Prof Pielke Jr. Refutes Flood studies: ‘Many will still want to connect the dots between greenhouse gas emissions and recent floods. Connecting the dots is fun, but it is not science’
Pielke Jr.: 'I hate to pour cold water on a really good media frenzy, but the answer is 'no.' Neither paper actually discusses global trends in disasters (one doesn't even discuss floods) or even individual events beyond a single flood event in the UK in 2000'