http://afrotaino.com/athome/?p=593 Official Website Sat, 20 Sep 2014 06:51:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://afrotaino.com/athome/?p=593#comment-180 Islam Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:37:14 +0000 http://afrotaino.com/athome/?p=593#comment-180 Probably not, or at least not directly. Here in Arizona we know that clamite change is indirectly killing most of the low to mid altitude forests via insect infestations. Really cold weather in the mountains used to kill most of the bark borers. Over the last several decades the temperatures at the higher elevations have warmed to the point where large numbers of these pests survive the cold, and the summers are slightly longer and the winters slightly shorter giving them more time to breed and to eat. This same situation extends all the way into the Dakotas. Yellowstone Park has a similar problem. Their high elevation pines are all dead or close too it. The severity and the numbers of tornadoes may or may not be directly linked, though we do know that the warmer the air mass is that passes over a cold front the greater the chance for the formation of tornadoes and the air masses in question are warmer and more moist than what has been historically. The problem in the midwest is that in the last several decades there has been population growth in some areas that are in line with tornado tracks so it stands to reason that there will be more damage. The short answer here is that the trend toward clamite change is upward with some retrograding from time to time. I suspect that this issue will be avoided in the coming election cycle as it's admittedly a slow moving infection. We seem to be able to cope with violent change, but something as subtle as a change in overall clamite can be denied and ignored until it can't be denied any longer. Probably not, or at least not directly. Here in Arizona we know that clamite change is indirectly killing most of the low to mid altitude forests via insect infestations. Really cold weather in the mountains used to kill most of the bark borers. Over the last several decades the temperatures at the higher elevations have warmed to the point where large numbers of these pests survive the cold, and the summers are slightly longer and the winters slightly shorter giving them more time to breed and to eat. This same situation extends all the way into the Dakotas. Yellowstone Park has a similar problem. Their high elevation pines are all dead or close too it. The severity and the numbers of tornadoes may or may not be directly linked, though we do know that the warmer the air mass is that passes over a cold front the greater the chance for the formation of tornadoes and the air masses in question are warmer and more moist than what has been historically. The problem in the midwest is that in the last several decades there has been population growth in some areas that are in line with tornado tracks so it stands to reason that there will be more damage. The short answer here is that the trend toward clamite change is upward with some retrograding from time to time. I suspect that this issue will be avoided in the coming election cycle as it’s admittedly a slow moving infection. We seem to be able to cope with violent change, but something as subtle as a change in overall clamite can be denied and ignored until it can’t be denied any longer.

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