Bob McCarty Writes

President Ralph W. Eathervane hopes expert predictions of a busy storm season result in brisk business this year for his company, International Storm Registry, which auctions and/or sells naming rights to violent and destructive storms around the world. “Experts predict 17 named storms in 2007, with nine of them hurricanes and five capable of sustained [...]

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The Palladium Times reports today that the people of Oswego, N.Y., have endured four straight days of cold, snow and accumulations reaching six feet. I bet it’s hard to sell the global warming argument up their today. Something that might be easier to sell — especially in Upstate New York — is the 2007 NEW [...]

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A weather report on the web site of a television station in Traverse City, Mich., described the first week of February as one of the Top 10 coldest during the last 100 years. That would lead many to believe the so-called phenomenon of “global warming” is failing miserably in Northern Michigan. For those in Michigan [...]

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“Without a doubt, global warming is here!” say some Chicagoans. Are they right? The 1983 video below shows a Chicago-area weather report describing 75-below-zero wind chills. When you compare that to recent not-quite-as-cold wind chill readings of only 35 below in Chicagoland, it must mean that global warming is a reality – NOT! After you [...]

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(SAINT LOUIS) – Seeing a business opportunity in the skies above, a Saint Louis-area company is making it possible for an ‘ordinary Joe’ to name a storm after someone he loves, beginning Jan. 8. International Storm Registry President Ralph W. Eathervane plans to hold online auctions via which interested parties may bid for the rights [...]

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