Yeah, I'm fully in the "humans are causing a global climate problem that is going to make life difficult for humans" camp, and I agree with you here. We can't

Yeah, I'm fully in the "humans are causing a global climate problem that is going to make life difficult for humans" camp, and I agree with you here. We can't on the one hand say, "it's climate, not weather, it's global, not local", and then on the other hand point to local severe weather effects as evidence. They are evidence, but only when looked at on a global scale, and it's confusing to people to try to have it both ways. It drives me nuts when there's a new report that says, "2015 was the hottest year on record!" and then somebody always has to come along and say "But it was freezing in Boston!"; likewise when a report says, "there will be severe weather effects according to this model!", I shouldn't say, "and look at that one hurricane this year!"