@sonhouse said
@Metal-Brain
NOBODY said ANYTHING about evaporation starting a hurricane, you are just posting strawman BS.
We KNOW warmer waters makes for more evaporation and IF a hurricane goes by those waters like right now with Dorian, now a level 2, the water evaporating will add head energy to that storm as it makes its way past the Bahamas and such and make landfall in Florida so ...[text shortened]... se of the increased evaporation.
If you think otherwise, show me YOUR data, you always want data.
"with the fact hotter water evaporates at a greater rate over the ocean and passing storms will ALWAYS pick up energy and intensify because of the increased evaporation."
You are full of crap. That is a false statement based on ignorance.
Water always evaporates a lot in the summer months in the northern tropical region of the Atlantic ocean. It takes condensation in addition to that to form and fuel a hurricane. That requires a colder upper atmosphere. That is why hurricanes form more frequently in a colder climate.
If evaporation alone could form and fuel a hurricane they would be endless and the Atlantic Ocean would be impossible to sail safely to the new world from the old world like Columbus did. Without condensation from a colder upper atmosphere there would be no hurricanes. It takes both evaporation and condensation and the evaporation is always happening this time of year. All that is needed is the condensation part. Any hurricane expert will tell you that.
You need to learn the science of hurricanes or ask a hurricane expert. I already proved you wrong about this before. It is a fact that hurricanes are more frequent in a colder climate. Even though PBS' Nova likes to spread myths like you are, they even stated the data proves that. It directly contradicts their own alarmist rhetoric, but that is Nova. Nova also said that ice core samples show that CO2 drove temps higher in the past. That is also false, but PBS is claiming the data shows that you are wrong and that is not the only source of information out there. I just think it is worth pointing out how NOVA contradicted their own data.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hurricane_of_1780
The Great Hurricane of 1780 proves they have not become stronger in a warmer climate.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/killer-hurricanes
Notice this excerpt from the link above:
"NOVA’s experts recover traces of tempests stretching back over more than 1,000 years. The picture they paint is disturbing: mega-hurricanes were not only more frequent in the past but are likely to strike again in our near future, as climate change warms the oceans and fuels more intense hurricanes."
That statement is contradictory. It states "mega-hurricanes were not only more frequent in the past" but stupidly insists what you are insisting, that "climate change warms the oceans and fuels more intense hurricanes".
I already told you why they were more frequent in the past and that is because the climate was cooler. Nova admits the data proves that and they also admit that the The Great Hurricane of 1780 was more destructive than recent hurricanes.
You have to prove The Great Hurricane of 1780 was weaker than hurricanes in recent history and you cannot do that. It is no coincidence that happened during the little ice age. Water always evaporates during hurricane season. What is needed is a colder upper atmosphere for a strong hurricane. A colder climate brings that more often so condensation can fuel the cycle of evaporation AND condensation. You need both!!!!!!!!!!!
If you want the data ask Nova for it or you show me the data. Just like NASA, their data does not back up their contradictory claims. Nobody can prove hurricanes are now worse than they were in the little ice age. You have no evidence so stop being dogmatic and stupid until you find some. The Great Hurricane of 1780 is evidence you are wrong.