Sadly this is for real and not a joke, before it’s over, we’re going to find out what happens in Texas doesn’t stay in Texas.
At the very least think oil and chemical refineries and distribution centers.
If this storm slowly rolls along the Gulf Coast, Louisiana and New Orleans will see serious flood damage.
Most news stories that I’ve read regarding the AGW Hurricane connect are a muddle of facts presented following the contrarian script of willfully not connecting dots.
Desperately seeking to soft peddle the connection they rather following contrarian talking points and pose ridiculous questions like "Did global warming cause Harvey?’
rather than focusing on the facts such as they are:
* Global warming is definitely directly related to that hot Gulf of Mexico waters ! * Global warming is definitely directly related to the fact that the atmosphere is holding more moisture and making it available for storm systems such as Harvey to collect and dump. * Global warming is definitely directly related to the fact that our Jet Stream has gotten weirder and is current causing the stalling and reversal of Harvey's northward movement, thus multiplying the torrential rains. * Global warming is definitely directly related to the fact that sea level is rising and thus adding substantial to damaging storm surges.For those that want to focus on the facts might I suggest couple very informative videos:
Horrendous Hurricane Harvey Tutorial B Paul Beckwith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPZO1KtZewA Horrendous Hurricane Harvey Tutorial A Paul Beckwith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0-Os6jYtNoThis is what used to be a 500 or even 1000 year event, unfortunately we have entered a new reality and it has become our new normal. Does "Hato"] mean anything to anyone? Hang on there will be others.https://paulbeckwith.net/about/ https://paulbeckwith.net/curriculum-vitae/