“If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the new stand side by side, and admit of being compared; when the energies of all men are searched by fear and by hope; when the historic glories of the old can be compensated by the rich possibilities of the new era?”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Update 7/7/2023. Live and learn, get a screen shot! I just checked out Wikipedia’s earthquake page and learned that they’ve radically altered the 2022 earthquake data in the article below.
Because they’ve got me on their hands, I’m now going to continue to focus on the rest of their data, and report back here on it.
Watch for an update here in a short period of time.
THE DATA
From 2014 to 2021, earthquakes worldwide decreased by 3.8%, from 17,552 to 16,849.
That’s an average annual decrease of .54% per year over each of those seven years.
From 2016 to 2022, lightning fatalities in the United States decreased by 53%, from 40 to 19.
From 2013 to 2017, lightning fatalities in the United States decreased by 30%, from 23 to 16. Both years were all-time record lows. That’s an average annual decrease of 7.5% per year over each of those four years.
National Weather Service meteorologist John Jensenius attributed it to “increased awareness prompted better lightning safety policy for outdoor sports and recreational organizations.”
From 2017 to 2021, lightning fatalities in the United States decreased by 31%, from 16 to 11. That’s an average annual decrease of 7.75% per year over each of those four years.
The 7.75% average annual decrease in lightning fatalties in the United States from 2017 to 2021 was 3.3% greater than the 7.5% decrease documented there from 2013 to 2017.
The decrease in lightning fatalities is getting larger, going forward in time.
From 2019 to 2020, lightning strikes in the United States decreased by 24%, from 224.2 million to 170 million.
In 2021, lighting fatalities in the United States were the lowest in history, at 11. The Washington Post said it was due to “improved forecasts and awareness, or potentially more people quarantining indoors because of the pandemic”.
Ah, the Chinese bat virus with four amino acids added for improved transmissibility to humans, is there anything that it can’t do?
From 2021 to 2022 earthquakes worldwide decreased by 50% from 2021 to 2022, from 16,849 to 8,457.
From 2021 to 2022, the 50% decrease in earthquakes worldwide was 9,159% greater than the .54% average annual decrease in earthquakes worldwide from 2014 to 2021.
In 2022, the 981 confirmed tornadoes were 23% below the long-term average of 1,250.
The start of the Atlantic Hurricane season in 2022 was the least-active in history.
THE ARTICLES
In January 2018, usatoday.com said “Lightning killed 16 people in 2017, the fewest deaths since accurate records began in 1940, the National Weather Service said. This broke the previous record low of 23, set in 2013, weather service meteorologist John Jensenius said.”
From 2013 to 2017, lightning fatalities in the United States decreased by 30%, from 23 to 16. Both years were all-time record lows. National Weather Service meteorologist John Jensenius attributed it to “increased awareness prompted better lightning safety policy for outdoor sports and recreational organizations.”
In February 2021, the Washington Post said “In all, the United States saw more than 170 million cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground “lightning events” in the Lower 48 states during 2020, Vaisala reported last month. This was a reduction of 52.4 million lightning events compared with 2019, for a 23 percent decrease.”
170 plus 52.4 equals 224.2. 224.2 to 170 is a 24% decrease, not a 23% decrease as falsely stated by the Washington Post. I have exposed the duplicity of the Washington Post by using what was known in the old days as “fact checking”.
From 2019 to 2020, lightning strikes in the United States decreased by 24%, from 224.2 million to 170 million.
On August 5, 2022, the Washington Post said “This year follows a record low year for lightning deaths. In 2021, the United States experienced 11 lightning-related fatalities. The decrease may be attributable to improved forecasts and awareness, or potentially more people quarantining indoors because of the pandemic, but lightning strike data can also provide clues.”
In 2021, lighting fatalities in the United States were the lowest in history, at 11. The Washington Post said it was due to “improved forecasts and awareness, or potentially more people quarantining indoors because of the pandemic”.
Ah, the Chinese bat virus with four amino acids added for improved transmissibility to humans, is there anything that it can’t do?
On August 6, 2022, wsfa.com said “Least active start to the Atlantic hurricane season in 30 years”.
Where “in 30 years” is Mil-speak for “the least active hurricane season in history.”
On September 9, 2022, directly in the face of the least-active hurricane season in history, wkbn.com’s Adam Clayton widened his eyes to simulate honesty and questioned “Has the 2022 hurricane season been below average?”
That’s because the first rule of Politics is “deny, deny, deny”.
Wikipedia says that there were 17,552 earthquakes worldwide in 2014, and 16,849 in 2021.
From 2014 to 2021, earthquakes worldwide decreased by 3.8%, from 17,552 to 16,849.
That’s an average annual decrease of .54% per year over each of those seven years.
From 2021 to 2022 earthquakes worldwide decreased by 50% from 2021 to 2022, from 16,849 to 8,457.
From 2021 to 2022, the 50% decrease in earthquakes worldwide was 9,159% greater than the .54% average annual decrease in earthquakes worldwide from 2014 to 2021.
A current article on hypotheticaltornadoes.fandom.com says “2022 saw 1,304 tornadoes reported, with 1,202 confirmed tornadoes, slightly below the average of around 1,250 tornadoes in a US season”.
Wait, what? A current article on Wikipedia says “There have been 1,115 preliminary filtered reported tornadoes in the United States in 2022, of which 981 have been confirmed.”
Thus, in 2022, the 981 confirmed tornadoes were 23% below the long-term average of 1,250.
I have exposed the duplicity of the State propaganda organ known as hypotheticaltornadoes.fandom.com by using what was known in the old-days as “fact checking”.
A current article on weather.gov says that there were 40 lightning fatalities in 2016 and 19 in 2022.
From 2016 to 2022, lightning fatalities in the United States decreased by 53%, from 40 to 19.
Jeff Miller, Libertyville, IL, November 1, 2022
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