Essays by Eric Worrall
Imagine even more climate propaganda on TV and weather feeds, in the midst of emergency storm preparedness.
Climate change is making the weather more extreme. Why don’t most forecasts mention it?
November 23, 20225:00 AM ET
REBECCA HERSHERAt the recently concluded global climate negotiations, one of the few areas of agreement was on the damage caused by climate-induced weather disasters around the world.
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But that science is largely missing from the public weather forecasts that millions of people in the United States rely on. As extreme weather becomes increasingly common, scientists and forecasters are faced with a conundrum: How do we work together to explain the role of climate change?
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Hurricane Ian led to some confusing climate change communications
The gap between scientists and forecasters was evident when Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida in September. The storm concentrated its strength over unusually hot waters in the Gulf of Mexico — water hotter due to warming. man-made global.
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But projections and statements from the National Hurricane Center did not mention how climate change could make Hurricane Ian more severe.
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Raised Rebecca Hersher. Stop thinking about your priorities and start thinking about what it’s like to be prepared for a major storm.
There’s plenty of time to improve your climate after the emergency is over.
People facing a natural disaster, in the process of preparing for that disaster, need useful information to help them survive, not useless irrelevant things like discussions about hurricanes. Whose fault is the storm?
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