"Why trying to link hurricane #Matthew to ‘Climate Change’ is just political hype"

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Why trying to link hurricane #Matthew to ‘Climate Change’ is just political hype

1 hour ago October 6, 2016


Hurricane Matthew is a Category 4 storm at the moment, that makes it very dangerous, and (if it makes landfall) something we have not seen in the continental United States for a over a decade. Surprisingly, just today, we passed the 4000 day mark for a drought of major (Cat 3 or greater) hurricanes to make landfall on the continental USA.

Hurricane Wilma was the last major hurricane (Category 3 or stronger) to hit the U.S. It made landfall in Florida on October 24, 2005. The much ballyhooed Hurricane Sandy was Category 1 at landfall, and technically not a hurricane at that time, but an extra-tropical cyclone. Hurricane Ike in 2008, was a Category 2 when it made landfall.

Matthew is very likely to be the first major hurricane to strike the U.S. in almost 11 years, the question is will it be Florida, Gerogia, or the Carolinas?

Wednesday, October 5th, yesterday, was the 4,000 day mark after Hurricane Wilma’s landfall, or 10 years, 11 months, 12 days including the end date. Source.

Will all that, obviously activists will try to link it to global warming/climate change.

at NBC, they already believe that the recently ratified Paris climate accord will stop such storms.

Elsewhere, Thinkprogress serial doomster Joe Romm is saying his usual unsupportable schtick:​

I’m not even going to bother with a link, his article is so bad…

Marc Morano noted at Climate Depot that there will be a lot of “scientists say we can expect,” but little actual data.

He’s right. He adds:

That’s because the data show for the last 10 years we have had an unusual drought of landfalling major hurricanes (Category 3 and higher) on the continental U.S.

That’s right, no major hurricanes have made landfall for over a decade.
This is the longest such drought on record.​

A lot of it is luck. There have been major hurricanes in the Atlantic whose paths have not taken them onshore. However, there has not been the steady increase in hurricane activity that the doom-and-gloomers predicted following a swarm of major hurricanes in 2005. Yes, there is a lot of change from year to year, but there is no worrisome trend.​

In fact, taking a tally of the scariest hurricanes (Categories 4 and 5) indicates things were worse nearly a century ago.

For the 44 years from 1926 to 1969, 14 of these most powerful storms made landfall, while the 46 years since then had only three.​

Dr. Philip Kotzbach notes:


Philip Klotzbach– Verified account ‏@philklotzbach
Only 1 hurricane as strong as #Matthew (140 mph) has made direct landfall on Grand Bahama Island on record (1935 Cuba Hurricane).


2:21 PM - 6 Oct 2016 from Kailua, HI



So what caused that stronger storm back then?

Dr. Ryan Maue also had some advice:


Ryan Maue– Verified account ‏@RyanMaue

Actually it's not. It's one storm. Says nothing about long term climate changes. https://twitter.com/Newsweek/status/783751319454494720 …​

Ryan Maue– Verified account ‏@RyanMaue

Headline is a prediction we won't verify w/current observations for 20, 30 or maybe 50 years. #Matthew

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/05/climate-change-hurricane-matthew-sea-level-rise …​

Remember that, when the climate doomsters try to convince you that this is all “climate change” driven.
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