Why are there so many idiots in Congress?

Here is the 2009 hurricane season predication as of 8/6/09. I think Stabenow might want to check her facts and quit relying on hysteria to pass bills or to make bills look good. Oh and also included is a tornado chart for the past several years. I'm not really seeing the increase in tornado's for this year and yes I can see they don't have May, June and July. April looked like the busiest month so far this year and that's because April showers bring May flowers :). I guess she has a magical Congressional chart.

2009 Updated Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook: Summary

NOAA’s updated 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook indicates a 90% chance of a near-normal or below normal hurricane season. These seasons are classified using the ACE index, which accounts for the combined intensity and duration of the total named storms and hurricanes, and NOT by the numbers of named storms and hurricanes. The Atlantic hurricane region includes the North Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico.

TORNADO TOTALS AND RELATED DEATHS...THROUGH WED AUG 05 2009
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0415 AM CDT THU AUG 06 2009


     ...NUMBER OF TORNADOES...    NUMBER OF       KILLER
                                  TORNADO DEATHS  TORNADOES
    ..2009.. 2008 2007 2006  3YR             3YR             3YR
   PREL  ACT  ACT  ACT  ACT   AV  09 08 07 06 AV  09 08 07 06 AV
JAN   10   6    84   21   47   51   0  7  2  1  3   0  4  1  1  2
FEB   44  36   147   52   12   70   9 59 22  0 27   2 12  3  0  5
MAR  123 115   129  170  147  149   0  4 27 11 14   0  3 10  7  7
APR  270 226   189  167  244  200   6  0  9 38 16   3  0  3  9  4
MAY  227   -   461  252  139  284   6 44 14  3 20   4 10  4  1  5
JUN  294   -   294  128  120  181   0  7  0  0  2   0  4  0  0  1
JUL  126   -    93   69   70   77   0  1  0  0  0   0  1  0  0  0
AUG    8   -   101   75   80   85   0  0  1  1  1   0  0  1  1  1
SEP    -   -   111   52   84   82   -  2  0  1  1   -  1  0  1  1
OCT    -   -    21   86   76   61   -  0  5  0  2   -  0  3  0  1
NOV    -   -    15    7   42   21   -  2  0 10  4   -  2  0  3  2
DEC    -   -    46   19   42   36   -  0  1  2  1   -  0  1  2  1
   ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----  --  -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SUM 1102 383  1691 1098 1103 1297  21 126 81 67 91  9 37 26 25 29

Posted by Henry Payne (The Detroit News) on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:17 AM

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Energy Leader (National Review, 08.10.09)

Detroit, Mich. - Michigan just experienced its coldest July on record; global temperatures haven't risen in more than a decade; Great Lakes water levels have resumed their 30-year cyclical rise (contrary to a decade of media scare stories that they were drying up due to global warming), and polls show that climate change doesn't even make a list of Michigan voters' top-ten concerns.

Yet in an interview with the Detroit News Monday, Senator Debbie Stabenow (D., Mich.) - recently appointed to the Senate Energy Committee - made clear that fighting the climate crisis is her top priority.

"Climate change is very real," she confessed as she embraced cap and trade's massive tax increase on Michigan industry - at the same time claiming, against all the evidence, that it would not lead to an increase in manufacturing costs or energy prices. "Global warming creates volatility. I feel it when I'm flying. The storms are more volatile. We are paying the price in more hurricanes and tornadoes."

And there are sea monsters in Lake Michigan. I can feel them when I'm boating.