I am not a weather expert, but I am a pilot who is very concerned about weather. I check the aviation weather several times a day at different altitudes. Most people are only concerned about what the weather is or will be in their immediate areas. I check the weather over a much wider area. Here are some of my views and ideas.
First off, what causes the wind? If you don't know this, there is no way that you can judge if we have or if we do not have any global warming. Do you know what causes wind? I did not think so. It is caused by the uneven heating of the atmosphere by the Sun. As the Earth rotates, the Sun hits the Earth starting from the East and moving West. As it heat the Earth and the atmosphere, the heated air gets lighter and expands "up" to get out of the way. This causes the cooler heavier air further to the West to move in to space left by the warmer hot air. At about 45 degrees North and South, the wind moves West to East. Simple isn't it?
Look at the USA and how the wind moves from West to East from California to New York. As it moves, it has to cross over at least three mountain ranges. As the wind moves from the Pacific ocean, it first has to flow up and over the coast range of California and as it does, it has to go "up" and when it does, it has to drop its load of moisture on the giant Redwoods. When that same air gets to the central valley of California, it has lost a lot of its moisture and thus the central valley of California is very dry. As this air moves farther East, it has to flow over the taller Sierra mountains where it drops most of its remaining moisture. The result is that there is a lot of rain on the West side of the mountains and almost none on the East side. That is why Nevada is so dry.
The wind is not over. It next comes to the Rockies where it drops what little moisture that remains. The wind has almost no moisture left for the plains. Looking South, there is a path for wind to come up from the Gulf with moisture and that is the source of most of the moisture that falls on the central plains.
Now, look at another point. Look how big the Earth is and how "thin" the atmosphere is. 50% the atmosphere is below 15,000 feet or below 3 miles. Think about how thin that is. If you had a basket ball representing the Earth, the thickness of the atmosphere would be thinner than a sheet of typing paper. Further, weather all takes place within this thin layer. If you have followed this, all of what we call weather takes place in this thin layer. The main things that affect weather is the oceans and the bumps "mountain ranges" on the surface of the Earth. Are you with me?
If weather is 99% related to the oceans and the rough surface of the Earth and they do not change expect over "billion years" why do you think that humans building camp fires will have a major impact on weather? That is what the global warming alarmists are feeding you. Now that you have a few facts about weather, do you really think Obama is right and global warming is our most serious problem? Think for yourself for a change!!!!
