Posted on 09/06/2019 12:18:06 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Nearly three-quarters of Americans see weather disasters, like Hurricane Dorian, worsening and most of them blame global warming to some extent, a new poll finds.
And scientists say they’re right.
The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey shows 72 percent of Americans think catastrophic weather is more severe, while 4 percent see it as less nasty. About one-quarter say those disasters are about as extreme as they always were.
Half of those who think weather disasters are worsening say it’s mainly because of man-made climate change, with another 37 percent who think natural randomness and global warming are equally to blame.
The poll was conducted in mid-August before Dorian formed, pummeled the Bahamas and put much of the US East Coast on edge.
“We continue to loot our environment and it causes adverse weather,” said John Mohr, a 57-year-old self-described moderate Republican in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he was bracing for Dorian’s arrival
“This is climate change, though President Trump denies that it is,” Tony Pagan, a 69-year-old retired electrician said as he and his wife finished packing to leave Wednesday. “He needs to open his eyes.”
Though she’s weary of dealing with storms three of the past four years, Sandy Cason of Tybee Island said she’s not ready to blame climate change. She noted Georgia got hit by several powerful hurricanes in the 1800s.
“If you go back and read, it’s a cyclical thing. It really is,” Cason said. “If you read enough about the old storms, I don’t think you can” attribute the most recent storms to climate change.
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Most Americans see catastrophic weather events worsening...............Gee, I wonder why???????????......
I predict global temperatures falling dramatically in the next few months.
We’re all gonna die.
No wait. It’s called WINTER!
And if the nightly news breathlessly reports every traffic fatality, most americans would “see” traffic deaths increasing.
This sort of false perception by the public, thanks to the MSM, is what led to Black Lives Matter.
Which reminds me. What ever happened to them?
No, that’s fake news. It just came out a few days ago scientists have proven temperatures have only risen a teeny weenie fraction of a degree over however many years. But the demwits will keep spreading lies.
If he believed in "climate change" would it make a difference?
Black Lives Matter was wiped out by Global Warming.
Spoken like a sixth-grader.
About one-quarter have at least 2 brain cells to rub together.
I see an increase in catastrophic Boat explosions, catastrophic Selfie Deaths and catastrophic Democrat Politicians.
Been around a long time. The weather events aren’t worsening as much as they are being touted as worsening by those that deem advantage to their agenda by doing so.
Hurricanes never hit North Carolina before the internal-combustion engine! /s
The weather isnt worsening, so much as the babes on the weather channel are getting more hysterical.
Ummm, we have 11.35 years left according to these idiots, so we’re still good!
What has changed is the moronic 24 hr. media coverage of every storm and the National Weather Service that names and hypes every fart during hurricane season.
8,00 people lost in the 1900 Galveston hurricane, way before “global warming”.
Population growth along with more people moving to coastlines which they know are part of the Atlantic Hurricane path, results in more people feeling the effects.
Horse manure!!! It’s the power of suggestion. I well remember how hot it was hauling square-bale hay and practicing football in the summer when I was in high school. At least as hot as it is now. Also the area I live in had a terrible run of killer tornadoes when I was in Junior High School and High School. Unfortunately, many people are stupid and have short memories.
Only the dumb asses.
FOX’s Shep Smith was breathless over 40 mph winds up the coast a couple days ago. Hey, Shep, try driving through a 75 mph sand storm. Those are so nothing, they don’t make the news.
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