I only ask, because you think it significant that private funding was used to expose Gore's profitable scam.

I know what I think, thanks, and it is not that.

Back on Planet Earth, Al Gore's wealth is built mostly on his shareholdings and board memberships such as Apple and Google, and media interests. All the profits from the movie, his Nobel prize and other climate related activities are donated to an educational charity.

Hmmm - warm water causes tropical cyclones - does it?

Or is it temperature difference - sea surface temp versu the upper atmosphere temp?

If it was just sea surface temp why does the Persian gulf not have tropical storms all the time?

The Persian gulf temp is 24C to 32C and the Gulf of Mexico is 15C to 34C.

Which area should have most tropical storms and why?

Hmmm - warm water causes tropical cyclones - does it?

It is one factor, the other main one being wind shear.

For Phil:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_shear#Effects_on_tropical_cyclones

Effects on tropical cyclones[edit]

Tropical cyclones are basically heat engines that are fueled by the temperature gradient between the warm tropical ocean surface and the colder upper atmosphere. Tropical cyclone development requires relatively low values of vertical wind shear so that their warm core can remain above their surface circulation center, thereby promoting intensification. Vertical wind shear tears up the "machinery" of the heat engine causing it to break down. Strongly sheared tropical cyclones weaken as the upper circulation is blown away from the low level center.

The vertical wind shear in a tropical cyclone's environment is very important. When the wind shear is weak, the storms that are part of the cyclone grow vertically, and the latent heat from condensation is released into the air directly above the storm, aiding in development. When there is stronger wind shear, this means that the storms become more slanted and the latent heat release is dispersed over a much larger area [14][15]
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Jul 17, 2017 at 3:40 PM | Unregistered Commenter Phil Clarke

So perhaps you think it would have been better if Criminal Charges had been instigated by the UK Government for corrupting the innocent minds of school children, or perhaps for fraud, and maybe some of Gore's awards should be retracted.

You are very quick to call other people liars, yet triumph Connolley's opinions.

http://amser.org/index.php?P=AMSER--ResourceFrame&resourceId=278

The link doesn't seem to work.

Hurricane KATRINA (23-31 August 2005)

Track positions and wind speeds:

INITIAL 23/2100Z 23.2N 75.5W 30 KT
INITIAL 24/0300Z 23.4N 76.0W 30 KT
INITIAL 24/0900Z 24.0N 76.4W 30 KT
INITIAL 24/1500Z 24.7N 76.7W 35 KT
INITIAL 24/2100Z 25.6N 77.2W 40 KT
INITIAL 25/0300Z 26.0N 78.0W 45 KT
INITIAL 25/0900Z 26.2N 78.7W 45 KT
INITIAL 25/1500Z 26.2N 79.3W 50 KT
INITIAL 25/2100Z 26.1N 79.9W 65 KT
INITIAL 26/0300Z 25.5N 80.7W 65 KT
INITIAL 26/0900Z 25.3N 81.5W 65 KT
INITIAL 26/1500Z 25.1N 82.2W 70 KT
INITIAL 26/2100Z 24.8N 82.9W 85 KT
INITIAL 27/0300Z 24.6N 83.6W 90 KT
INITIAL 27/0900Z 24.4N 84.4W 100 KT
INITIAL 27/1500Z 24.5N 85.0W 100 KT
INITIAL 27/2100Z 24.6N 85.6W 100 KT
INITIAL 28/0300Z 25.0N 86.2W 100 KT
INITIAL 28/0600Z 25.1N 86.8W 125 KT
INITIAL 28/0900Z 25.4N 87.4W 125 KT
INITIAL 28/1200Z 25.7N 87.7W 140 KT
INITIAL 28/1500Z 26.0N 88.1W 150 KT
INITIAL 28/2100Z 26.9N 89.0W 145 KT
INITIAL 29/0300Z 27.6N 89.4W 140 KT
INITIAL 29/0900Z 28.8N 89.6W 130 KT
INITIAL 29/1500Z 30.2N 89.6W 110 KT
INITIAL 29/2100Z 31.9N 89.6W 65 KT...INLAND
INITIAL 30/0300Z 33.5N 88.5W 50 KT
INITIAL 30/0900Z 34.7N 88.4W 45 KT
INITIAL 30/1500Z 36.3N 87.5W 30 KT
INITIAL 30/2100Z 38.0N 86.0W 26 KT...HPC POSITION
INITIAL 31/0300Z 39.4N 84.0W 21 KT...HPC POSITION
INITIAL 31/0900Z 41.1N 81.6W 17 KT...HPC POSITION