Wow! Another weekend of wicked strange weather here in the United states. A few days ago, Tenn. got hammered by a series of tornadoes with 11+ deaths and then just last night a tornado that touches down in Georgia and does massive damage. The article, which I have copied in its entirety, below my missive here, talkes about reasons why a lot of these weird weather patterns may be happening right now....
Thankfully I haven't been in the middle of any "horrific weather" so far this year (or even the last few years) as I live in Wisconsin where the Great Lakes seem to shield us from a lot of what is going on through out the rest of the nation (and the world).
Yes, we have blizzards and tornadoes but here in Southeastern Wisconsin, there hasn't been much of either of those for the last few years.
So, yes, I consider myself very lucky and even during my travels throughout the U.S., which I have been doing alot of over the last few years, I have yet to witness any severe weather. I guess though that it is only a matter of time before something either comes our way or I stumble into some strange bad weather while I am traveling on my road trips or taking some of my train trips across the country.
But I know it is out there and this article which comes compliments of Witley Strieber's web site, says alot about what is currently going on. The article also has some cool links to other stories (underlined words) that try to help make a little more sense out of a lot of what is going on right now....
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Weather across the world has been violent, with unusual events in Hawaii and Europe, and exceptionally destructive storms in the U.S. At least 27 people died overnight in the midwest because of tornadoes.
Over the past month, the state of Hawai'i has received record rainfall. A dam burst on the island of Kauai, causing seven deaths, and a deluge on Oahu resulted in flooding and the closing of Waikiki Beach due to sewage overflow. Extensive flooding is taking place in Europe, and Germany was stunned on March 27 when a tornado struck Hamburg, killing two people and wreaking havoc.
On Sunday, March 12, two signifcant tornadoes struck Springfield, Ill., followed a few days later by a blizzard that smothered the damaged community in snow. Then, on Sunday night, a second group of tornadoes hit Springfield, destroying a trailer park.
In Hutchinson, Kansas, upwards of 18 fires broke out after a tor nado passed through the community on March 29. Initially, it was thought that downed power lines caused the fires. The matter remains under investigation.
This latest round of storms comes after a million acres were burned in the Texas Panhandle and parts of Oklahoma in the worst fires ever recorded in the region, leaving 11 people dead. They were followed just a few days later by r ainfall in some burned areas of 'biblical' proportions.
Global warming models predict extreme weather, and most climatologists believe that we are in the preliminary phases of a period that could see the worst weather ever known to man.
In recent months, it has been discovered that greenhouse gasses carbon dioxide and methane are building up in the atmosphere far more quickly than even the most dire global warming models predicted, and the speed of world warming cannot be explained.
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Stay tuned for the Sunday News Update later on Sunday Evening.....
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