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Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

It is wise to look, but there is no link, the spike in tornados is a natural occurence and linked to normal atmospheric change (La Nina) in the equatorial Pacific (last link is very good):

No Link Between Tornadoes And Climate Change: US

No link between tornadoes and climate change: US

The Tornado – Pacific Decadal Oscillation Connection « Roy Spencer, Ph. D.

Instead, the reasons for the spiking death tolls are more likely due to the rise in the number of mobile homes and the chance paths taken by a series of tornadoes that have happened to target populated areas.

This is awful. Notice the not so subtle fallacious deflections? The question isn't about why people are dying (we know they are dying because their homes got ****ed up along with them) but why are there so many tornadoes. The amount of dancing by the author without addressing the substance of the issue is astounding.


Time will tell if "this year is an extraordinary outlier." Oh wait, NASA said it would only get worse in 2007.

NASA - NASA Study Predicts More Severe Storms With Global Warming
Pubs.GISS: Del Genio et al. 2007: Will moist convection be stronger in a warmer climate?