Not really. That's just an easy one to Google, there are tons of other examples that are easy to find if you look. Any time I've looked past the news articles

Not really. That's just an easy one to Google, there are tons of other examples that are easy to find if you look. Any time I've looked past the news articles and looked at actual extreme weather frequency going back the past 100-200 years, the results have all pretty much been consistent. There's great science out there for reconstructing stream flows (drought indicator) based on tree rings, for example, that can take you back to the 1600s. The early 1900s, for example, were a nightmare climate-wise, and the 30s killed a crazy number of people. "Willful ignorance"? Care to rephrase?