Climate alarmism is taking focus and resources away from emergency preparedness and flood control / mitigation infrastructure construction, maintenance, and improvement.
When your life and your world are disrupted by significant weather events, debate over cow farts is an inconsequential distraction.
Cyclonic storms are just not a threat along the coast ... some of the maps above show points of landfall ... much damage and many fatalities occur away from the coast from flooding and tornadoes.
Predicting strength and path as it moves overland is important to ... especially in hilly or mountainous areas ... high hilly terrian or high mountains can wring moisture out of the storm, leading to flash flooding, especially in steep valleys - this has happened in western North Carolina, western Maryland, and Vermont. Local Emergency Management officials and local weather forecasters need to have a working knowledge of past weather events to determine possibility, probability, and threat level.
Working local historical knowledge is critical because different terrains will experience the storm differently. When there is a significant weather event with loss of life, it should be memorialized so it stays in the preparedness consciousness of future generations.
There are precedents for many of these major 'unprecented' weather events in history. Whether residents or officials have a working knowledge and consciousness of these past events, that's a different matter.
$h!t happens, so we should have shovels, air fresheners, and disinfectants at the ready.
