Florida might be fucked. These storms will get worse.. and then WORSE. And more frequent.

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49. Bigger and stronger hurricanes is clearly part of climate change

This latest hurricane to hit Florida is the latest example of how climate change is clearly taking hold and can't be ignored. This latest hurricane was 420 miles wide which is a significant increase in storm size. You don't seem to understand that Florida has now been hit by 3 hurricanes in the last 13 months. This is not normal. The hurricanes are becoming bigger, stronger and more frequent. This latest hurricane to hit Florida is the strongest hurricane to hit this particular part of Florida since records started being kept in 1810. This is why climate change must now be part of the conversation. This particular storm went from a tropical storm to a category 4 hurricane in less than 12 hours. This was caused by the above normal temperature of the water in the Gulf of Mexico. There was another hurricane a couple of years ago that hit farther south in Florida that went from a tropical storm to an almost category 6 hurricane in less than 12 hours. This is making it far more difficult for weather forecasters to accurately say what a storm will be and do in order to get people out of harms way. The above normal water temperatures are supercharging these storms and it's only going to get worse
The bigger, stronger and more frequent hurricanes that are happening now are putting the large numbers of people who've moved to Florida in ever greater jeopardy. We haven't even gotten to the ever rising sea levels that are also happening at the same time. Miami has been experiencing sunny day flooding for close to a decade now. Miami Beach is spending millions to raise all of the roadways by a foot in an effort to try to stay ahead of sea level rise.
You're completely wrong to try to downplay the very clear and ever increasing role that climate change is playing in the hurricanes that are now hitting Florida, the sea level rise and the longer and stronger heat waves that are also happening that are putting people's lives at risk. I used to live in Florida so I know first hand. I was there for hurricane Andrew. My father was an engineer and pilot who flew hurricane reconnaissance when he was in the Air Force. My engineer father well understood that the continued burning of fossil fuel was causing our planet to warm abnormally which was leading to changing weather patterns that put human survival at risk. I left Florida because of climate change and I'm grateful that I did because it's only going to get worse. Instead of downplaying the threat of climate change, I highly recommend that you listen to the climate scientists and engineers who are the experts on what in fact is actually happening.