A few days ago, I listened to one of the endless debates on cable news. This time the subject was global warming. One participant talked about how an American city was almost destroyed by a "climate change event" when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. Then he spoke about how the Northeast was swamped by another "climate change event", tropical storm Sandy. No one even stopped the discussion to call this guy out for spewing such an amazing lie. They all just continued on with the talking points.
There's no denying that hurricane Katrina was a very serious storm that caused major devastation. There is, however, nothing that ties that storm to climate change. The same is true of Sandy. These are two storms that hit nearly ten years apart. Thirty years ago (and earlier) when there was no fear of global warming, hurricanes and storms hit the USA all the time. Some were worse than Katrina. For example, in 1972, hurricane Agnes came up the Chesapeake Bay and then went along the course of the Susquehanna river in Pennsylvania. Cities and towns were swamped. Damage was enormous. In one town every one of the nearly 6000 houses were flooded except for two. Hurricane Andrmingew hit Florida 25 years ago and caused massive damage. There's no point in listing them all. The reality, however, is that hurricane activity has been greatly reduced in the last decade. We are now in the midst of the longest stretch of time in recorded history without a major hurricane hitting the mainland USA. In short, there is no uptick in storms due to global warming; there is a major decline in storm activity for whatever reason.
Then there's the issue of the atmospheric temperatures measured by a satellite system put in place to document global warming. The problem is that the satellites are documenting that there is no warming over the last twelve years.
These facts don't stop the constant claims of global warming enthusiasts. The true believers in global warming, however, obviously don't believe in science. When the observational data conflicts on a consistent basis with a theory, it means the theory is WRONG. Sadly, one cannot reason with people who won't listen to reason.
There's no denying that hurricane Katrina was a very serious storm that caused major devastation. There is, however, nothing that ties that storm to climate change. The same is true of Sandy. These are two storms that hit nearly ten years apart. Thirty years ago (and earlier) when there was no fear of global warming, hurricanes and storms hit the USA all the time. Some were worse than Katrina. For example, in 1972, hurricane Agnes came up the Chesapeake Bay and then went along the course of the Susquehanna river in Pennsylvania. Cities and towns were swamped. Damage was enormous. In one town every one of the nearly 6000 houses were flooded except for two. Hurricane Andrmingew hit Florida 25 years ago and caused massive damage. There's no point in listing them all. The reality, however, is that hurricane activity has been greatly reduced in the last decade. We are now in the midst of the longest stretch of time in recorded history without a major hurricane hitting the mainland USA. In short, there is no uptick in storms due to global warming; there is a major decline in storm activity for whatever reason.
Then there's the issue of the atmospheric temperatures measured by a satellite system put in place to document global warming. The problem is that the satellites are documenting that there is no warming over the last twelve years.
These facts don't stop the constant claims of global warming enthusiasts. The true believers in global warming, however, obviously don't believe in science. When the observational data conflicts on a consistent basis with a theory, it means the theory is WRONG. Sadly, one cannot reason with people who won't listen to reason.
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