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Friday, May 27, 2016

Do The True Facts Matter At All?

I just saw an article at the top of my Yahoo News feed that grimly announces that over thirty UNESCO World Heritage sites are threatened by the rising waters and intensifying storms which are the result of climate change.  It made me wonder; does anyone pushing the climate change narrative ever care about the true facts?  Do they care even a little bit?

Let's examine the business of intensifying storms.  Here is the actual fact according to the federal government:  The USA just passed the longest period in recorded history without being hit by a major hurricane.  Major hurricanes are defined as category 3 or worse.  If global warming is actually causing "intensifying storms", there should be more of these massive storms.  All the small hurricanes should have intensified into category 3 or 4 or even 5.  In a typical year, there are between 10 and 16 Atlantic hurricanes.  On average 4 hit the USA, although not all of those are major hurricanes.  Still, after over 200 years of recording the weather, America has now been without a major hurricane strike for the longest time ever.  That is concrete proof that hurricanes, at least, are not intensifying.  Of course, hurricanes are not the only type of storm that affects the USA.  We also have tornadoes that rip through the heartland every year.  But guess what?  The number of tornadoes has been declining to much lower levels and the number of really strong (or should I say really intense) storms has fallen sharply.  That's more actual proof that in North America at least, storms are not intensifying.

Then there's those rising sea levels.  For the most part, the rising seas are supposedly due to the melting of the polar ice cap, particularly the one in Antarctica.  The actual facts there, however, show that the quantity of ice in Antarctica is growing, not diminishing.  More ice at the pole means less water in the ocean.  That translates into lower sea levels.  That measurement of ice at the south pole is taken by satellites that carefully and continuously monitor the ice levels.  It's not an opinion or a feeling or a belief.  These are actual facts.

So tell me then, why is UNESCO spreading fear and misinformation about the impending destruction of World Heritage Cites?  Shouldn't actual facts matter to the UN body?  Sadly, the answer is clearly that UNESCO cannot be bothered with the facts.

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