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Thanks for the info. I went to Weather Underground and the Houston Airport didn't have data from the 18th onward. The amount of rain some of these gauges are showing exceeds our annual average in NY, which is not a particularly dry area. Unbelievable. ------------------------------ Timothy Groninger ...

Implying that satellite data is somehow superior because it does not have "fingers adjusting the data" is based on an untrue premise and is contrary to a plain scientific truth: data requires review, quality control, adjustment, and judgment in application. That is the very basis of the art of science. ...

I wouldn't call it an "error": the IPCC graphic refers to anthropogenic emissions and comparisons to baseline. Water vapor is the main greenhouse gas that has allowed for our existence, but the global water budget has remained constant, and atmospheric water vapor continues to behave in accordance with ...

"With all the uncertainty, how are engineers in the real world supposed to effectively deal with the subject?" We are in the business of dealing with uncertainty, addressing it through redundancy, factors-of-safety, standardized practices, and the like. I once had a decision-making level client angrily ...

Where the disagreement in this thread veers into the unethical for me is that, as licensed engineers we are obligated to limit our professional practice to our individual areas of expertise, and must therefore rely on the scientific community and the balance of consensus in that realm to properly perform ...