This is my October Required Viewing. Dr. Judith Curry is one of the world's foremost climate scientists yet she speaks in an easy-to-understand manner. John Stossel's questions about climate change are impressive, obviously a lot of research went into them.  Please take the time to view the interview. For the record, Judy's views are similar to mine.  I do wish add a couple of items: there are very good reasons to decarbonize energy regardless of climate. That is why I am so in favor of it. Nuclear and hydro (where practical) are the way to go. Wind energy is a bad joke that needs to be terminated.  The heat the world has experienced in 2023 is likely primarily due to the Tonga volcanic eruption. Because we haven't seen an eruption exactly like this before, it may keep the heat around in 2024 -- especially if the El Nino sticks around. However, some oceanographic forecasts are calling for a La Nina in the Pacific by the 2024 hurricane season.  However, based on the ...

The behavior of the climate ghouls after storms  that killed  about 80 has been  especially  reprehensible  science Friday night.  This exchange is perfect: It is unfortunate the head of FEMA -- who is not a meteorologist and has no weather science background -- is flitting from one MSM organization to another to read off her focus group-tested "new normal" talking points. As long-time readers know, FEMA usually does a poor job after tornadoes and hurricanes , so global warming and tornadoes is a way raise FEMA's visibility while changing the subject. Note that no one is asking her, "What are your plans to rapidly get aid to people in six states?" Katrina 2.0 Global warming has its own public relations agencies Of course, exactly  the same thing was done after Katrina by the public relations teams (one of the many, here ) who make their fortunes by hyping global warming. after Katrina even thought -- as subsequent events have shown -- Katrina wasn't ...

Via Hot Air . If you have any doubt about my headline, go read the three Katrina chapters in Warnings . 

You may recall our Katrina book sale donation program. I am pleased to report that we will be sending two copies of Warnings  for New Orleans' libraries. We appreciate everyone who has purchased and read Warnings!

Another wonderful review of Warnings: More than 100 years ago, Mark Twain wrote, "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." Mike Smith is one person who has been doing something about it, for decades now. As he writes in  Warnings: The True Story of How Science Tamed the Weather , from a "beginning involving spare World War II leftovers, we have developed an effective and highly cost-effective system that saves lives and dollars, nearly every week." He is writing about the system of weather tracking radar, weather spotting persons and equipment, and meteorology professionals that work together to forecast and warn of severe weather wherever (in the US) it occurs. ...and, since this is the 5th anniversary weekend of Katrina, This thread is strongest in the chapter about Hurricane Andrew and the three chapters devoted to Hurricane Katrina. Andrew showed us just how damaging a Category 5 hurricane could be. Katrina showed us that the...

We are coming up on the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina which is this Sunday, August 29th.  For those how have not read Warnings, Katrina plays a critical role in the book. In the words of one reviewer : Not surprisingly, the most critical event in the book is Hurricane Katrina. Among other things we learn what could go wrong with the forecasts’ timely releases, what did go wrong and why, and how they tried to get the evacuation process going while there was still time. The survivors were literally 'hung out to dry' as buck-passing and meals in high end restaurants took precedent over people. How many more could have survived if it weren't for the bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo and selfishness? The night of August 31, 2005 should be etched in their memories forever as deaths of survivors began to pile up. If bureaucracy hadn't fumbled the ball, the meteorological scientists would have netted it. After thinking it over, I and the team at Mike Smith Enterprises want to...