----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad DeLong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 11:22 PM Subject: Re: First-Ever Hurricane Forms in South Atlantic
> Now why has a hurricane formed in teh South Atlantic all of a sudden? > > Brad DeLong > I think one would have to examine the existing conditions in the south Atlantic weather systems to answer that. The same for pre-existing conditions. But given that there is a certain amount of randomness/chaos inherent in any weather system, this could be a quite normal, albeit unusual occurrence. Take Mars for example. IIRC, a couple of decades ago we sent a pair of orbiters to observe Mars, but when they arrived the planet was shrouded in a dust storm that covered most of the globe and lasted for a good long while. ICBW, but I do not believe we have seen Martian storms of the same magnitude since. Any theory that this Brazilian storm was a result of Global Warming would require some repetitions of the event as evidence and some examples of warming at the regional level. But I would agree that this storm might be used as evidence of worldwide weather change, even as tenuous as it is. xponent One Tampered, One Not Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
