re: #59 Charles

Note that these recent weather disasters have been predicted by climate scientists, as one of the consequences of global warming.

It’s difficult to say whether any particular case is directly attributable to climate change, but we’re going to be seeing more of these kinds of extreme weather events, and they’re going to increase in frequency — because we have a large percentage of Americans who’ve been convinced by the right wing that there’s nothing to worry about.

Nearly 500 people have been killed in tornadoes in this country this year. This is more than 10 times the average for the post World War 2 era and within sight of the all-time record. It would be foolish to ignore the possibility of a connection to climate change, yet various politicians and pundits will fall over themselves doing exactly that.