Wow. Four snarky letters challenging my factual letter of Sept 6th about a one-hour high temperature at a shallow water buoy in Florida not being a climate change indicator. None successfully refuted the letter, but every letter writer put words in my mouth that I never said.
One said: “…one buoy during one hour was faulty somehow, so we must reject the climate change conclusions derived from all the hundreds of other stations around Florida and the Gulf that showed us the high temperatures.” Nope, never said that. Multiple warm datapoints in a single year also isn’t a climate change indicator — it takes 30 years. Otherwise, its weather.
Another said: “…wrong to use that single measure as a basis to dismiss the entire science of human-caused climate change.” I never said that either.
This one is hilariously desperate: “…caused by the sun shining on dark mudflats, a nuclear power plant and tides. He forgot the warming effect of Chinese satellites parked in synchronous orbit over Florida.”
This one takes the cake: “Anthony Watts and his ilk want everyone in the theater to ignore the smoky smell, the heat, the fear they feel.” Really? I do? News to me. He adds: “This is an existential crisis that band-aids won’t fix. Publishing Anthony’s rants is a disservice to all life on Earth.”
Apparently, by writing factual letters, “I have become death, destroyer of worlds.” — Oppenheimer
I suppose it’s a good thing I laugh at these hilarious harangues instead of getting mad.
— Anthony Watts, Chico
