“We were criticized by the seasonal forecasters for not including the other environmental factors, like wind shear, in our analysis. [We didn't do so] because on time scales longer than 2-3 years, these do not seem to matter very much. This paper more or less proves this point.”
Kerry Emanuel
“They say it was wind shear that did it.”
Bryan Rayner
“We found no long-term trend in things like wind shear. There's a lot of year-to-year variability, but there's no global trend. In any given year, it's different for each ocean.”
Judith Curry
“I've got whole trees that have been sheared off. It's just like a bomb went off. The wind was so strong it was coming down through the chimney. I can't even get out of my driveway because of the trees.”
Gary Hill
“The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.”
Austin O'Malley
“And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.”
Bible
“You have a large vortex spinning around, with a smaller one inside. The large vortex has a shearing effect on the smaller one, like cake batter being stirred. The large-scale vortex acts like a giant mixer, stretching and thinning out the smaller one, transferring its energy into the larger vortex. The large-scale vortex actually acts like a vampire, sucking the energy out of the smaller one.”
Gregory Eyink
