Archive for the ‘Climate’ Category

Dec
10

Global Warming Alarmists losing Steam

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Climate - No Comments

The concept of man-made global warming, even global warming, may, one day, prove itself.  However, to date, there are no data that support the claims made by Al Gore and others.  The fact that a Nobel Prize was awarded on the basis of non-existent data and an unproven phenomena is ...
Sep
08

Debating Global Warming

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Climate - No Comments

Hat tip to Edward John Craig over at NRO's Planet Gore for this interesting link to a video debating the effect of manmade CO2 on global warming.  The video is presented by a group called Demand Debate, whose website is well worth a visit.  Intellectual honesty in this debate is ...
Aug
21

Fay Update

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Climate - No Comments

It appears that Tropical Storm Fay began its westward move earlier this afternoon.  In Jacksonville, it is largely a windy thunderstorm.  No complaints on that outcome.  Hopefully, it continues to have minimal damage and give us some more rain, which is needed in these parts.  Here is the final link ...
Aug
21

Fay Update

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Climate - No Comments

Tropical Storm Fay continues to sit just south of Jacksonville, Florida slightly off the coast and has yet to move away from the location it has been in for over six hours.  The Space Coast and Melbourne are being drenched and now there is some serious flooding occurring due to ...
Aug
21

Tropical Storm Fay is Indecisive

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Climate - No Comments

The latest update from Jacksonville, Florida once again shows most of the activity for Tropical Storm Fay remaining south of us and just hammering the Space Coast with rain and flooding.  This popular link shows the location as of 5 a.m. this morning and also updates with the information that ...
Aug
20

Tropical Storm Fay

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Climate - No Comments

Update from Jacksonville, Florida:  The NOAA still doesn't know where this storm is going, what wind speed it will have when it gets there and what the accompanying barometric pressure is going to be.  If you take a look at this link and analyze the white 'projected path' area, you ...
Aug
20

Where oh Where is Hurricane Fay Going?

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Climate - No Comments

Here in the Sunshine State, we are experiencing a summer ritual.  The arrival of hurricanes, tropical storms and tropical depressions.  The current arrival on the scene is Tropical Storm Fay. One of the mandatory requirements of living in a sub tropical area is keeping up to speed on the projected track ...
Aug
07

The Love Boat

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Climate, Energy - 1 Comment

Al Gore's love for the environment has most recently manifested itself in the purchase of a 100 foot house boat with accompanying personal water craft.  I believe this boat displays more than just Mr. Gore's love of the environment. He loves the mainstream media for not constantly pointing out the hypocrisy ...
Aug
04

History Questioning Global Warming Hysteria

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Climate, Energy - 2 Comments

There is a very interesting article in the Times of London (h/t Planet Gore) regarding global warming. It turns out that the captains' logs from the British Navy were extraordinarily detailed, especially regarding the weather.  One interesting quote from the article: "A preliminary study of 6,000 logbooks has produced results that raise ...
Jul
29

Intended Consequences?

Posted by: Todd MacLeod - Category: Climate, Florida, Law Enforcement - No Comments

In today's edition of the Florida Times Union, an article by Matt Coleman focuses on the effects of rising gas prices with respect to local law enforcement.  One interesting paragraph from that article caught my attention: "Most area agencies have shifted to smaller, more cost-effective patrol cars. The Chevrolet Impala, which ...