Insurers: Freeze causes $70M in damage to Texas homes

Frozen water pipes caused approximately $70 million damage to about 10,000 Texas homes, according to the Insurance Council of Texas, an industry group.

My Problem With the Scientists « the Air Vent

Get out of the way of nuclear and some of the stupid non-drilling requirements and let the scientists and engineers do what they do best. It’s an understanding the IPCC, Trenberth and the team universally and incorrectly rejects.

But then I shouldn’t be surprised because it is a conservative view which goes against the method which would continue funding for the IPCC.

Ted Turner and Sen Tim Wirth at the UN Today for Investors Summit on Climate Risk | UN Dispatch

The United Nations Investors Summit on Climate Risk today will feature Al Gore, George Soros, AFL-CIO President Richard Trupka, and Ted Turner among others.

Errors and lies thrive in cold weather - opinion - 14 January 2010 - New Scientist

...it is perfectly reasonable to ask why, if the world is warming, have so many places in the northern hemisphere been experiencing record lows? The answer is that for the past few decades cold Arctic air has mostly stayed in the Arctic over winter, trapped by strong winds spinning around the pole. This winter the vortex has weakened and in many places cold air is spilling further south than usual.