Dr. Jeff Masters, September 9, 2010
Director of Meteorology, Weather Underground
Dangerous flash flooding is occurring in Eastern Oklahoma this morning, where the remains of Tropical Storm Hermine dumped up to 15 inches of rain. Yesterday, flooding from Hermine killed two people in Texas who were attempting to cross flood waters in their vehicles. Two tornadoes touched down near Dallas.In the tropics, a potentially dangerous tropical disturbance has developed over the southern Lesser Antilles Islands, and Tropical Storm Igor has developed off the coast of Africa.The U.S. recorded its 4th hottest summer on record in 2010, with 10 states and over 50 million Americans experiencing their hottest summer ever.
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Dr. Ricky Rood, September 3, 2010
Professor, University of Michigan
Who is the Audience? What to Do ? (2) At the bottom is a short Pakistan update.In the previous article I argued that much of the “opposition” to climate change was politically motivated or politically aligned. With such political positioning a communications and education strategy motivated by the opposition only feeds the political argument. This is especially true in “crisis situations,” where reactions to the crisis serve to build and perpetuate the crisis. Then some become vested in maintaining the crisis, including those whose primary goal is to seed doubt ...
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