Comments on: 500,000 people evacuate massive 2-week long flood; 40+ dead. https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/05/27/500000-people-evacuate-massive-2-week-long-flood-40-dead/ Fri, 30 May 2014 02:54:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Mike Haubrich https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/05/27/500000-people-evacuate-massive-2-week-long-flood-40-dead/#comment-480478 Fri, 30 May 2014 02:54:40 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=19619#comment-480478 I seem to remember there were hot days in Minnesota before global warming, too.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/05/27/500000-people-evacuate-massive-2-week-long-flood-40-dead/#comment-480477 Wed, 28 May 2014 19:37:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=19619#comment-480477 In reply to Jonathan.

Jonathan, there were floods before global warming, so I don’t see the point of your question.

]]> By: G https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/05/27/500000-people-evacuate-massive-2-week-long-flood-40-dead/#comment-480476 Wed, 28 May 2014 14:33:03 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=19619#comment-480476 Floodwater is often biologically red-hot from contamination with sewage. This produces a high risk of disease outbreaks in flood areas, all the more deadly when antibiotic resistance is considered. We have not seen the end of the casualties from this one.

]]> By: Jonathan https://gregladen.com/blog/2014/05/27/500000-people-evacuate-massive-2-week-long-flood-40-dead/#comment-480475 Wed, 28 May 2014 08:40:21 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=19619#comment-480475 “The 1931 Central China floods or the Central China floods of 1931 were a series of floods that occurred in the Republic of China. The floods are generally considered among the deadliest natural disasters ever recorded, and almost certainly the deadliest of the 20th century (when pandemics and famines are discounted).[2] Estimates of the total death toll range from 145,000[1] to between 3.7 million and 4 million.” Was global warming the boogie man then, too?

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