‘A lie is born’: Extreme weather expert Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. rips media’s false claim that ‘1 in 3 Americans experienced a weather disaster this summer’ – Pielke slams ‘spectacular…quality control problems in climate journalism’

How to trick a president with poor data practices

➡️Trump issued zero statewide disaster declarations for weather/climate events 2017-2020
➡️Biden has already issued 8 statewide declarations in 2021

Of course more people are covered by declarations in 2021 https://t.co/kn4iDbY15X pic.twitter.com/k5bzzM4Pl2

— The Honest Broker (@RogerPielkeJr) September 7, 2021

Did every single person in these states experience a disaster? Each of these states received a statewide disaster declaration in 2021

WA
MT
CA
WA
TN
MO
NY
NE

If not then this headline is wrong

Pro tip: Federal Disaster Declarations reflect presidential politics + disasters pic.twitter.com/uugv8ts2xr

— The Honest Broker (@RogerPielkeJr) September 7, 2021

A lie is born
1-"More than 32% of Americans live in a county or state that has been declared a disaster area by FEMA"
2-"Nearly 1 in 3 Americans live in a county hit by a weather disaster in the past 3 months"
3-"Nearly 1 in 3 Americans experienced a weather disaster this summer" pic.twitter.com/WOABfx9k9S

— The Honest Broker (@RogerPielkeJr) September 7, 2021

Climate change is real & aggressive adaptation and mitigation policies make good sense

So does that mean that we can just make stuff up?

I do not understand the quality control problems in climate journalism but they are spectacular

— The Honest Broker (@RogerPielkeJr) September 7, 2021