In your statement you impy that 1938 predates anthropocentric climate change, but burning of fossil fuels ad been going at an increasing rate for the prior century. It is a common and rather weak trick for Climate Science Denialists to point to things that did not occur in the last few years and claim that therefore there is no climate change, but this is incorrect. (I’m not saying what the 38 hurricane was exactly, but since you bring it up, as a long time resident of and historic researcher in the region it hit I can tell you that it began a new era; the word “hurricane” was learned for the first time by coastal fishing people in New England … indicating a shift in climate right there).

It is interesting that you bring up the “100 year event” … the previously referred to research indicates that “100 year” and “200 year” etc. events like the flood surge of sandy will be, under the new climate system caused by the release of fossil carbon into the atmosphere, much shorter term events (decadal instead of secular).

Building in well-known flood areas, filling in wetlands, filling in the rivers, not believing that a once in a 100 years storm won’t happen again, all are not climate change by any stretch of the imagination.

Russell, we don’t allow links to denialist blogs here.

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