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This natgeo article seems to disagree with you, claiming that higher upper ocean temps allowed Dorian to maintain a greater intensity than it would have otherwi
by rmilejczz 7y ago
This natgeo article seems to disagree with you, claiming that higher upper ocean temps allowed Dorian to maintain a greater intensity than it would have otherwise while stalled over the Bahamas. Higher temps also contributed to Dorians overall strength. You make many arguments about prevalence but I’m not seeing that mentioned by others as a link to global warming, only peak intensity which absolutely is rising and absolutely contributed to Dorians overall devastation. More info here:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/09/how-warm-water-fuels-a-hurricane/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/09/how-w...
- rmilejczz 7y agoWhy is this comment downvoted? I’ve only been on HN for a few weeks but I’m constantly get downvoted when trying to act in good faith and engage in discussions. What am I doing wrong? It’s becoming frustrating, since none of these downvoters bother to explain what led them to downvote my comment in the first place.
- justsubmit 7y agoIt's downvoted because some random user with >=500 karma didn't like it and clicked the down arrow. That's all downvoting means here. There are no ethics for voting here. In effect, voting is simply a measure of whether random HN users were pleased or displeased by your comment. And you're not allowed to mention it, either. If your perfectly reasonable and polite comment gets downvoted to invisibility by random, angry users who won't tolerate diversity of opinion, then suck it up, comrade, and learn to please the hivemind--no complaining! Of course, certain very-high-karma users can get away with saying things that would be flagged and downvoted to death if said by anyone else. And that's what HN wants voting to be. Welcome to HN. Enjoy your stay, if you can.