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Been a chilly year so far...

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Sunday, May 19, 2013 5:02 AM

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Sunday, May 19, 2013 5:29 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Phil Plait, astronomer, lecturer, and science-writer, reviewed Powell's data and similarly stated, "Now I know some people will just say that this is due to mainstream scientists suppressing controversy and all that, but let me be succinct: That’s bull. Science thrives on dissenting ideas, it grows and learns from them. If there is actual evidence to support an idea, it gets published. I can point out copious examples in my own field of astronomy where papers get published about all manners of against-the-mainstream thinking, some of which come to conclusions that, in my opinion, are clearly wrong.

So let this be clear: There is no scientific controversy over this. Climate change denial is purely, 100 percent made-up political and corporate-sponsored crap."



"I'm denying a political agenda, not 'science'." - Rappy

Actually, you're buying into a political agenda hook, line, and sinker that's being sold to you by your dear and fluffly corporate overlords.



"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 5:23 PM

1KIKI

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.


Domo, Geezer, little rappy, Jongsie ... any actual facts too discuss?

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:11 AM

AURAPTOR

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Quote:

Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
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Tornado activity hits 60-year low


The USA in the past 12 months has seen the fewest number of tornadoes since at least 1954, and the death tolls from the dangerous storms have dropped dramatically since 2011.

Just two years after a ferocious series of tornado outbreaks killed hundreds of Americans, the USA so far this year is enjoying one of the calmest years on record for twisters. Through Thursday, tornadoes have killed only three Americans in 2013; by the end of May 2011, 543 Americans had died.

The seven people killed from May 2012 to April 2013 is the fewest in a 12-month period since five people died in September 1899-August 1900, according to Harold Brooks, research meteorologist with the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla.

The year-to-date count of tornadoes is probably approaching the lower 10% of all years on record, said Greg Carbin, warning coordination meteorologist with the Storm Prediction Center in Norman.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/05/09/quiet-tornado-season/
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@ Penguin - Per your quote from / Neil Degrasse Tyson... Science isn't 'true or false'. Science is merely a tool by which we look at the natural world. We can discover FROM science what it true or not, but science itself is not 'truth'.



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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 5:08 AM

NIKI2

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Rap's choice to "debunk" climate change would be hysterical, if it weren't the cause of such horrific suffering.
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Oklahoma Tornado: 'Worst In The History Of The World'

An estimated two-mile-wide tornado touched down south of Oklahoma City Monday afternoon, and more storms are expected across the state. http://austinist.com/2013/05/20/tornado.php#photo-1]


He'd die rather than read it, of course, but here's the refutation:
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It turns out that of all the weather phenomena, from droughts to hurricanes, tornadoes are the most complex to answer from a broader atmospheric trends point of view. The reason is that a warming world affects the factors that lead to tornadoes in different ways.

Climate change is supposed, among other things, to bring warmer and moister air to earth. That, of course, would lead to more severe thunderstorms and probably more tornadoes. The issue is that global warming is also forecast to bring about less wind shear. This would allow hurricanes to form more easily, but it also would make it much harder for tornadoes to get the full about lift and instability that allow for your usual thunderstorm to grow in height and become a fully-fledged tornado. Statistics over the past 50 years bear this out, as we've seen warmer and more moist air as well as less wind shear.

Meteorological studies differ on whether or not the warmer and moister air can overcome a lack of wind shear in creating more tornadoes in the far future. In the immediate past, the jet stream, possibly because of climate change, has been quite volatile. Some years it has dug south to allow maximum tornado activity in the middle of the country, while other years it has stayed to the north.

Although tornado reporting has in prior decades been not as reliable as today because of a lack of equipment and manpower, it's still not by accident that the six least active and four most active tornado seasons have been felt over the past decade. Another statistic that points to the irregular patterns is that the three earliest and four latest starts to the tornado season have all occurred in the past 15 years.

Basically, we've had this push and pull in recent history. Some years the number of tornadoes is quite high, and some years it is quite low. We're not seeing "average" seasons as much any more. Expect this variation to continue into the future as less wind shear and warmer moister air fight it out.

The overall result could very well be fewer days of tornadoes per Harold Brooks of the National Storm Center, but more and stronger tornadoes when they do occur. Nothing about the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, or tornadoes over the past few decades break with this theory. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/21/moore-oklahoma-tornado-cli
mate-change


Worst--or one of the worst--tornadoes in the history of the world: It fits.


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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:36 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Gee. " Worst tornado in the history of the world! "

Hyperbolic much ?

Only, it wasn't.

Highest winds ? Nope.
Longest path of destruction / duration ? Nope
Widest damage width ? Nope
Highest forward speed ? Naw. Not even.

Oooh! But what about greatest pressure drop ?? Nope.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_records#Highest_winds_observed_in
_a_tornado


Seriously, it's like the whole world has been reduced to the mental capacity of over caffeinated teenagers.

" Strongest on record ", or " in recorded history ", at least that's TRYING to be reasonable.

But the history of the WORLD ? All 4.6 billion years ? Please!





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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 2:30 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Originally posted by AURaptor:

The seven people killed from May 2012 to April 2013 is the fewest in a 12-month period since five people died in September 1899-August 1900, according to Harold Brooks, research meteorologist with the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Okla.





And there have been no terror attacks on the World Trade Center towers since September 12, 2001.



"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 2:38 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by Kwicko:


And there have been no terror attacks on the World Trade Center towers since September 12, 2001.



When you want to add something to ANY thread, at least try to make it germane to the topic at hand.

K ?

Thanks bunches.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 5:01 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:

Originally posted by Kwicko:


And there have been no terror attacks on the World Trade Center towers since September 12, 2001.



When you want to add something to ANY thread, at least try to make it germane to the topic at hand.

K ?

Thanks bunches.





Can you tell me what fewer tornadoes have to do with "Been a chilly year so far..."?


And when you go around cherry-picking bullshit stats ("Hey, there were hardly any tornado deaths before this week's massive killer hit Oklahoma!"), how is that germane to... well, anything?

It's not. You're not.

K?



"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 5:03 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Gee. " Worst tornado in the history of the world! "

Hyperbolic much ?

Only, it wasn't.

Highest winds ? Nope.
Longest path of destruction / duration ? Nope
Widest damage width ? Nope
Highest forward speed ? Naw. Not even.

Oooh! But what about greatest pressure drop ?? Nope.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_records#Highest_winds_observed_in
_a_tornado


Seriously, it's like the whole world has been reduced to the mental capacity of over caffeinated teenagers.

" Strongest on record ", or " in recorded history ", at least that's TRYING to be reasonable.

But the history of the WORLD ? All 4.6 billion years ? Please!






Hilarious, coming from someone who claims that everyone on "the Left" thinks Obama is god, and who tries to claim that Benghazi is worse than 9/11 and Watergate.

Hyperbole is your only reason for being here.



"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:55 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by Kwicko:



Hilarious, coming from someone who claims that everyone on "the Left" thinks Obama is god, and who tries to claim that Benghazi is worse than 9/11 and Watergate.

Hyperbole is your only reason for being here.



Can't help but notice you NOT acknowledging that the Moore, OK tornado wasn't " THE WORST IN THE HISTORY OF THE PLANET "

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tries to claim that Benghazi is worse than 9/11 and Watergate.


Cites ?

I've offered ample proof of the Left's deification of Obama, so that point is now moot.

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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:02 AM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


Never let evidence get in the way of your beliefs.

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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:15 AM

AURAPTOR

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Quote:

Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
Never let evidence get in the way of your beliefs.



Care to be less vague ?

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Thursday, May 23, 2013 3:43 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:

Originally posted by Kwicko:



Hilarious, coming from someone who claims that everyone on "the Left" thinks Obama is god, and who tries to claim that Benghazi is worse than 9/11 and Watergate.

Hyperbole is your only reason for being here.



Can't help but notice you NOT acknowledging that the Moore, OK tornado wasn't " THE WORST IN THE HISTORY OF THE PLANET "




So now you're so desperate that you'll take me to task for not acknowledging something I never said?

Quote:


Quote:

tries to claim that Benghazi is worse than 9/11 and Watergate.


Cites ?




Taking your example above, you haven't disagreed with it, so that's "ample proof," and "that point is now moot."


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I've offered ample proof of the Left's deification of Obama, so that point is now moot.




No, you really haven't.



"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Thursday, May 23, 2013 4:39 AM

AURAPTOR

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Yes, you've not commented on it. All you've done is play the role of contrarian. As always.

I've post my examples, you haven't.

'nuff said.

( Yes, I really have )




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Thursday, May 23, 2013 5:10 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


The silliest thing is that you two are arguing about "Worst tornado in history"--WHICH was a quote from a newspaper headline; WHICH I noted "or one of" in my own post, and WHICH has nothing to do with the fact that I posted facts and cites refuting Rap's post about the tornado season (WHICH also just began). Silly back-and-forth over one headline, and totally ignored the fact that it WAS unquestionably ONE OF THE WORST tornadoes in history. Just sayin'...


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Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:01 AM

AURAPTOR

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Quote:

Originally posted by Niki2:

The silliest thing is that you two are arguing about "Worst tornado in history"--WHICH was a quote from a newspaper headline; WHICH I noted "or one of" in my own post, and WHICH has nothing to do with the fact that I posted facts and cites refuting Rap's post about the tornado season (WHICH also just began). Silly back-and-forth over one headline, and totally ignored the fact that it WAS unquestionably ONE OF THE WORST tornadoes in history. Just sayin'...




Niki - I take issue w/ the misstatement of FACT, as well as the drama and hyperbole with which it was repeated, as msnbc's Martin Bashir called it... " perhaps the worst tornado in the HISTORY of the planet "


http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/05/20/martin-bashir-mo
ore-oklahoma-perhaps-worst-tornado-history-planet



Do I REALLY have to break down how many ways that isn't just wrong, but reckless and deceptive journalism ??

I don't, do I ?

And a for the 'start of tornado season '... so frelling what ? How is that relevant to anything here ? It isn't.

Why ?

BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TORNADO SEASON !!! Not here in the US there isn't.

So why do you bring up this red herring ?


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Friday, May 24, 2013 5:09 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


"I take issue w/ the misstatement of FACT"

"BECAUSE THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TORNADO SEASON !!! Not here in the US there isn't. "
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What is tornado season? Tornado season usually means the peak period for historical tornado reports in an area, when averaged over the history of reports. There is a general northward shift in "tornado season" in the U. S. from late winter through mid summer. The peak period for tornadoes in the southern plains, for example, is during May into early June. On the Gulf coast, it is earlier during the spring; in the northern plains and upper Midwest, it is June or July. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/]


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Tornado season off to a late but deadly start. Tornado season usually starts in mid-April, but this year's first big tornado will go down in the record books not only for its tardiness but for its deadly scale... http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0520/Tornado-season-off-to-a-lat
e-but-deadly-start
]


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Although the period in which most tornadoes strike ("tornado season") is March through August... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornadoes_in_the_United_States]




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Friday, May 24, 2013 6:49 AM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up


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Originally posted by 1kiki:
Domo, Geezer, little rappy, Jongsie ... any actual facts too discuss?



Well, I haven't been involved in this thread, but since you ask...

At 12:30pm on Friday, May 24, 2013, my weather station shows it as 57.9 degrees F here in NOVA, about 15 miles south of the White House. It went down from 59.7 around 7:00am this morning to 53.2 at 10:00am before rebounding a bit.


"When your heart breaks, you choose what to fill the cracks with. Love or hate. But hate won't ever heal. Only love can do that."

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Friday, May 24, 2013 11:58 AM

AURAPTOR

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Niki. There is no official tornado season, as there is with hurricane season.

" March, Mid-April, May... " PICK ONE!

The 2013 Atlantic Hurricane season will officially start June 1st - Nov. 30th.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_hurricane_season

You're a frelling moron.

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Friday, May 24, 2013 7:38 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:

Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
Never let evidence get in the way of your beliefs.



Care to be less vague ?

\

I was trying the flippant one liners you yourself so enjoy posting.

Next up a song for Wulf



Hey this is fun and hardly had to think at all

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Friday, May 24, 2013 7:55 PM

AURAPTOR

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Quote:

Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Quote:

Originally posted by Magonsdaughter:
Never let evidence get in the way of your beliefs.



Care to be less vague ?



I was trying the flippant one liners you yourself so enjoy posting.




Directed at whom, exactly? Your post was non specific, which aided in the ambiguousness of the message.

And as I'm often putting the facts out in front, your quip seemed directed at someone else. Thus the 'vague' reply.

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Friday, May 24, 2013 10:06 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


I've read plenty of threads on this topic before. I may have even posted one myself recently about the evidence in being overwhelming in support of climate change, but evidence doesn't sway some people sadly.

I haven't got the energy to engage in debates around issues that should by now have been put to bed, so I'll just post another vid.


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Saturday, May 25, 2013 8:31 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


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There is no official TORNADO SEASON.... You're a frelling moron.... And as I'm often putting the facts out in front

This in response to my putting up facts (with cites), which he does nothing but deny, and quotes Wikipedia, which I also quoted. So in other words, when FACTS are offered, he can just say "nuh-uh" and go right on. 'Nuff said.

But what the hell, while I'm at it:
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Quiet TORNADO SEASON forecast to last into next week, at least. http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2013/05/09/quiet-tornado-season/
2148075/
]


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In TORNADO SEASON, be ready. http://www.examiner.net/news/x83400267/In-tornado-season-be-ready]


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When is TORNADO SEASON? The season reaches its peak at different times in the United States.... In April of 1998, right in middle of TORNADO SEASON.... likely face future storm warnings each year when TORNADO SEASON reaches its peak in the spring months.... In the U.S., TORNADO SEASON tends to....In Southern states, TORNADO SEASON is typically....Of course, TORNADO SEASON returns each spring in Georgia... http://www.mnn.com/family/protection-safety/stories/when-is-tornado-se
ason#
]


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For the current TORNADO SEASON, see Tornadoes of 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado]


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Unusual Start to TORNADO SEASON. TORNADO SEASON has been off to a.... http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/abnormal-start-to-tornado-s
eas/11153366
]


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A huge and deadly twister that pummeled Moore, Oklahoma, Monday reminds us that TORNADO SEASON is upon us once again. http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/12/tech/mobile/tornado-apps]


I mean, seriously...!

And yes, Magons, of course it's a waste of time/effort to try and post facts and figures for these people, there's no sense in bothering unless you feel like it. The EVIDENCE is overwhelming, and it absolutely will mean absolutely nothing to them...until it impacts them personally to such a degree that they can no longer deny it. Even then they'll try, but I'm guessing by then it won't matter.


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Saturday, May 25, 2013 1:58 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Quote:

Originally posted by Niki2:
The silliest thing is that you two are arguing about "Worst tornado in history"--WHICH was a quote from a newspaper headline; WHICH I noted "or one of" in my own post, and WHICH has nothing to do with the fact that I posted facts and cites refuting Rap's post about the tornado season (WHICH also just began). Silly back-and-forth over one headline, and totally ignored the fact that it WAS unquestionably ONE OF THE WORST tornadoes in history. Just sayin'...






Niki, if you were paying attention, you'd notice I'm not arguing at all about "WORST TORNADO IN HISTORY"; I've no need to, since it's not an article I posted or cited, and it's not a claim I made.

Rappy is arguing with himself yet again, or with the voices in his head, it seems, arguing against things I've not said, and arguing apparently that since I haven't decried those things, I must be in full agreement with them.

I've heard reporters say that this was the most powerful tornado ever recorded, and others have said the one in Joplin, Missouri that had wind speeds above 300mph was the most powerful. So I've made zero claims about the "WORST TORNADO IN HISTORY", and could really give zero fucks about it in the first place.



"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero

"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012

Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"

Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."

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Saturday, May 25, 2013 2:27 PM

MAGONSDAUGHTER


Yes, its very frustrating and kind of pointless.

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Sunday, May 26, 2013 2:06 AM

AURAPTOR

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Quote:

Originally posted by Kwicko:

Quote:

Originally posted by Niki2:

The silliest thing is that you two are arguing about "Worst tornado in history"--WHICH was a quote from a newspaper headline; WHICH I noted "or one of" in my own post, and WHICH has nothing to do with the fact that I posted facts and cites refuting Rap's post about the tornado season (WHICH also just began). Silly back-and-forth over one headline, and totally ignored the fact that it WAS unquestionably ONE OF THE WORST tornadoes in history. Just sayin'...





I clearly posted who expanded on this 'worst the history of the planet ' crap, so any claims that it's 'voices in my head' are nonsensical. I was replying to the on air comments of msnbc's Bashir, and his hysterical lie.

Also nonsensical, is the insistence that there IS a stated start and end to tornado season, when I've clearly shown that no such start / end date exists with the national weather service, or anyone. It's you , Niki, not I, who is ignoring the facts on this matter.

Tornadoes can form at any time of the year, though tornadic activity does tick up during the spring.

You guys are picking nits for the sole purpose of being the contrarian to anything I say.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen

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Sunday, May 26, 2013 2:33 AM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

Also nonsensical, is the insistence that there IS a stated start and end to tornado season...

You guys are picking nits for the sole purpose of being the contrarian to anything I say.





Define "irony"...



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Sunday, May 26, 2013 3:14 AM

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I do not believe that word means what you think it means.

There IS an official start and end date listed for Hurricane season.

There is NOT any such equivalent to tornado season.


The debate is settled.


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Sunday, May 26, 2013 3:53 AM

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I wasn't talking about just the "tornado season" bullshit, Mike, I meant going back and forth with him in general. However,

"Define 'irony'":
Quote:

Originally posted by AURaptor:
Also nonsensical, is the insistence that there IS a stated start and end to tornado season...

You guys are picking nits for the sole purpose of being the contrarian to anything I say.



I'm trying hard not to be as abrasive as I frequently end up getting (and I'll bet not a single person every noticed or ever will notice), but this time I've just gotta say it:

Nitwits nitpick.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as I posted before:
Quote:

What is tornado season? Tornado season means the peak period for historical tornado reports in an area, when averaged over the history of reports. There is a general northward shift in tornado season in the U. S. from late winter through mid summer. The peak period for tornadoes in the southern plains, for example, is during May into early June. On the Gulf coast, it is earlier during the spring; in the northern plains and upper Midwest, it is June or July. Remember: tornadoes can happen any time of year if the conditions are right!

Nobody said they couldn't happen any time, and tornado season encompasses different months in different areas of the country. But the simple fact is that there IS a TORNADO SEASON. I could find tons more cites, but I'm not going to engage this silliness any further.


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