Sen Whitehouse enters realm of buffoonery: Analysis: US Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse From Rhode Island Provides Erroneous Information To American Public in Global Warming Rant’
Big tornadoes way down: US Strong to Violent Tornadoes (EF3-EF5) – 1950 to 2012;
Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
'US Tornadoes Daily Count and Running Annual Total; are currently well below average.'
'Unfortunately, there is shameful precedence for this sort of opportunistic political rhetoric, WUWT readers may recall when the Center for American progress blamed southern conservatives voting record for tornadoes': See: Never let a good crisis go to waste: tornado deaths blamed on lawmakers opposed to climate legislation