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Posts Made By: Alan French

November 24, 2010 07:52 PM Forum: Reflectors

Custom build 14" sphere dobson

Posted By Alan French
Very nice! Enjoy.

Clear skies, Alan

December 3, 2010 03:18 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Scientific American Poll Backfires

Posted By Alan French
Hugh Bartlett said:

Scientific American Poll: 81% think the IPCC is Corrupt, with Group-think & Political Agenda

'Scientific' American may regret taking their recent opinion poll on the state of Climate Science given the eye-opening results cast by their "scientifically literate" readership.

Hugh,

I wish you had done a little research on this. The poll was not, for example, restricted to their readership.

See http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=do-80-percent-of-scientific-america-2010-11-17

Note especially, "Rather, the big problem was that the poll was skewed by visitors who clicked over from the well-known climate denier site, Watts Up With That? Run by Anthony Watts, the site created a web page urging users to take the poll."

Clear skies, Alan

February 18, 2011 04:55 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Extreme Storms and Floods Linked to Climate Change

Posted By Alan French
Our of curiosity, what do you think of the arguments made by Christopher Monckton?

Clear skies, Alan

March 22, 2011 01:25 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

My first share-able bird image

Posted By Alan French
Scott,

That's a marvelous shot!

Thanks for sharing.

Clear skies, Alan

March 29, 2011 07:03 PM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Whooo

Posted By Alan French
Lovely!

Clear skies, Alan

April 4, 2011 02:35 AM Forum: Birding Optics and Photos

Birds of Walmart

Posted By Alan French
Pie-billed Grebe.

Clear skies, Alan

May 27, 2011 11:51 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Idiot in Office

Posted By Alan French
He is claiming his questions were misinterpreted, but did not offer a transcript. It would be interesting to see exactly what questions were asked, and if anyone can find the hearing transcript on the web, I'd be very interested.

Clear skies, Alan

May 27, 2011 11:53 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

Idiot in Office

Posted By Alan French
He is claiming his questions were misinterpreted, but did not offer a transcript. It would be interesting to see exactly what questions were asked, and if anyone can find the hearing transcript on the web, I'd be very interested.

Clear skies, Alan

June 22, 2011 07:11 PM Forum: Solar System Observing

solar transit?

Posted By Alan French
Radu,

If you provide your location, I can look for satellites transiting the Sun. Most satellites, at least those in low Earth orbit (like the ISS), take less than a second to cross the Sun.

Another possibility is a balloon. I've seen round objects cross the Moon from time to time, and decided they were small helium balloons that had escaped their captors.

Clear skies, Alan

June 28, 2011 12:17 PM Forum: Global Warming - REAL or NOT

OMG Gore Is As Dumb As A Bag Of Hammers

Posted By Alan French
What about the study quoted in the Washington Post? Is their evidence it was incorrect?

http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2011/05/19/G31902.1.abstract

How often has the opening of the Sunrise area been delayed by snow? Is there some trend toward earlier or later opening dates? What does it usually look like in June?

Why do you show photos of June and August?

I think you are making a common mistake, confusing weather with climate. You certainly didn't do anything to disprove the claim about snow cover loss on Mt. Ranier.

Clear skies, Alan




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