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Record Lack of Tornadoes Debunks Alarmist Global Warming Claims|

This year could set the record for fewest tornadoes, said Bob Henson, a meteorologist and science writer for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, in Boulder, Colo. With only six weeks left in the year, a flurry of activity that would cause a rise in the historic rankings is unlikely, Henson told OurAmazingPlanet. November and December are the third and fourth least-active months of the year for tornadoes, with a combined average of 70 to 80, according to the Washington Post.|

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, only 12 tornadoes touched down in the United States during July 2012, shattering the previous July record low of 42 tornadoes, recorded in 1960. And because radar technology in 1960 could not detect many of the smaller tornadoes that are detectable today, scientists believe the actual number of tornadoes that occurred in that previous record-low July was actually about 73. According to that estimate, six times more tornadoes occurred in July 1960, the previous record-low year, than in July 2012.|

_Monsoons and tornadoes_; some places at the tropic become warmer when the sun is vertical than at the line; hence the air ascends, supplied on one side by the north-east winds, and on the other by the south-west; whence an ascending eddy or tornado, raising water from the sea, or sand from the desert, and incessant rains; air diminished to the northward produces south-west winds; tornadoes from heavier air above sinking through lighter air below, which rises through a perforation; hence trees are thrown down in a narrow line of twenty or forty yards broad, the sea rises like a cone, with great rain and lightning.|

The United States receives over 80 deaths and 1,500 injuries associated with tornadoes each year. According to the , most tornado deaths are caused by people not following instructions on what to do the right way. They also mention that some people are not even warned that a tornadic storm is coming, while others get a warning, but do not believe that a tornado will hit their area. In 2012, 68 people were killed by tornadoes in the United States. was the state with the most fatalities, having 22. Kentucky was followed by (13), (9), and (6), (4), and (3), and and (1).|

After some tornadoes touched down in March of this year, Brad Johnson of the activist group Center for American Progress wrote an article tying the tornadoes to global warming. “In the face of this warning, we must ask if our current path of increased pollution and decreased investment in public safety is the wisest course,” wrote Johnson.|

With the shortness of daylight, the damage survey took 3 days to complete. Here are some photos from that survey.|

Of the states around the , reports by far the greatest numbers of tornadoes. Eastern Colorado, both climatically and physically, has much more in common with the neighboring Plains states of Kansas and Nebraska than with the mountainous areas further west. The same can be said, to a lesser extent, of eastern . Tornadoes are less frequent in mountainous areas. Of the states in this region - according to NCDC figures for the 1950 to 2006 period - Colorado reported 1,617 tornadoes, followed by Wyoming with 560, (345), (175), and (114).|