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This is simply cult activism disguised as journalism, with zero skepticism or research and Journalism 101 by the Associated Press

Climate change could bring more storms like Hurricane Lee to New England

When it comes to hurricanes, New England can’t compete with Florida or the Caribbean.

But once upon a time scientists said Friday that the arrival of storms like Hurricane Lee this weekend could become more common in the region as the planet warms, including in places such as the Gulf of Maine.

One recent study found climate change could result in hurricanes expanding their reach more often into mid-latitude regions, which includes New York, Boston and even Beijing. Factors in this, the study found, are the warmer sea surface temperatures in these regions and the shifting and weakening of the jet streams — strong bands of air currents that encircle the planet in both hemispheres.

“These jet stream changes combined with the warmer ocean temperatures are making the mid latitude more favorable to hurricanes,” Joshua Studholme, a Yale University physicist and l ead author on the study. “Ultimately meaning that these regions are likely to see more storm formation, intensification and persistence.”

This is, as usual, simply prognostication to scare people. And there is no mention of the history of storms hitting New England, going all the way back to 1635, which was a monster storm. You have the massive hurricane of 1815. There were plenty prior to the start of the Modern Warm Age around 1850. And they do tend to strike in September and October. But, this is all about scaring people

Experts warn that policy makers need to take projections of increased hurricane activity seriously and start upgrading their dams, roadways and neighborhoods for these future storms.

“We definitely in our coastal communities need to be thinking about how can we make our shorelines more resilient,” Garner said.

”Do we need to change … where those flood zones are located, kind of thinking about how to perhaps protect the shorelines and think about solutions for that and adaptation kinds of things?” she said, adding that policy makers can also implement measures to keep emissions down so the worst of effects of climate change don’t materialize.

And taking their money and choices for the climate cult grift.

Oh, and, Lee isn’t really going to do a whole lot to New England, unless it happens to shift westward. The coast might possibly get some low end tropical force winds. Any real rain would be at the north-eastern tip of Maine (north of that in Canada might get a bit more). So, this attempt at scaremongering is a big Fail.