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3. Lots of never-before-seen stuff, isn't there?

Reply to Cattledog (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 30, 2017, 07:49 PM

Apr 2017

Floods covering the 100-year flood plain a couple of times a decade, 500 year floods showing up a few times over 25 year stretches. Wildfires in Tennessee in November. Tornadoes touching down around the Southeast in December. I know that any one weather-related anomaly isn't proof positive of climate change, but as these "rare" events become more common, the evidence stacks up, leading to a scientifically valid conclusion.

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Extreme Weather Seems To Be New Norm. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Apr 2017 OP

Climate change does not necessarily mean more severe tornadoes. Gravitycollapse Apr 2017 #1

That link is to reports from 2007, 5X Apr 2017 #4

NBC didn't mention "Climate Change" in the Sunday evening news segment Cattledog Apr 2017 #2

Lots of never-before-seen stuff, isn't there? gratuitous Apr 2017 #3

But if my memory is working this is three years straight of historic flooding malaise Apr 2017 #5

Gaslighting The Electorate To Believe That These Events Have Been The Usual All Along. TheMastersNemesis Apr 2017 #6

I have been saying for several years Are_grits_groceries May 2017 #7