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Storms Revitalize Florida's Aquifers. Meteorologist Dr. Peter Ray of Florida State University talks with NPR's Liane Hansen about the effect of the heavy rains from Bonnie, Charley and Frances on Florida's soil. Flooding concerns aside, the state actually needs the rain to recharge its aquifers. [NPR News: Health & Science]
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More fun with weather statistics! The Seattle-Times publishes a Knight-Ridder newspaper distributed article saying "1995 through now, apart from the El Nino years, is more active than anything in the records". Suggests it might be due to global warming.

Couple of points. Note first the obvious exclusion of "El Nino" years. For frequent readers of this web site, hopefully you will have already asked the obvious question: "Why start with 1995?" The graphic in this PDF file (small file) shows why they start with 1995. 1990 to 1994 had the lowest incidence of hurricanes for a five year period, on record. By artificially picking 1995 as the start date, they have cherry picked years with a large number of hurricanes. In other words, they are cheating. (For more fascinating information on the Accumlated Cyclone Energy Index, read this. Finally, read this report on why the number of tropical storms this year has little or nothing to do with global warming theories)

[Edward Mitchell: Common Sense Technology]
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Chris Lydon interviews William F Buckley. [Scripting News]
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