That was lie no. 3.
Lie 1: Rising sea levels
Lie 2: Increased rainfall
Lie 3: Experts agree
Lie 4: Climate change made the flooding far worse
I think there is a 5th lie in there somewhere about we couldn’t have had a Cat 4 Hurricane in the Gulf or that Hurricanes never hit Houston (Galvaston anyone) or somethink like that. It’s more of an implied lie, but it’s definitely rattling around in the author’s brain.