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On the article Congressman Rallies for Sandy Hook Opening in Wake of Sandy
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On the Blog Post Governor Ignores Climate Change in Sandy Rebuilding
Tom
9:19 am on Monday, February 18, 2013
ReplyForked; I don't argue with the fact that we've seen water temps rise, and land temps rise here and there. However, what the media doesn't report is that the trend has been downward GLOBALLY over the past 7 years or so. My argument is that weather and climate are cyclical, and what we're experiencing now is not out of the ordinary.
As for the storms being "more violent", tell me exactly how you have proof of that. Is it simply because that's what is sensationalized in the media and the weather channel? Tornado's in the south in winter; do you think that is anomaly? Tornados have occurred in winter in the south since Man has been in North America, there are periods when there are more, and periods when there are less.The whole notion of global warming is a political movement, nothing more, nothing less. Once data started to show that some places are cooling (such as europe, and now that parts of the antarctic are back in a cooling period) the mantra was changed to "climate change". Once climate scientists (those who are ethical) get a real understanding of how particular climate patterns, such as ENSO, and the North Atlantic Oscillation, drive yearly weather events, we'll have a better understanding of WHY we experience changes in climate, and HOW/WHY the Earth has experienced these cycles in the past, present and future.
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On the Blog Post Governor Ignores Climate Change in Sandy Rebuilding
Tom
7:55 am on Monday, February 18, 2013
ReplySo, Frank, you're going to base climate change on 10 years of data? You're going to base the water temp. off of sea side as a predictor of climate change? As for the people being affected, no it hasn't been so bad in the past, but we didn't have all the people living on the shore as we do now, we didn't have houses where marshes once stood and helped to alleviate flooding, we didn't have storm sewer systems that allowed water from the ocean and bays travel fast and far inland with an epic storm surge.
As for south american fish, name one. We've always had warm water fish off of NY/NJ from august through october (wahoo, amberjack, cobia, to name a few). We often have eddy's that break off of the gulf stream and move closer to shore bringing warm water fish with them (of more tropical origin). Your argument is silly.
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On the Blog Post Governor Ignores Climate Change in Sandy Rebuilding
Tom
4:16 pm on Friday, February 15, 2013
Frank, do you think that's the first time a storm like that has hit NJ (or what is now called NJ ?). These storms have happened in the past and will happen in the future.
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On the Blog Post Governor Ignores Climate Change in Sandy Rebuilding
Tom
8:28 am on Friday, February 15, 2013
Be careful trusting ANY gov't agency offering useful info. Many of the "scientists" who are in charge of the agencies are simply political appointees with an agenda (it doesn't matter which side of the fence they come from). NOAA and NASA have had to retract stories, or "clear-up" misconceptions based on findings from their organizations. Many of the people who work for these agencies are good scientists, but they are directed in what to pursue and how to word some of their findings.
People in science are obligated to receive funding for their research endeavors, be they scientists at a university or at a gov't agency (such as noaa). Two of the largest funding agencies, NSF (national science foundation) , are run by political hacks and scientists with an agenda. If you're an ecologist or a meteorologist (insert any scientific profession) and you send in a grant proposal that doesn't refer to climate change your chance of funding is almost zero. Scientists with no interest in the politics of climate change HAVE to relate what they are doing to climate change in order to get a chance of funding. Science is driven by political agendas.
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On the Blog Post Governor Ignores Climate Change in Sandy Rebuilding
Tom
8:18 am on Friday, February 15, 2013
98%, where did you pull that number out of? One of the biggest problems we have (humans) is that we try to understand processes based on our own history, but geologic and climatic processes far surpass our experience on this planet. Climatic changes/shifts have occurred since our atmosphere was fully formed, some changes have been long term, others temporary. Natural climatic phenomena such as La-Nina/El-nino events, and changes in the North Atlantic Oscillation, help to explain many of the climatic "anomalies" we observe. For several years the antarctic peninsula was used as a prime example to show how global warming is causing glaciers to melt and cause a rise in sea level, as a good deal of snow and ice was melting, pack ice diminishing, and glaciers receding and calving. When these examples were being used to help demonstrate global warming the antarctic peninsula was in a very strong la-nina period. Jump ahead to today (and the last few years) the antarctic peninsula is in an el-nino period, and pack ice is thick, the peninsula mostly covered in ice/snow, and glaciers increasing again.
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On the article Sandy Hook Will Get $3.5M in Federal Funds for Road Repairs
Tom
5:45 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
ReplySherrie, you obviously have a reading comprehension issue. Actually, I have seen first hand what sandy has done to sandy hook as I have had a personal tour of the hook a week after Sandy hit.
@Paul: it's highly unlikely the hook will be open to the public that early, the infrastructure took a big hit. One of the biggest concerns is that the sewerage plant that treats all the effluent from the bathrooms was badly damaged, they weren't sure if/how much saltwater entered the fresh water system, most of the bathrooms were destroyed (still standing but badly damaged inside), and there are the obvious concerns about people walking around where there are collapsed walkways (multi-use paths). I would imagine if they were to open around memorial day they would likely have to have batteries of port-o-johns to handle the needs of the crowds. As for me, my research is on hiatus until I'm allowed back out. Cheers.
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On the article Sandy Hook Will Get $3.5M in Federal Funds for Road Repairs
Tom
1:10 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
ReplyHopefully it's to REPAIR the roads and walkways and not build new ones, at the rate they've been putting up "multi-use paths" there will be no natural habitat out there in the near future.
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On the article Middletown's New Sonic Drive-In Revs Up For Business (Video)
Tom
7:06 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
I've only lived here for 7 years (yes, an invader from staten island) and the traffic has become much worse at particular intersections. Harmony Road and rte 35 had become worse before they built a sonic, the intersection (uturn) at laurel and 35 is awful. Just wait until the new housing development off of the turn around for cherry tree farm lane is built.
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On the article Middletown's New Sonic Drive-In Revs Up For Business (Video)
Tom
12:24 pm on Monday, February 11, 2013
there are no sonics on staten island, but there's plenty in NJ.
Tom
6:37 am on Saturday, March 2, 2013
Good for you congressman Pallone. One of the big problems is that many of the decisions for the cleanup/restoration are made from fort wadsworth (staten island), decisions being made from people who have rarely stepped foot on sandy hook. When they started the cleanup effort people from out of state, with NO experience on sandy hook or other coastal sites, were put in charge of those with far more experience at sandy hook. Although it's a massive effort, there's also been massive delays as the beurocracy of the park service and the ineffective/inexperienced "leadership" has gotten in the way.