You've probably heard this song before, but in case you haven't, here's how "USA Today" sang the tune in 2004:
"Nine of the 10 hottest years on record occurred in 1995 or later, according to the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization. The last four years were among the five hottest; 1998 was the hottest on record."
Wowie. Zowie. We're all gonna die. Unless of course, the data were wrong. And it turns out, they were. Don't take my word for it. Ask the folks at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, which collects and publishes most of the weather data used by Al Gore and his disciples in the Church of Global Warming.
NASA's head weather dude for years, James Hansen, is on record as saying things have never been hotter. he is especially proud of being the first person to absolutely, positively state that 1998 was the hottest year on record.
Or maybe not. Last week, in a move not reported by the New York Times, National Geographic or the U.N. Panel on Climate Change, NASA's weather watchers posted some revised figures on surface temperatures in the U.S.
Guess what? Seems like after NASA adjusted its "methodologies" to get some more accurate data, there's new winner in the Hottest Year Ever Derby. That winner? 1934.
Things got worse for NASA from there. Previously, NASA agreed that nine of the world's ten hottest years had occurred since 1995. Not quite. In fact, according to NASA;s revised figures, four of the top ten hottest years occurred in the 1930s: 1934, 1931, 1938 and 1939. Worse, only 3 of the top 10 are from the last 10 years (1998, 2006, 1999). Other recent "super-hot" years, including 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004 fell way down the charts.
Don't take my word for it. Ask NASA. To their credit they were willing to make changes after their suspect methodology was pointed out. The bad news, none of the major media pointed out this
"Inconvenient Fact."
Guess they're still looking for the 1930-era SUVs that caused the hot spell.
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please post the links for this info so we can read the details.
The things I learn just reading your articles and blogs is amazing. Just today I found out the '30's were REALLY hot. Being as you started out talking about NASA's tune, it made me wonder just how the music of the 30's might have benn influenced by such a heat wave. Well, wouldn't you know it...when I checked my handy dandy mp3's I only had one example. From 1939, the album is "Jelly Roll Morton's Last Sessions." When I checked closer, would you believe it? The group is called Jelly Roll Morton's Hot 6 and another (I guess because they found another jazzy person to join) Jelly Roll Morton's Hot 7. After reading the little article again on your blog, maybe, just maybe, they are "hot" from the weather and not the jazz. . .one of the tunes is titled:
The Naked Dance (Solo Piano) 10 of 25 2:53 Jelly Roll Morton Last Sessions: The Complete General Recordings (US Release) 1939 Jazz 100 1 192 kbps 3/27/2007 11:18 AM Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton 117
hmmm....
"Lethal Weapon" and the line "You tell that man, he's the jam in my jelly roll" now has all new meaning to me, thanks to your global warming explorations....
But Dr Hansen is an expert. Alex you must have read the article wrong. HE IS AN EXPERT!
I have decided that I am an expert on the end of the world. I think the world will end next week. What? Not an expert you say? I only have to be right once.
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