Cory

Fair enough.

? I've never gotten any indication from Hoerling's papers that he has an agenda. If he does, he seems to be good at rounding up sympathetic coauthors from a variety of respected institutions to go along with his campaign. Romm ripped him apart as a useful idiot or denier for criticizing Hansen's drought statements in the media, but if he's an idiot and has many of his papers debunked after they're published, it's a scary thought that he's gotten so many through peer review. From what I can tell, he's only been attacked for the Hansen drought incident. I don't think that meets the definition of "schtick".

Unfortunately, it seems that attributing any random weather event to AGW without evidence is acceptable to a degree. If you were to assert that some heatwave had nothing to do with AGW, with no evidence (a dumb thing to do as well), you'd probably lose your head. There's a double standard in some circles when it comes to requiring proof of something, which is likely related to the politics surrounding the issue. Jeff Masters hasn't exactly been doing science any favors.

Cool video but I think that's the most annoying commentary I've ever heard. Keep me safe, Lord....oh yeah and my wife too if you don't mind, since she's over there near the tornado.

I think part of the reason for the extreme damage in the Jarrell tornado was because it was moving so slowly (10-15 mph I believe). It was propagating southwestward along a boundary rather than hauling ass with the westerlies. The WCM at WFO Austin/San Antonio told me a few years ago that several cars were never found. The only place they think they could have gone was Lake Travis ~40 miles away, which seems unlikely.

Yep...notice how you don't hear about things like Smith-Jones equations in college.