Hawaii Experiencing Fewer Extreme Rain Events, Despite Media Alarm
By
James Taylor -
March 12, 2021 1
The Associated Press, USA Today, The Guardian, and other media outlets delivered a coordinated – and false – message yesterday with a spate of stories claiming climate change is responsible for extremely heavy rains in Hawaii this past week. Instead, objective Hawaii rainfall data provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) prove exactly the opposite is the case – extreme rain events in Hawaii are becoming less frequent and severe as the Earth modestly warms. Global warming – or climate change – may not make all Hawaii extreme rain events disappear, but global warming is making them less likely to occur.
According to the lead paragraph in the Associated Press article, “Heavy rains are part of the winter rainy season in Hawaii. But the downpours triggering flooding that destroyed homes and bridges and set off mass evacuations on two islands this week are also an example of the more intense rainstorms officials and climate scientists say are occurring more frequently as the planet warms.â€
The AP article then stoked alarm about the consequences of the heavy rain:
https://climaterealism.com/2021/03/hawaii-experiencing-fewer-extreme-rain-events-despite-media-alarm/
