Now Flannery has predicted that Western Sydney will be the next area to sizzle like burnt bacon while the residents go mad and die because it's a concrete jungle and the ground temperature is increasing rapidly. Of course ground temperature rises in densely populated urban areas hence the reason why we have to plant more trees, but these ground readings should be used in conjunction with atmospheric readings also as this is where weather patterns are created.
Flannery has no idea of the damage he causes by his unsubstantiated predictions - especially making a statement that heat waves are increasing in NSW, when in reality every year is becoming a little cooler.
Climate change obviously exists and always has and natural disasters may very well become a lot worse, but it is impossible to see how scaremongering and taxing us to the extreme is going to control our temperature and weather by 2070. Lucky for Flannery and his ilk - he won't be around if/when it's disproven.
THE nation's leading climate change expert has again warned of dire weather events - but this time his predictions centre on western Sydney.
In a report to be released today, climate commissioner Professor Tim Flannery said the region's temperatures would rise sharply in coming years, leading to violence and more cases of mental illness.
The commission said western suburbs were suffering from "an urban island heat effect" with concrete, buildings and asphalt raising temperatures by 1C to 2C.
The commission's Professor Lesley Hughes said last night deaths should also be expected if the forecasts of more severe heatwaves were realised.
The horror predictions in the report come after a cool summer with the longest run of days under 30C in 15 years.
"We know mortality goes up in heatwaves. If we get heat waves in western Sydney, yes, we would expect to see that (deaths)," Prof Hughes said.
Asked about mental health and other impacts raised in the report, she said heatwaves led to surges in violence.
"The police actually know, this was brought out in our previous report, when you get several days of extreme hot weather, they have more problems, there's more violence, people are cranky and prone to violent outbursts," she said.
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.... Not a single meteorologist among them, all have been chosen on the basis of their passion and ability to sell the product global-warming.
