Sorry, AP, Data Refutes Claims That Hurricane Sandy Caused Greater Flooding Due to Climate Change

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Sorry, AP, Data Refutes Claims That Hurricane Sandy Caused Greater Flooding Due to Climate Change
By
Anthony Watts -
May 20, 2021 1
 
This GOES-13 satellite image was captured on Oct. 31 at 1240 UTC as Sandy's circulation was winding down over Pennsylvania. Sandy had been downgraded a remnant low pressure area. Credit: NASA GOES Project

An Associated Press (AP) story, titled “Study: Climate change added $8 billion to Superstorm Sandy damages,” is getting wide pick-up by the mainstream media. The story claims new research proves human caused climate change resulted in an increase in the costs of 2012’s Hurricane Sandy. Data shows this is false. There is no evidence the damage caused by Hurrricane Sandy was more severe or extensive than it would have been absent the past century’s modest warming.

According to the AP story:

“During Sandy — a late fall freak combination of a hurricane and other storms that struck New York and surrounding areas — the seas were almost 4 inches (9.6 centimeters) higher because of human-caused climate change, according to a study in Tuesday’s journal Nature Communications”.

https://climaterealism.com/2021/05/sorry-ap-data-refutes-claims-that-hurricane-sandy-caused-greater-flooding-due-to-climate-change/

[DefiantMassRINO]

Um, the storm surge was measured in feet.  4 inches of alleged man-made ocean rise wasn't the big issue with Sandy.

If man has such influence over the climate, why don't we just set our weather making machines to mostly sunny, 80 degrees F, with a light breeze, and a slight chance of overnight showers.