[HCARC] January Meeting Presentation by NWS

[Gary Johnson]

Just a bit about the January talk by NWS on the El Nino – this is from NWS Colorado – our talk is from the local NWS Office in New Braunfels:

“Just a friendly note from Kevin Trenberth, distinguished senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado:

Expect “major disruptions, widespread droughts and floods,” Kevin Trenberth, distinguished senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado. In principle, with advance warning, El Nino can be managed and prepared for, “but without that knowledge, all kinds of mayhem will let loose.” …The last time there was an El Nino of similar magnitude to the current one, the record-setting event of 1997-1998, floods, fires, droughts and other calamities killed at least 30,000 people and caused $100 billion in damage, Trenberth estimates. Another powerful El Nino, in 1918-19, sank India into a brutal drought and probably contributed to the global flu pandemic, according to a study by the Climate Program Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. - See more at: http://www.alloutdoor.com/2015/10/22/el-nino-get-ready-for-all-kinds-of-mayhem/#sthash.LSW4hl02.dpuf”

It will likely be blamed somehow on Global Warming – most everything is!!!

Gary J
N5BAA