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Category Archives: Wx & Climate

The statistics of both climatology and meteorology.

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Global warming causes prostitution!

Posted on 20 February 2013 by Briggs

Update Moved up to allow comments. Originally posted November 2009. The Beaujolais nouveau (just got in my case for this year) shot out my nose when I saw this, the most delicious story I’ve heard all week: Climate change pushes … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun, Wx & Climate

Lightning May Cause Headaches, Moon May Cause Domestic Intranquility

Posted on 1 February 2013 by Briggs

I have discovered a statistically significant correlation between phases of the moon and domestic harmony. Every day for several months I filled out the Domestic Harmony Inventory (DHI), a scientifically valid instrument—questionnaires are only scientifically valid if they are called … Continue reading →

Posted in Statistics, Wx & Climate

Use And Abuses Of Decision Analysis: Global Warming Example

Posted on 23 January 2013 by Briggs

Suppose we have a simple decision to make1: implement a government-takeover of all energy companies, so as to regulate with thoroughness their carbon budgets, or leave these entities as they are, semi-governmental entities engaged in a perpetual dance with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Statistics, Wx & Climate

A Citizen’s Guide to Global Warming Evidence

Posted on 22 January 2013 by Briggs

Was it only me? I thought Chicken Little dead. After all, when was the last time we heard competent authority shouting “Only the government can stop the sky from falling!”? But there he was yesterday, singing his old song, and … Continue reading →

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