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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
This why I say global warming has moved beyond science and empiricism and into the realm of received truth and dogma. Citing global warming for every single extreme weather event is like blaming a lack of propitiation to the gods for every drought. It has nothing to do with science and everything to do with turning the issue into a simplistic morality tale.
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More severe weather events are a symptom of climate change. Warmer weather produces stronger storms. That Calgary experienced two of these events in different conditions within a decade of each other might lead one to conclude at bare minimum that there could be a corollary relationship between the two.
What Nick is saying isn't wrong. A much larger than usual weather system was trapped over the mountains because an equally large or larger system was preventing it from travelling to the north.
Larger, more powerful weather systems are a hallmark of warmer climate change.
The insurance industry already understands this and municipalities are beginning to understand it as well. The Federal Government seems to understand as well, and based on the provincial government continuing to prevent unfavourable-to-development flood mitigation studies from being read by the public, I'd say they know it too.
Stats Can seems to know it:
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While single storm events cannot be attributed to climate change, scientists predict that climate change will affect storm patterns and result in increased storm activity. Extreme weather events such as storms, floods, hurricanes and tornadoes can have devastating consequences. In 2006 in British Columbia, record dryness in August led to water shortages for residents and tourists, while in November and December, wind and rain toppled thousands of trees in Stanley Park and led to power outages, flooding, landslides and Canada's largest-ever boil-water advisory, affecting people in the Lower Mainland for over 12 days.
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