Hype and Nonsense Surrounding Hurricane Helene
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Guest Contributor
October 11, 2024
Guest essay by Roger Caiazza
The basis of the emotion driven narrative that there is an existential threat of climate change is fueled by endless articles and opinion pieces in the mass media that conflate every extreme weather event with climate change. Remember climate is what you expect, and weather is what you get. This article describes how the hucksters incorrectly make the extreme weather devastation caused when a rare weather pattern caused the storm to stall into an example of worsening climate change when a hurricane in hurricane alley during the hurricane season occurred.
Good Energy Hype
I was prompted to write this post when I came across an opinion piece in the LA Times: Helene destroyed my hometown. I don’t want climate change stories of false hope by Anna Jane Joyner. She is the founder and chief executive of the “story support nonprofit” Good Energy. Last March I did an article about Irina Slaw’s article “Burn, Hollywood, burn” where Slav called out the blatant indoctrination and propaganda associated Good Energy – “Story support for the age of climate change”.
After noting that she had been checking on the weather and evacuation plans while preparing to board a plane on her way to NYC Climate Week Joyner writes:
https://climaterealism.com/2024/10/hype-and-nonsense-surrounding-hurricane-helene/
