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These weather patterns aren’t new or all that strange. This set of conditions periodically occur over time. The difference is that now people have hyper awaren

• op00to 3y ago
  The Omega Block is a "strange" weather pattern compared to the usual configuration of the jet stream. It is unusual and surprising. I didn't say it was new, rare, or uprecedented. It's possible for a weather event to be "normal" (something we see from time to time) but also triggered or more likely ehanced by anthropogenic climage change. Hurricanes aren't anything new, and devastating hurricanes earlier and later in the season aren't even "new". The fact that we've seen it before doesn't mean that humans aren't making it worse. It doesn't need to be raining locusts for things to be really messed up.
  • bequanna 3y ago
    > It doesn't need to be raining locusts for things to be really messed up. Fair enough, but what is the metric for calling something "due to climate change"? Because it seems to me that currently the blame for every drop of rain that falls above (or below) average is directly ascribed to the evil people in the suburbs driving their cars.
    • op00to 3y ago
      Right, well. In that case, I suppose we shouldn't do anything at all. The issue isn't that something is "due to climate change". This is a false choice: "either it's due to climate change, or it's not". The extra energy in the atmosphere doesn't pick and choose where to apply itself. Every weather pattern is affected by climate change. Everything has its gain knob turned up a little more each year.
  • letsawaytoday 3y ago
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