Florida's climate is a deterrent to killer tornadoes, but state ranks third in the number of storms

For that, as with most things around here, you can thank the state's temperate climate.

Mild winters and hot, still summers simply don't lend themselves to the biggest tornadoes, Florida meteorologists say.

"You have to have a clash between real cold air and real warm, moist air," said James O'Brien, a professor emeritus of Meteorology and Oceanography at Florida State University.

FOI requests shouldn’t be needed in the first place

If such research were being done with the scientists’ own money and did not involve policy affecting billions of the world’s people, then the refusal to follow normal scientific protocol in terms of transparency could, perhaps, be justified. But it is not the scientists’ own money, and their work does affect you and me, profoundly.

Global Warming Hoax Weekly Round-Up, May 26th 2011 « The Daily Bayonet

Jane Fonda’s brother called POTUS a traitor without a trace of irony, union hippies are geographically challenged and UVA may be exposed to some sunshine disinfectant in the near future.