[MCN] Hurricane Irma: "Redefining the rules." "Incredible"

[Lance Olsen]

"Wow," tweeted <https://twitter.com/EricHolthaus/status/905154639242387461> meteorologist Eric Holthaus, "Hurricane #Irma <https://twitter.com/hashtag/Irma?src=hash> is now expected to *exceed* the theoretical maximum intensity for a storm in its environment. Redefining the rules.”

"One of the most incredible things I have ever seen on satellite." —Eric Blake, National Hurricane Center

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/09/05/irma-intensifies-youve-never-experienced-hurricane <https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/09/05/irma-intensifies-youve-never-experienced-hurricane>



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“The emphasis on consensus in IPCC reports, however, has put the spotlight on expected outcomes,…"
 
“...it is now equally important that policy-makers understand the more extreme possibilities that consensus may exclude or downplay.”
 
Michael Oppenheimer,  Brian C. O’Neill, Mort Webster,  Shardul Agrawala . The Limits of Consensus. Science  SEPTEMBER 14 2007
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“The scary thing for me is that the stuff our models is showing happening decades from now, we’re already seeing,’ he says.’ 

Carl Zimmer. Predicting Oblivion: Are Existing Models Up to the Task? Science 17 August 2007 Vol. 317

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