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Originally Posted by mikephoen
Haha, funny you should use that as your example. One the largest volcanic events in modern times (Krakatoa) happened in 1883 and had huge affects on weather for many years. Krakatoa's affect on the earth's overall temperature is minor compared to what has been going on since.
Every major weather event should be talked about as related to climate change, because they are related.
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In the old days people would say God is angry when a weather disaster occurs since they didn't know any better. Nowadays its latte sipping hipster crying climate change on Facebook at the sign of extreme weather while behind their iPhone because it justifies a viewpoint.
Back in 1883, people were more likely to blaming god, than use a fairly recent terminology. These major weather events have happened since the dawn of the planet. Mankind does have an impact to the atmosphere, I'm not questioning that (sorry to burst your bubble).
But does every fricking event have to be linked to climate change? How is any different than preaching that God is angry? They are both empty of any research. Linking every single event to climate change cheapens the message, especially when the whole concept of climate change is very abstract and hard to quantify as it is.
A hurricane is nothing new. A hurricane hitting the US is nothing new. There are no more hurricanes today then there were a hundred years ago. A hurricane staying stationary on top of large population is a fluke and one that can happen once in a thousand years based on probability. That does not make it a climate change related event.