[✔️] April 18, 2024 Global Warming News | Deluge not seeded, 4 inches in 12 hours, Maine TV, Tipping Point paper, 1977 Jimmy Carter said

[Richard Pauli]

/*April 18*//*, 2024*/
/
[ unruly birth of a new religion - cloud seeding ]/
*Dubai's record-shattering "rain bomb" has clear climate change ties
*Andrew Freedman, author
The record "rain bomb" that struck Dubai and other nearby Gulf states on 
Tuesday dumped more than two years' worth of rain on the global 
financial and transportation hub.

Why it matters: By bringing the city to a standstill, the floods 
demonstrated how inadequate existing infrastructure is for withstanding 
extreme weather events that are becoming more common and severe due to 
climate change...

At least two years' worth of rain, or about 6.26 inches, fell in just 24 
hours, qualifying as what have come to be known colloquially as "rain 
bombs" for their ultra-heavy totals in such short periods of time.
This amount of rainfall in a single day would cause problems even in 
more temperate locations, let alone Dubai, a desert city with poor drainage.
Cars, including luxury vehicles the city is known for, turned into 
boats, and planes at Dubai International Airport were seen on social 
media using their engine power to blast through high waters.
The latest: On Wednesday, a weather emergency was in effect in Dubai, 
with schools closed and people advised to stay home despite sunny skies.

With reports of damage to buildings, cars that may have to be scrapped, 
and lingering travel disruptions, this extreme rainfall event could end 
up costing a city known for its high-end shopping and luxury living tens 
of millions of dollars in damage, if not more.
At least 19 people were reported dead from flooding in Oman from the 
same weather system. At least one death was reported in the UAE.
Between the lines: The proximate cause of the flooding was a slow-moving 
and potent area of low pressure, or cold pocket of air aloft, that 
sparked complexes of severe thunderstorms over the United Arab Emirates 
and nearby countries on Tuesday.

This storm system, along with the threat of heavy rainfall, was shown by 
weather models several days in advance.
Yes, but: Dubai's frequent use of cloud seeding to enhance rainfall has 
led many to wonder if this was a human-engineered flood.

Cloud seeding has not been known to produce such large-scale and 
long-lasting severe thunderstorms that affect multiple countries. But it 
can, in some cases, lead to somewhat heavier rainfall than what might 
otherwise occur.
However, reports indicate the UAE was not conducting seeding operations 
on April 16. Also, the model projections, which showed heavy rainfall 
without incorporating cloud seeding into their calculations, also 
strongly suggest seeding was not a major contributor.
The intrigue: Instead, climate science studies and observations around 
the world show that extreme rainfall events like this, including ones 
that break all-time records, are becoming more common and severe as the 
planet warms.

Moisture from the warm Persian Gulf fed into the thunderstorms in this case.
In fact, increased hydrological extremes, in both the form of drought 
and heavy rains, are one of the most robust ties to human-caused climate 
change, which is reshaping global weather patterns.
What they're saying: "It's important to understand the plausible causes 
of the record-shattering extreme rainfall this week across Dubai and 
portions of Arabian Peninsula," UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain, 
said in a statement.

"Did cloud seeding play a role? Likely no! But how about climate change? 
Likely yes!"
Context: Dubai was the host of the 2023 U.N. Climate Summit, where 
countries agreed to "transition away from" fossil fuel-based economies.

The storm came at a time when crucial climate finance meetings are 
taking place in Washington, and the COP28 president, Sultan Ahmed al- 
Jaber is pushing for more progress on deploying renewable sources of energy.
The UAE itself is one of the world's largest producers of oil and 
natural gas.
The bottom line: This may have been a freak event for Dubai, but 
globally such extremes are become more common as the sea and atmosphere 
warm.
https://www.axios.com/2024/04/17/dubai-record-flood-climate-change

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/[ Dubai deluge - 4 inches in 12 hours ]/
*Mass Evacuation in Dubai! Flash Flooding Destroys UAE, World is Shocked*
Wild WeatherUS
Apr 17, 2024  #storm #tornado #dubai
Dubai travel authorities today urged travellers to stay away from the 
airport after the United Arab Emirates was battered by more than a year 
and a half's worth of rain in just a few hours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvsgUWOnnZ4



/[ local TV in the State of Maine tries to speak clearly  ]/
*The oceans are warming even faster than experts predicted, a change 
that’s 'truly extraordinary'
*NEWS CENTER Maine
Apr 16, 2024
In Maine, one expert says, "we’re going to live on a coastline that’s 
going to be vastly different than the one we had before."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh-yWx7M4fY


/[ Tipping point is not a place in China  ]/
*Bad Global Tipping Points in the Earth’s Biosphere*
Paul Beckwith
Apr 17, 2024
In my recent videos, I have discussed the amazingly fantastic report 
called “Global Tipping Points 2023”:
https://global-tipping-points.org/

In this video I chat all about the global tipping points in the biosphere.

The various ecosystems of planet Earth are grouped into various “biomes” 
and are occupied by a plethora of flora (plants) and fauna (animals) of 
amazing numbers and even more amazing biodiversity.

We are rapidly destroying this biodiversity, and there are many negative 
tipping points (regime changes, critical transitions) that are 
accelerating this damage abruptly.

Once gone, it is impossible to ever recover many of these species, or 
ecosystems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm0gKolgUKY



/[The news archive - as of today, Jimmy Carter is alive at age 99 years ]/
/*April 18, 1977 */
April 18, 1977: President Carter declares that the effort needed to 
avert an energy crisis is the "moral equivalent of war."
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=7369


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