Super-Storms Increasing Across U.S?

Are super-storms capable of causing large swaths of destruction across the U.S on the rise?  More storms with higher intensities and damage potential are now starting to form over North America. According to David Panders of the U.S Weather Service, a definite spike in deadly storms is being seen in the collected data. Meteorologists have been warning for quite some time that these super-storms were not just a product of complicated modelling experiments. These were accurate predictions made by a growing body of weather experts that believe we are about to see a major shift in the world's weather patterns. This shift is expected to spawn gigantic and deadly storms across the U.S mid-west as well as other areas of the world. Tornadoes as well as Hurricanes and Cyclones are expected to increase dramatically as the earth's air warms further.

Weather stories and weather news items have increased dramatically in the last decade. Last week's record number of tornadoes and subsequent destruction caused by the storms, is the latest example of a storm season that seems to be getting worse year by year. Is climate change the reason for the upswing in violent storms? Common sense would seem to indicate that as the atmosphere warms further it will become more 'active'. More dynamic. Dynamic weather patterns are costly in terms of lives lost and in damage estimates for rebuilding afterwards. Let's use a hot cup of coffee as an example. When you pour some milk or cream into hot coffee before you've had a chance to stir it you can see the cream roiling and twisting and spiraling within the confines of the cup. Pour some milk or cream into a cup of cold coffee and the cream sinks to the bottom of the cup. There is next to no movement in the coffee cup. Our atmosphere, which really is just a "drier" form of water, acts the same way. As the temperature increases the atmosphere starts to roil and become unstable and less predictable. Ideally, boring predictable weather would benefit everyone the most. However, that's not that realistic. Our weather will always be impossible to predict with complete accuracy. Until scientists have a better understanding of chaos theory and how theses storms are born in the first place we'll be at the mercy of nature.

David Panders says: " We need to realize that we do in fact have an effect on our weather. Let's all give up the "global warming" debate for a little while and concentrate on what if anything can be done to mitigate the damage and injuries and death that these storms can cause. Let's put some effort into understanding why these things start rather than arguing uselessly and endlessly about whether the increase we are seeing is natural or man made. The whole debate over climate change seems to be designed somehow to keep anybody anywhere from making any progress to solve this issue. It's just too bad that people lose their lives and loved ones, as well as property while the so called debate rages on.

David Panders goes on further to dismiss recent news articles that have suggested that maybe China has been "seeding" the atmosphere in such a way that it causes more intense storms to form over the central United States. He goes on to say that "speculation without proof is bunk."
The record amount of tornadic activity seen last week shows no signs of abating. For a few of the hardest hit areas forecasters are calling for more unsettled weather in the weeks ahead. The United States receives more than 1,200 tornadoes per year. There has been more than three hundred tornadoes in the last three weeks alone.

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