tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759913671101666257.post719747140720080025..comments2023-05-24T06:02:06.480-05:00Comments on Chuck's Chatter: Superstorms - A New Phenomenon?Chuck Doswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03099345055614900157noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759913671101666257.post-5554336131540599872014-05-31T11:26:36.277-05:002014-05-31T11:26:36.277-05:00Dan Simmons,
Thanks for your suggestion, but I...Dan Simmons,<br /><br />Thanks for your suggestion, but I've already read it!Chuck Doswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03099345055614900157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759913671101666257.post-74563529451268498432014-05-31T10:40:30.244-05:002014-05-31T10:40:30.244-05:00A great book that mirrors your post here, from a &...A great book that mirrors your post here, from a "non-meteorologist's" perspective, is Ted Steinberg's <i>Acts of God</i> (For reference only, http://www.amazon.com/Acts-God-Unnatural-History-Disaster/dp/0195309685). Based on your post here, I think you would find the book enjoyable and informative. Dan Simmons, Graduate Student of Environmental Historynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759913671101666257.post-19505857184655990322013-01-05T15:14:18.750-06:002013-01-05T15:14:18.750-06:00Garrett,
Thanks ... but I actually did mention st...Garrett,<br /><br />Thanks ... but I actually did mention storms that have occurred in pre-historic times.<br /><br />Jason,<br /><br />You'll have to wait until our papers on the Tri-State event are published (likely in January 2013).<br /><br />I disagree about building in threatened coastal zones. If someone re-builds there, it will encourage others to do likewise. Moreover, it's not clear that <b>any</b> construction method can be guaranteed to be <b>absolutely</b> resistant to any conceivable storm. We're much better off simply to abandon these hazardous regions. Chuck Doswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03099345055614900157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759913671101666257.post-41457598732091722202013-01-05T15:00:59.965-06:002013-01-05T15:00:59.965-06:00Excellent contribution to the discussion of the di...Excellent contribution to the discussion of the disasters we are seeing. I think in addition to what you stated, there is also a growing "entertainment" and "media" awareness that has brought tons of the scenes of this disaster and many in recent years to the conscious mind, but thanks to all the load of media and entertainment we fail to remember. That speaks exactly to what you talk about. In 1925, very little was even shown in the only real available media of the day...newspapers. Lots of words, but not many pictures and NO video. <br /><br />BTW...still leaning toward Tri-State being one tornado versus a series as has also been theorized?<br /><br />I will however say that there is no reason to not build in some of the areas hit by significant storms, it is more of a matter of building correctly. There are plenty of ways and means to build and even retrofit homes, business, and communities to deal with storms much better than we have. Yes...your seaside estate that is wood framed and built the same as if it was 100 miles inland isn't going to cut it. But you don't have to have some silly egg shaped round domed structure either. We just force those with the means (almost always the ones living on the coastlines) to pay for such ahead of the storm, rather than reimburse them for their failings after the storm.<br /><br />Jason Fosterhttp://www.stormitecture.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2759913671101666257.post-35426196909099839082013-01-05T13:13:31.126-06:002013-01-05T13:13:31.126-06:00I find that people may fail to take a couple quest...I find that people may fail to take a couple questions into account, when blaming certain "superstorms" on Global Warming:<br /><br />1. Are these storms becoming and staying consistently stronger every year, or are the really strong ones simply isolated events? If we begin getting Camille's and Katrina's every year, and multiple times a year, then the gig's up.<br />2. Is this happening worldwide, or is this just happening in America (which, in attitude, some may mistake as being representative of the entire planet)? <br /><br />I hasten to mention that, as far as really strong hurricanes go, Hurricane Sandy really wasn't that strong! It simply hit the wrong place: a very populated coastline.<br /><br />I would like to add to your statement saying such big storms have happened in the historical past. I believe that bigger storms have happened in the history of mankind that have not been recorded. Considering modern humans have been around for 250,000years - and we've been keeping historical records for several thousand years - and accurate meteorological records for only about 150 years, there's no telling what terrors the atmosphere may have meted out in our past. And for now, there's no telling when it will happen again. And I agree, it WILL happen again.Garrett Forneanoreply@blogger.com