Tornadoes and Hurricanes

All of the politicians that know nothing or little about global warming have already jumped on the Super Tuesday tornadoes that took more than 50 lives. John Kerry was one of the first to jump in. He said in part, ““I don’t want to sort of leap into the larger meaning of, you know, inappropriately, but on the other hand, the weather service has told us we are going to have more and more intense storms. And insurance companies are beginning to look at this issue and understand this is related to the intensity of storms that is related to the warming of the earth. And so it goes to global warming and larger issues that we’re not paying attention to”.

Let’s depart from the local U.S. tornadoes, and talk about the big picture wherein we’ll begin with hurricanes.

Anyone who has been around the block a couple of times begins to see this picture. All of the Atlantic hurricanes, that have so pounded and devastated the United States, begin as an atmospheric disturbance just above equatorial Africa. That forms into a what’s called a tropical wave that heads West, begins spinning, forms a depression, grows into a tropical storm, and ultimately into a hurricane of some power and significance.

But, what CAUSES this cycle? What’s the cause of the atmospheric disturbance? Maybe galactic global warming?

Could the Sahel be the cause? What in the hell is the SAHEL?

The Sahel is a 2,400 miles stretch of land running from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east. It’s width varies from several hundred to a thousand kilometers, covering an area of roughly 1,200,000 square miles. It is a transitional ecoregion of semi-arid grasslands, savannas, and thorn shrublands lying between the wooded Sudanian savanna to the south and the Sahara desert to the north.

The Sahel cuts across such countries as: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, and Eritrea.

So, stick with me now. What scientists are discovering, or coming to believe is that the hurricanes that have hit America (can you ay Katrina) started as an atmospheric disturbance, as I mentioned above, but that disturbance was cause by thunderstorms in the sahel! In fact, all hurricanes that hit the US from the Atlantic do so 7-10 days after a major thunderstorm rakes the Sahel.

Maybe we need weather stations in Senegal and Mauritania more than in Miami. :-)

But what causes “these Sahel thunderstorms” to cause atmospheric disturbances, to cause tropical storms, that eventually become hurricanes? More specifically, why was 2004 and 2005 two of the most INTENSE hurricane seasons for the US? Politicians would say “global warming”. I say hog-wash and I ask could it be because of coronal mass ejections (sun spots)?

Is it coincidental that after the greatest historic sunspot activity that the Eastern part of Shael cracked apart (Can you say Toba supervolcano?) at the same time that we saw a peak in Sahel thunderstorms, which caused the historic hurricanes of 2004-05? Coincidence?

Politicians can blame global warming, but tomorrow, I’ll let you in on a little NASA secret that tells me we know a lot more about what may come in 2012 (ecologically speaking) than we want to have the American people, and the world know.

Related posts:

1. About Hurricanes
2. Does Global Warming Affect Hurricanes?
3. How do you like Hurricane Catharina being used as boogieman by environmentalists?