Weather porn about Texas, a lesson for Earth Day 2019
Journalists feed us a daily diet of weather porn. See the stories four years ago about the Texas drought, and learn from them.
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An eminent climate scientist explains what caused the record rains in Texas
Summary: The heavy rains hitting Texas last May were record-breaking extreme weather evens. But were they natural (records routinely break as time passes) or the result — partially or mostly — the result of anthropogenic effects? Here an eminent climatologist gives a preliminary answer, based on solid evidence (not modeling). There is no visible trend …
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Texas warns us that we’re unprepared for normal weather
Summary: We get a lesson from the weather about America’s lack of preparedness for quite normal “disasters” (events). Our fascination with doomster scenarios is fun, as we thrill to op-eds asking if we will we start WWIII with Putin — or die in the deserts of 2100 or die in its flooding seas — but …
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The Texas drought ends; climate alarmists wrong again!
Summary: The climate alarmists described the Texas drought in extreme terms, as the New Normal. Readers of the FM website saw the other side of the news — the science side — in Key facts about the drought that’s reshaping Texas. Now we see what looks like the end of the story. It’s a pleasant …
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Who believes that the Federal government seeks to take over Texas?
Summary: The Jade Helm military exercise has sparked an urban legend. Polls showing who believes fringe theories act as x-rays illuminating the American polity. Some of the results are expected if alarming. Some are unexpected and hence even more valuable. {2nd of 2 posts today.} Contents A funny question. Answer by ideology. The Evangelicals speak. …
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