Super Tuesday turned out to be more than just politics… the weather turned on us with a vengeance. Today there are reports that 57 people were killed by the deadly storms.

My home state of Tennessee was the hardest hit with 24 deaths, making this the worst storm to hit middle Tennessee in 75 years since an F4 tornado struck in 1933. Some of the storms packed hurricane-force winds. The U.S. Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, said at least two tornadoes had wind speeds from 165-200 miles per hours.

Some tornado experts said there was no evidence that the storms were related to global warming. They are explaining it as just the clash of cold and warm air masses. Other experts are blaming the storms on global warming. Others who do not believe in global warming, give the sunspot theory.

Whoever is right or wrong, today we all grieve for the dead.

If you are interested, there is a forum on the science of climate change at The Science and Public Policy Institute (http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org). Those who do not believe in global warming, are pointing to other parts of the world where there is the opposite of global warming is occurring… ice and frigid weather. Around the world, recent data show an increase in severity of storms, droughts, rainfall, and floods.

Hundreds of scientists and scientific groups have signed on to a campaign seeking a presidential debate this year focused on science. You can see the list of signers, and proposed questions, at sciencedebate2008.com.

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