A Year Without a Summer?

Ohhhh Al.... you need to call ol' Joe Bastardi over at accuweather! He's ruining your reputation, Al... Al...

accuweather report

...Actually, the number of lightning flashes is considerably less than what was reported this time last year. As of June 3, 2009, there have been 5,589,686 flashes, with 6,517,381 reported by June 3, 2008.

One of the reasons for this could be colder-than-normal weather across the northern tier of the country that has suppressed the number of thunderstorms and has significantly reduced the number of tornadoes this year. The number of reported tornadoes so far this year is 685, just over half of the average annual amount, which is 1,297.

...According to Long Range Expert Joe Bastardi, areas from the northern Plains into the Northeast will have a "year without a summer." The jet stream, which is suppressed abnormally south this spring, is also suppressing the number of thunderstorms that can form...

So the celebrated increase in storms and weather related deaths are actually going down... dramatically. About one half the normal number of tornados... 1,000,000 less lightening flashes than a year ago...

Not quite what the global warming fear mongers have been feeding us.

God loves this.

XtnYoda, shalomed