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I love when they try and trot this stuff out to show They Are Important! and then leave themselves a lot of wiggle room

How do scientists know if climate change made a heat wave, extreme storm or wildfire worse?

When a devastating heat wave, hurricane, flood or wildfire strikes, people often want to know: How much did human-caused climate change influence this event, if at all?

For many years, scientists could answer that question only in general terms. They knew that human-caused climate change was increasing the frequency or intensity of some kinds of extreme weather, but determining its influence on a particular event was much more difficult.

Today, researchers can provide a scientifically grounded answer that assesses whether climate change made a heat wave hotter, increased rainfall from a hurricane, or made a drought more severe. But the answers are not always straightforward, and they are not equally certain for every type of extreme event.

Wiggle room.  But, can they prove it is mostly/solely the fault of Mankind? No, but, that doesn’t matter, because the news media and politicians won’t make them prove it. And thanks to their doomsaying we get things like this, which have become all the rage

Heat Waves Show Climate Change Is Here

A few weeks ago, my daughter and I went to Paris, France, to visit family and celebrate her high school graduation. As a marine scientist working on the front lines of climate and oceans, I was hoping for a break from the doom and gloom. Instead, I found myself inside the biggest climate story of the year.

We knew it would be hot, over 90 degrees Fahrenheit. When I checked the forecast before we left, I told my daughter to pack shorts and tank tops. But we were not prepared for what followed—a ten-day inferno.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, there are credible reports that fantastic wines were being grown in England. What about all those heat waves which last for almost a decade during the 30s? Were they from ‘climate change’?

Wildfire smoke means climate change is knocking. Will we answer? | Editorial

While wildfires from 1,000 miles away dropped a haze over Ohio, there’s one thing they’ve made clear: Climate change is knocking on our doors now.

We’ve spent far too long debating whether humans have contributed to a warming climate or not. What matters now is how we adapt and prepare ourselves.

Wildfires and the health risks they bring are not a one-off occurrence, nor will they be going away anytime soon.

No, they won’t go away, because wildfires have always happened. There’s not witchcraft involved. But, the big thing now for the media is to say “It’s here! DOOM!”

Read: Say, How Do “Scientists” Know If Every Weather Event Is Your Fault? »

Obviously, no one will be fired for this bit of Scaremongering, because no one will remember it. It’s meant to scare people into giving up their money and freedom to Government right now

By 2100, 10 Cities Where Temperatures Will Never Fall Below 50 Degrees

Winter is the fastest warming season in most of the United States, and in certain parts of the country, winter weather never arrived this year. In January 2006, record-breaking temperatures exceeding 90°F were reported in parts of Florida and Texas. For multiple states across the Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions, 2026 was the warmest winter ever, with average temperatures exceeding 20th century seasonal norms by more than 7°F.  Due in part to unprecedented warmth in the winter months, snow accumulation hit historic lows in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, contributing to dangerous and ongoing drought conditions.

The winter warming trend is not an isolated phenomenon. Across the continental United States, the average temperature from December 2025 through February 2026 was 37°F, or about 5°F higher than the 20th century norm. Additionally, a recent report from the non-profit research and advocacy group Climate Central found that between 1970 and 2025, winter temperatures rose in all but five of the 244 cities included in the study – in most cases, by 4°F or more.

Oh, look, the sciencey people do not understand how averages work

Currently, there are only a handful of U.S. cities where average daily lows in the winter months do not fall below 50°F. But, if the current rate of warming continues unchecked, that number will grow considerably in the coming decades.

Using data from Climate Central and NOAA, Climate Crisis 247 identified the U.S. cities where temperatures will never fall below 50°F again. We ranked all 150 cities with available data from both sources on the projected average daily low during the winter season by the end of the century. Calculations were made using local average annual rates of warming between 1975 and 2025 and applying that rate to average local temperatures in the winter of 2025. Only cities where average daily winter lows are not already above 50°F are listed. All cities with projected daily lows of at least 49.9°F between the beginning of December and the end of February are listed.

Those are

• Charleston, South Carolina
• Yuma, Arizona
• Tucson, Arizona

Wait, does it really matter? Again, this is about scaring people right now with talk of future doom by people who refuse to practice what they preach

Read: Oh Noes, Some American Cities Will Never Drop Below 50F By 2100 »