bob brown losing credibility

Brown is blaming weather on coal mines. This is just rubbish. It seems as though he thinks he knows more 50 yrs of enviromental science.

La Nina is an abnormal oceanic phenomenon that is one of the Severe Weather Conditions on the surface of the earth. During La Nina, the temperature of the water surface of the oceans becomes abnormally cool. La Nina is generally observed in the Equatorial Pacific Ocean. La Nina is just the opposite of El Nino. In the case of El Nino, the temperature of the water surface of the oceans becomes warmer than the normal temperature instead of becoming cooler.

The causes of La Nina:

The causes of this kind of severe natural phenomenon are hidden in the major fluctuations of temperature in the surface of waters of the Equatorial Pacific Ocean.

La Nina occurs when the difference between atmospheric pressures in South America and Indonesia increases to a certain level.

La Ni?a usually occurs just after an El Nino has occurred. In fact due to the change of the air pressures, trade winds are produced.

These strong trade winds blow the hot water from the surface of the oceans to the Southeast Asia. Then the inner cold water that is there in the depth of the ocean comes upward. The temperature of this water surface is much cooler than the normal temperature of the ocean.

In 1852 the squatter Thomas Alford settled to the north of Drayton and called his property Toowoomba. Slowly a settlement grew up in this area. Its original, and rather unromantic, name was 'The Swamp'. This was changed in 1858 although, ironically, it is claimed that the Aboriginal word 'toowoomba' means either 'the swamp' or a variety of melon which grew on the banks of the swamp. Some sources claim that it was a reference to the reeds on the edges of the swamp. These definitions are based on the notion that the name is a corruption of 'tchwampa' - the swamp, 'choowoom' - native melon, or 'woomba woomba' meaning 'reeds in the swamp'.


This is not global warming. The pattern has been accurring for thousands of years. Brisbane is also built on a flood plain.

I am at a loss why someone would use a historical weather pattern as an excuse to collect tax.

Its just a politcal and emotional grab at attention. When he is not seen, he wants to be heard and this is how its done.