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3 Category 4 Hurricanes Develop In the Pacific At Once For the First Time

Kristine Lofgren writes: For the first time in recorded history, three Category 4 hurricanes were seen in the Pacific Ocean at the same time. Climatologists have been warning that climate change may produce more extreme weather situations, and this may be a peek at the future to come. Eric Blake, a specialist with the National Hurricane Center summed it up with a tweet: "Historic central/eastern Pacific outbreak- 3 major hurricanes at once for the first time on record!"

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  1. Peak at the future by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 4, Funny

    >> Peak at the future

    Sounds kinky. Mind if I take a peek?

  2. Quick... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quick, pay Al Gore money to make this stop.

    1. Re:Quick... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      *Jingles Keys*, who's the bad people, who's the bad people. Look at the shiny keys, look look. They're shiny and they jingle.

    2. Re:Quick... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      Nah, he was going for stupid, delusional, destructive liberal. They're hard to tell apart though, so we won't hold that against you.

  3. Re:"On Record" by tbannist · · Score: 1, Funny

    Le me be the first to point out that our recorded meteorological data for Pacific hurricanes is pretty much meaningless in terms of geologic time.

    Since you are also "meaningless in terms of geologic time", does that mean we should ignore you?

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  4. Re:Holy Fuck by grub · · Score: 1, Funny

    How long has the earth been around?
    6,000 years.

    How long have we had satellites watching or even just regular and reliable weather records.
    Sheeple. We don't have satellites and never made it to the moon.

    Now tell me what "we've never seen before" means. And no,this would not be " the evidence you are looking for".
    It means that since God created Man and the Earth 6,000 years ago we have not seen this type of weather. It's a lie though, we had it all the time but never took the time to document it.

    Seriously, you people dismiss the lack of hurricanes and just weather or even blame it on Global Warming and now you want to blame 3 at once on Global Warming.
    Global warming is indeed a hoax perpetrated by Satan.

    I have a theory. Everything that happens or doesn't happen in this world is because of my farts. Under the "science" of Climate change, it's irrefutable.
    Satan is in your anus if that is true.

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  5. Re:Possible scenario. by Rockoon · · Score: 3, Funny

    We can easily compare frequencies and energy levels of events like storms to past measurements in order to see trends over time

    80 years ago the only records for hurricanes was when they made landfall, and then only in the heavily populated areas of 1st world countries. If you were in a god damned ship you either sailed the opposite direction as the storm on the horizon or you fucking sank. "Captain, was it a hurricane?" .. "I don't know. I sailed away from it. I'm not fucking retarded."

    We only started getting a respectable count of these storms after we started sending satellites up, about 50 years in total, and we still only get detailed reports (wind speeds, etc) on the ones that might hit populated areas.

    Using your ignorant strategy, the spike in the number of hurricanes on record that began about 50 years ago is evidence of global warming instead of evidence of satellites.

    Use your brain. Imagine it. 80 years ago most ships are still made of wood and are driven by sails. Even the largest ship ever built by that time was tiny by todays standards and would capsize in a hurricane with near certainty. And planes were still made of wood and driven by propellers. Even today our largest military warships, entire carrier battle groups, get the fuck out of the way of hurricanes because they dont want to fucking die. But seemingly in your fucking world detailed records of hurricanes go way back.

    Ignorant fuck.

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