbon emissions.<br /><br />Apparently when one doesn't want to hear and discuss the truth, especially when it's bitterly unpalatable to one's ideology, the messengers must be shot. Fuller would make a very fullsome Cleopatra...<br /><br />And it seems that bunny most especially sticks in the fellow's craw.<br /><br /><br />Bernard J. Hyphen-Anonymous XVII, Esq.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-58303375143738014712012-04-21T09:04:45.447-04:002012-04-21T09:04:45.447-04:00Idsos' explanation is rather clumsily worded. ...Idsos' explanation is rather clumsily worded. Does he mean he compared the maximum estimated Medieval temperature at each location to the highest recent annual temperature at those sites as estimated by proxy, the highest actual annual temperature, the highest recorded temperature, the mean over a number of years or any of a number of other possibilities? How does this fit in with the description he wrote of a paper he used (Tyson et al, 2000), where he said "the Current Warm Period (AD 1961-1990 mean)"?<br /><br />I suspect he is making up the definition post-publication.<br /><br />Richard SimonsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-42808565500064314392012-04-21T07:58:20.433-04:002012-04-21T07:58:20.433-04:00Monty:
Yes Eli. I spent a long time over at WUWT...Monty:<br /><br />Yes Eli. I spent a long time over at WUWT trying to get them to see that: 1 the MWP (and LIA) weren't globally coincident, and 2 if they were, this would imply high sensitivity. Mr Courtney especially didn't like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-41332522621391919202012-04-20T18:06:11.234-04:002012-04-20T18:06:11.234-04:00Yes, but when translated through WUWT, SPAMalot se...Yes, but when translated through WUWT, SPAMalot seems a more appropriate musical, even if the Black Knight scene was hard.John Masheynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-6867281765031130292012-04-20T17:41:44.910-04:002012-04-20T17:41:44.910-04:00Wonderful. The Medieval Warm Period is obviously w...Wonderful. The Medieval Warm Period is obviously what is known in musical comedy as "Camelot"<br /><br /><i>It's true! It's true! The crown has made it clear.<br /> The climate must be perfect all the year.<br />A law was made a distant moon ago here:<br /> July and August cannot be too hot.<br /> And there's a legal limit to the snow here<br /> In Camelot.<br /> The winter is forbidden till December<br /> And exits March the second on the dot.<br /> By order, summer lingers through September<br /> In Camelot.<br />...</i><br /> <br />Maybe its when deniers go when they depart for the Great Heartland Institute in the Sky. <br /><br />Anyway, here Richard Harris sings about it:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCtselIX4yg<br /><br />TobyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com