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[robertpaulsen]

19. Global warming eventually supplants hurricanes with hypercanes.

Wikipedia describes hypercanes as such:

In order to form a hypercane, according to Emanuel's hypothetical model, the ocean temperature would have to be 48 °C (120 °F). A critical difference between a hypercane and present-day hurricanes is that a hypercane would extend into the upper stratosphere, whereas present-day hurricanes extend into only the lower stratosphere.[6]

Hypercanes would have wind speeds of over 800 km/h (500 mph), and would also have a central pressure of less than 70 kilopascals (21 inHg) (700 millibars), giving them an enormous lifespan.[4] For comparison, the largest and most intense storm on record was 1979's Typhoon Tip, with a wind speed of 305 kilometres per hour (190 mph) and central pressure of 87 kilopascals (26 inHg) (870 millibars). Such a storm would be eight times more powerful than the strongest storms yet recorded.

Sound too bad to be possible? Well, if GOP business-as-usual continues to the end of this century (that's 83 more years), this is the scenario Mark Lynas in his book Six Degrees describes: spontaneously generated hypersonic methane fireballs rocketing out of the sky and incinerating everything in their path. Hypercanes (not Hurricanes) which pound coastal areas for days with enough water to wash out every living thing for dozens of kilometers inland. Giant 70 foot sea level rises which turn most great cities into Atlantis. 130-40 daytime temperatures. Lifeless, acidic oceans with hot tub temperatures.

What will the GOP response be then? Probably a similar reaction to the one Benicio del Toro had in the movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas when his cocaine flew out the window:

My reply will be similar to Johnny Depp: "God didn't do that. You did it!"