Hurricane Milton: How climate change is ‘supercharging’ extreme weather trends

“These billion dollar disasters used to happen once every three months back in the 1980s. Over the last decade they’ve happened closer to every three weeks,” says Adam Smith, an applied climatologist at NOAA. “Climate change is certainly supercharging many of these trends.”



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[oceanrock]

There needs to be a lot more education on Climate Change! It’s not a hoax!

[Dawn-dw]

Tons of bots out today
Stay sane many lies in these comments

[russingersoll]

FEMA is warning that they don't have the resources to block humanitarian aid for this hurricane.

[Ricky-gi]

Hurricane Milton asking anyone if they've seen his stapler... 🤣🤣

[ChronicExcessiveManliness]

Climate Change? I thought "Stable Genius Covfefe Master" said that was fake. 🤣

[DarthSailorMoo]

We shouldn't be having to waste time with our best and brightest minds just to debunk GOP lies.

[DelbertPungowiyi-essh]

In 1983 my grandfather told me that Mother Earth is preparing to renew, cleanse and heal herself prematurely because of man's disrespect and Abusing Sacred Mother Earth! He told me a message and warning to the World that we must protect what little ecosystems we have left his warning if we fail the catastrophic disasters will continue to magnify and qauntify to the point of apocalyptic cataclysmic disasters that all life on Sacred Mother Earth are endangered! No one is saying this should be a wake up call to the World Leaders anymore to take immediate Action On The Climate Crisis We Are Faced With! Prayers for the World 🌎🌍🕊️🕊️

[rogerbrownreacts]

They have been expecting this a Century but go ahead and play hysterical pretend.

[WinstonSmith]

Remember during the 1976 Presidential debates when Jimmy Carter said the entire planet will run out of oil by 2011? Oil has never been more abundant.

[roejogan]

Imagine believing that how people vote would change the strength of this storm.

[roejogan]

Yes, Floridians have historically voted against FEMA and climate change legislation.
Yes we must still collectively open our wallets and help rebuild the storm damage that will likely get damaged again in the next storm.
Yes we must accept this fact.

[rodgerwoods]

Let me
Harris is going to "fix" this... 😂🤣

[travisbrown]

So is this a once in a century storm? So you’re saying there was a storm this big and strong 100 years ago? Where is there a trend of weather intensit? It’s more costly now bc growth in population and infrastructure.

[moonlightpixie]

It would help if a certain political party didn't act like climate change is witchcraft

[jackrice]

Nature says, "You ain't seen nothin' yet!" Fasten your seatbelts, folks, it's going to be a bumpy ride!

[travisbrown]

How much money does the US need to spend to make all this extreme weather just be weather? Does anyone have a solution? Is there something we can do to make it 75 and sunny 365? I think paper straws with plastic lids is a good place to start.

[Tane]

First you have to admit that the sun is the cause and we need to figure out a way to survive with the new paradyme

[russingersoll]

Funneling
Emergency
Money to
Aliens

[roejogan]

Imagine believing that purchasing an electric vehicle instead of an internal combustion engine vehicle will reduce the severity of these storms

[BlueJay-ws]

Governor Bilbo is acting out his frustration and disappointment at his cult leader's rapid decline.