Note to Harry Reid, CNN, and NBC Nightly News: Global warming not a factor in wildfires. When even an LA Times staff writer gets to say that a study shows no link between recent warming and freqency of wildfires in Southern California, those sharing similar biases should pay attention.
The study, however, found Southern California was different from the rest of the West, with no increase in the frequency of fire as temperatures rose.
"In Southern California, it's hot and dry much of the year," said Anthony Westerling, a climate scientist at UC Merced and the study's lead author. In other words, Southern California was already perfect for fire.
I know that making cheap political points, or trying to hype future programming about theoretical human contributions to global warming are important endeavors, but sometimes the facts do have to get in the way of the narrative.
Dont go drinking the kool aid, Joe. Of course global warming contributed to the recent fires in SoCal-what else could have caused them? I mean when was the last time we had fires of this magnitude? God bless Harry Reid for having the courage to speak the truth.
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ReplyDeleteHee! So when he was speaking truth to power, was he talking to himself, or do the media have more power? I also saw a John Kerry-esque moment in courage, when he was for global warming causing the fires, before he was against it. His stance (not the wide one) was full of nuance, and fit the changing situation (such as a reporter asking him to back up the claim). A real profile in leadership!