Number of weather disasters and CO2 PPM over time

[Hahn_Bikey]

I recently finished listening to the audiobook "How To Talk To a Science Denier"... I highly recommend it.
One thing it claimed was that "graphs work". Interesting... OK; there was something I've always been meaning to find.
So I went online and searched for something that showed CO2 concentration and the number of weather disasters over time, but for some reason it was hard to find, so I ended up making my own by overlaying and rescaling two separate graphs that I found online. The wiggly line is the carbon PPM. I deliberately chose .GOV sources for maximum credibility. Yes, I know the classic rule that correlation doesn't imply causation. But FWIW....

[BigmanPigman]

1. It's pretty hard to argue with that.

Looks like the tropical cyclones and severe storms are the biggies. They warned us that extremes would be more common.

[progree]

2. I regret that I have only one REC to give to this post -- Nathan Hale Progree /nt

[progree]

3. A great place to cross-post this would be the Environment and Energy Group

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=forum&id=1127

[Hahn_Bikey]

6. Just did; Thanks for the advice!

[progree]

8. 👍 /nt

[canetoad]

4. Kick

Good post. Interesting to see it laid out like this.

[Kaleva]

5. It's long past time to begin preparing to adapt.

[Elessar Zappa]

9. Right.

We need to prepare to adapt because it doesn’t look like mitigation is going to happen, unfortunately.