Bill Nye on recent Hurricanes: ‘This Is Probably the Future’
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/bill-nye-powerful-hurricanes-probably-future Climate change is the culprit. By Lorraine Chow / EcoWatch September 12, 2017, 12:12 AM GMT Photo Credit: YouTube Screengrab Bill Nye delved into the debate between hurricanes and climate change in recent interviews. When asked by TMZ if Harvey and Irma—as well as Jose and Katia, two other dangerous hurricanes swirling in the Atlantic—are “the new normal,” the Science Guy suggested a […]
Debunked: Claim there are now four times as many extreme weather events as in 1970
https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/the-economist-peddles-extreme-weather-lies/ By Paul Homewood https://twitter.com/TheEconomist/status/906739904788430848 The Economist has been running this video on Twitter, with the usual fraudulent claims. The film uses two examples: Hurricane Harvey Bangladesh flooding. They forget to mention that Texas has had even more intensive storms in the past, notably 1978 and 1979, and that Bangladesh regularly floods. But the […]
BEWARE GREENS EXPLOITING HURRICANES: ‘Extreme weather is less of a threat than it ever has been’
http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/beware-greens-exploiting-hurricanes/20306#.WbfUAVVSzrd BY BEN PILE WRITER AND RESEARCHER Extreme weather is less of a threat than it ever has been. of the 30 most deadly hurricanes to land in the US since 1850, just four occurred in the past half century. If Harvey is what ‘climate change looks like’, it looks a lot safer than the […]