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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
People who take this hurricane as being a direct result of climate change are just as ridiculous as people who take a perfectly seasonable day in March as proof positive of climate change not occuring. Weather is not climate!
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True, but the overall increasing trend in storms that we see likely has something to do with climate change. Not everything to do with climate change, but the frequency and intensity of storms like this one may be exacerbated by global warming. That doesn't seem at all far-fetched to me.
Obviously, if I'm right about that, we're just going to have to become accustomed to the new reality that sees more and more severe weather events as time goes on. I seem to recall after Sandy this being discussed and being deemed credible by climate scientists, though I don't have any specific evidence I can point you to off the top of my head.