RSSNobel Peace Prize? Dr William Gray Calls Al Gore’s Global Warming Theories Ridiculous
Dr William Gray, a pioneer in the science of seasonal hurricane forecasts, has called
Al Gore’s theory on global warming, that gained him a share of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, ridiculous and “the product of people who understand how the atmosphere works“.
“The human impact on the atmosphere is simply too small to have a major effect on global temperatures,” Dr Gray said.
Dr. William Gray is known for his annual prediction of tropical storms during the hurricane season that are widely publicized. Gray believes that global warming has taken place; however, that it is related to the amount of salt in ocean water.
“We’re brainwashing our children,” said Dr Gray, 78, a long-time professor at Colorado State University. “They’re going to the Gore movie [An Inconvenient Truth] and being fed all this. It’s ridiculous.”
However, he said, that same cycle meant a period of cooling would begin soon and last for several years.
“We’ll look back on all of this in 10 or 15 years and realize how foolish it was,” Dr Gray said.
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Scared Monkeys Radio Daily Commentary – Monday, October 15, 2007 – Al Gore Gets The Cold Shoulder From One Of The World’s Foremost Meteorologists
- Dr. William Gray, a pioneer in the science of seasonal hurricane forecasts says that the theory that helped Al Gore win the Nobel Peace Prize is ridiculous, and a product of people who do not understand how the atmosphere works.
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Tropical Storm Gabrielle Takes Aim at North Carolina Shore
Tropical storm Gabrielle, with winds near 50 mph, takes aim at the NC shore. Gabrielle will pass over the North Carolina Outer Banks and hit land fall Sunday.
(NOAA)
Hurricane Felix Takes Aim at Aruba … One Happy Island Supposedly Out of the Hurricane Belt, Not Any More
Hurricane Felix is gathering strength in the Caribbean. Hurricane Felix has become a category two hurricane and is taking direct aim at Aruba. Aruba, the Caribbean island that is touted as being out of the hurricane belt can no longer state that claim.
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Tropical Storm Felix (Hurricane) Strengthens in Caribbean … I thought Aruba Did not Experience Bad Weather on “One Happy Island”
UPDATE I: From the Aruban Forums
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Reports of floods are coming in from the village of Catashi and Seroe Patrishi.
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Haystack Hill and Aruba’s tallest hill Arikok are not visible from a distance.
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Unconfirmed reports of downed palm trees at westpunt near Malmok.
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A few downed kwihi and divi trees reported on streets.
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Visibility poor riding on Sasaki highway near Palm Beach/Eagle Beach.
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Surf is battering Tamarijn hotel entering ground level hotel rooms, according to radio report.
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Power outage reported in Palm Beach, Tarabana and Alto Vista.
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Very strong wind gusts all over the island.
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Bubali sanctuary spilling over, too much water.
UPDATE II: Hurricane Felix now a category 3
UPDATE III: VIDEO, Flooding in Aruba
UPDATE IV: Felix Becomes Category 5 Hurricane
ORANJESTAD, Aruba – Felix rapidly strengthened into a dangerous Category 5 hurricane and churned through the Caribbean Sea on a path toward Central America, where forecasters said it could make landfall as a “potentially catastrophic” storm.
On Sunday, Felix toppled trees and flooded some homes on the Dutch islands of Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire in the southern Caribbean. Heavy rains and winds caused scattered power outages and forced thousands of tourists to take refuge in hotels, but residents expressed relief it did far less damage than feared as the storm’s outer bands grazed the tiny islands.
UPDATE V: Category 5 Hurricane Felix slams ashore at Nicaragua-Honduras border
Tropical Storm Felix (Hurricane) Strengthens in Caribbean … I thought Aruba Did not Experience Bad Weather on “One Happy Island”
Tropical Storm Felix forming in the Caribbean has become the sixth name storm of the 
2007 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm is tracking in the Caribbean near Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. So much for tropical storms and hurricanes not being a part of the weather patterns in Aruba. The AHATA may want to re-write the travel brochures.
In Aruba the newspapers almost never publish a weather report. They don’t need to. Around here, “sunny and warm” is not news. With an average rainfall of less than 20 inches a year, an average daytime temperature of 82° Fahrenheit (27° Celsius), a location completely outside the hurricane belt, and the constant cooling influence of the trade winds, Aruba is one of the most temperate islands in the Caribbean. And just as comfortable in July as it is in January.
It would appear that Aruba is not “completely” outside the hurricane belt as evidence by the weather warnings. So much for truth in advertizing.
Felix is expected to continue on this track over the next 24 hours, which would take away from the southern Windward Islands later this morning and near the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao late Saturday or early Sunday, the hurricane center said.
The government of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba has issued a tropical storm warning for the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected in the warning area within the next 24 hours. A tropical storm watch remains in effect for the northern coast of Venezuela from Cumana to Pedernales including the island of Margarita. (CNN)
The island lies far outside the Hurricane Belt, so there is virtually no threat of tropical storms. Time to refresh the page.
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