So, where are all the hurricanes Al Gore has been talking about in 2006?

Answer 1

Hurricanes form due to the amount of heat needed to be dissipated from the earth's atmosphere. As the heat builds up in the water the earth has to get rid of it. Right now there is not that much heat in the right places. With the changing weather patters the number of hurricanes may be less than predicted. No one can truly predict the numbers on that they will happen.

Answer 2

Al Gore is an idiot...I do like that answer, you don't think he does this research by himself?

The Peak of the Atlantic hurricane season is SEPTEMBER 20TH, not July or August or any other time. As that date draws nearer you'll see the tropical activity grow in numbers and in strength progressively. Late August through late October are likely to be the recipient months of the most numerous of tropical weather systems. This is because of the heated water temperatures.

Hurricanes require warm waters 80 degrees plus to thrive on. The warmer the water, the better the potential for storms.

Also, headed into the late summer months, the winds change in the upper levels of the atmosphere. These are the steering currents for storms. The odds of tropical systems to hit the US in June / July are going to be in the gulf. Those waters warm up quicker than the open atlantic and the winds are favorable for development. That happens in the Atlantic waters starting in August.

When the upper level winds hit a developing or developed storm, it causes "shearing" which blows the high cloud tops off of the strongest storm cells weakening the storm by literally tearing it apart. But when those upper level winds die down...there's nothing to stop these storms from forming and strengthening.

If you have enough interest in these storms, pick yourself up a tracking map (You can get them free at most super markets etc...) and chart every storm, mark the dates..you'll see for yourself how it all plays out.

The hurricane season in the Atlantic ends at the end of November. I was in hurricane Wilma (officially the strongest hurricane ever recorded before it made landfall in south Florida) and that was on October 24th.

Answer 3

The hurricane season lasts through the month of November, so I'd wait a few more months before asking that question. Many weather forecasters have observed phenomena this year that they associate with an active hurricane season. This, of course, does not prove Al Gore's hypothesis.

Answer 4

Hurricane season usually starts in Sept. But Al Gore is an idiot, remember when he claimed to have invented the Internet?

Answer 5

GLOBAL WARMING/THE ENVIRONMENT IN GENERAL

Any and I mean any environmental cause or approach must be grassroots in nature. Having PhD's talk about global warming and having those representing industry interests debunk these present theories is a high level and almost an entirely futile effort. Don't get me wrong, it is great that someone with Al Gore's connections and exposure is getting the word out. However, people are people they want to see results.

Yes, the expression is now trite but still true, "Thing Globally, Act Locally". Watching the sky over a city, town or even a more rural area become darkened by smog has local impact, people take note and actually see A PROBLEM. A problem that can measured in terms of air quality or perhaps an AIR QUALITY HEALTH INDEX like the one that the provincial government in Ontario, Canada is in the process of implementing. You can measure results (however small) in terms of air quality and the affect it has on the health care system (those with breathing problems, doctor's visits, etc). It certainly speaks to the advantage of a UNIVERSAL health care system (however, actually implemented) as it actually makes sense to improve the environment as it keeps people healthy (a humanitarian cause) and when health care it publicly funded it affects the public coffers when people become ill therefore it even makes better financial sense to keep the environment a top priority.

Plus any approach must be entire with a complete overall plan (the big picture). Including recycling initiatives, energy solutions (alternatives/renewables can now present a real potential financial threat to the big oil companies and even power companies...), government involvement at all levels, public transit, greener vehicles in general (Hybrid, Hydrogen, Conventional electric, bio-diesel, ethanol), conservation in all energy arenas, ETC!

Economic viability is the real sell as many of these solutions are just that economically sensible (ensuring we look at the entire picture). Yes as more people use solar, wind and other renewable energy sources the cheaper the technology will get. Two of the newest billionaires have earned a large portion through renewables Solar (India I believe) and Wind (China I believe). Yes in many ways developing nations and economies will be the first and early adopters of such renewable tech as they are just building much of their infrastructure.

So what do we all need to do? GET INVOLVED ! Contact your local government about improving your recycling program, contact provincial/state/federal government about the adopting of these new technologies (renewables such as solar/wind), buy gas with ethanol in it and demand it, use and demand bio diesel, buy products with less packaging and demand manufacturers to reduce packaging and to offer a price break as a result. More ECONOMIC VIABILITY! After all energy diversity just like economic diversity is the safest and best bet for good long term results and return on investment.

Joe...


KEEP IT UP MR. GORE THE POLAR BEARS NEED YOU FIRST **GRIN**.

Answer 6

Al Gore is executed. anybody who nevertheless believes his BS is heavily unwell. He fostered and fed on people' fears about the surroundings and now's giggling all a thanks to the economic corporation! Too undesirable an finished era of little ones had to sit although that load-of-garbage action picture in college.

Answer 7

Al Gore is not the only one saying that.Where is your brain.

Answer 8

You're listening to Al Gore?? Since when he is the weatherman??

Answer 9

AL has been living in an alternative reality for a while now. Just humor him maybe he'll go away.

Answer 10

In the south Atlantic, waiting to gang up on the west Indies.