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vegas giants said:
Do you know that there are many tornadoes that don't strike landfall and it is only chnace that directs how many actually do? This is hilarious
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I believe you meant hurricanes. There are no tornadoes that don't make landfall. Over water they're called water spouts.
 
Jack Hays said:
I believe you meant hurricanes. There are no tornadoes that don't make landfall. Over water they're called water spouts.
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Well that changes everything if they have a different name. LOL
 
vegas giants said:
Do you know that there are many tornadoes that don't strike landfall and it is only chnace that directs how many actually do? This is hilarious
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Tornado's that don't hit land are called "Waterspouts"
 
Meanwhile, for those who actually care about conclusions based on science:

• It's too early to declare that specific storms / hurricanes are a direct result of anthropic climate change

• We already see some correlations between surface temperatures and storm intensity and frequency; however, that may be due to better reporting during the period when temperatures have been rising (i.e. it's a topic of dispute)

• Either way, we'll almost certainly see the effects of ACC later in the century

And again.... It's routine for there to be ups and downs on an annual basis, regardless of longer-term trends.

https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/global-warming-and-hurricanes/
 
Visbek said:
Meanwhile, for those who actually care about conclusions based on science:

• It's too early to declare that specific storms / hurricanes are a direct result of anthropic climate change

• We already see some correlations between surface temperatures and storm intensity and frequency; however, that may be due to better reporting during the period when temperatures have been rising (i.e. it's a topic of dispute)

• Either way, we'll almost certainly see the effects of ACC later in the century

And again.... It's routine for there to be ups and downs on an annual basis, regardless of longer-term trends.

https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/global-warming-and-hurricanes/
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Please see #7, hurricanes 1978 to present.
 
Renae said:
Can't move buildings...
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That's a work in progress, but I'm working on it. Currently, my plan is a system of giant cranes to pass houses along from the lowlands of Southeast Georgia, up to the higher areas of Northwest Georgia. **** Middle Georgia and the other regions I'm too lazy to list, they can all go eat a bag of dicks. Currently, the issue is logistics, rather than physics - I've already written off all the houses that can't survive being lifted hundreds of times by a crane as deserving - no, needing - an immediate and violent end, followed by a more balanced remodeling so they won't crumble or tumble next time. Instead of worrying about that, I'm focused on calculating how far each neighborhood is from the highlands and how many houses are in them, and determining how many cranes would be needed to properly transport everyone's house from point A.(x), a specific neighborhood, to point B.(x), the main crane train, which leads to point C, the mountains. As I suck at math, this is being handled one neighborhood at a time, without the assistance of a base template for a formula. I may be finished with step one by 2038, at which point I would have to restart to calculate for all the new homes caused by that pesky population growth.
 
Jack Hays said:
Why should anyone count water spouts?
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Holy cow.....because it is only chance that they did not hit landfall and become tornadoes. If you have 10,000 water spouts (say normal is 500) and 10 HAPPEN to hit land and become tornadoes (say normal is 20) ....is that a good thing? THINK
 
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vegas giants said:
Holy cow.....because it is only chance that they did not hit landfall and become tornadoes. If you have 10,000 water spouts (say normal is 500) and 10 HAPPEN to hit land and become tornadoes (say normal is 20) ....is that a good thing? THINK
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I don't think you know anything about tornadoes or waterspouts. Tornadoes form over land. Waterspouts rarely become tornadoes.

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/waterspout.html
 
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Jack Hays said:
I don't think you know anything about tornadoes or waterspouts. Tornadoes form over land. Waterspouts do not become tornadoes.
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Actually... technically if a waterspout becomes landbased we reclassify it as a Tornado. HOWEVER, as a general rule, they don't make landfall.

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/waterspout.html
Waterspouts fall into two categories: fair weather waterspouts and tornadic waterspouts.

Tornadic waterspouts are tornadoes that form over water, or move from land to water. They have the same characteristics as a land tornado. They are associated with severe thunderstorms, and are often accompanied by high winds and seas, large hail, and frequent dangerous lightning.

Fair weather waterspouts usually form along the dark flat base of a line of developing cumulus clouds. This type of waterspout is generally not associated with thunderstorms. While tornadic waterspouts develop downward in a thunderstorm, a fair weather waterspout develops on the surface of the water and works its way upward. By the time the funnel is visible, a fair weather waterspout is near maturity. Fair weather waterspouts form in light wind conditions so they normally move very little.

If a waterspout moves onshore, the National Weather Service issues a tornado warning, as some of them can cause significant damage and injuries to people. Typically, fair weather waterspouts dissipate rapidly when they make landfall, and rarely penetrate far inland.
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