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Sorry, but you’re wrong: 1. The house collapsed because of shoreline migration, not because of the storm. The shoreline has been migrating for a long time. The
by owenversteeg 4y ago
Sorry, but you’re wrong:
1. The house collapsed because of shoreline migration, not because of the storm. The shoreline has been migrating for a long time. These houses collapse even when there’s not a storm; there are currently 10 houses identified as being on the verge of collapse in just the Rodanthe area alone.
2. From historical records, shoreline migration in the Rodanthe area was actually more rapid in the 19th century than the 20th. This is consistent with what we know about barrier islands, which is that they migrate rapidly and unpredictably even in the absence of climate change.
3. Therefore, all signs point to the #1 cause here being natural barrier island migration.
You may think you are doing a service to the cause of climate change by falsely attributing things like this to it, but you are instead doing it real damage. Many intelligent and powerful people in a position to do something about the issue see things like this - repeated lies and misleading statements from people who mean well - and conclude that climate change is not a real issue. Stop.