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Originally Posted by wittynickname
I heard a really profound statement from a climate expert on NPR last week--no single storm can be fully attributed to climate change.
But there isn't just one storm. There were massive flood events in Houston in the last couple of years, without a Harvey to cause them. Louisiana had historic flooding last year without a Harvey. West Virginia and South Carolina have had historical flooding events in recent years. More forest fires, LA is on fire right now. The west coast has dealt with record heat and droughts for years.
And that's just the US. India is dealing with record flooding, parts of Africa are dealing with record flooding, the Middle East had record heat this year, etc, etc, etc.
Harvey is just one small sign of a massive problem.
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But it all is really an engineering problem.