The calendar said December but warm wet air was screaming for spring.
“This event was not just unusual — it was truly historic and deeply shocking. I fear we are poking the climate beast,” Jennifer Marlon, a scientist for climate change at the Yale School of the Environment who worked with the administration in New York, said in a tweet.
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Scientists say it is complicated to understand how climate change affects the frequency of tornadoes, and that understanding of them continues to evolve.
On Saturday, Biden was asked whether he could link climate change to the devastation of the weekend.
The problem with climate change is that the 1970 “s were full of people who were crying about global cooling and now global warming, and the solutions to both always consist in Western capitalism moving towards economies of command and control.
It is not the speed of the winds but the entire storm’s motion.
Some scientists anticipate that atyptional warm weather is common during winter.
Last night was one of the most shocking weather events in my 40 years as a meteorologist–a violent tornado (in December!) drawing comparisons to the deadliest and longest-tracking tornado in U.S. history, the 1925 Tri-State Tornado. Hoping this list doesn’t need updating: pic.twitter.com/sg0l4hfEdE
— Jeff Masters (@DrJeffMasters) December 11, 2021
This event was not just unusual- it was truly historic and deeply shocking. I fear we are poking the climate beast. https://t.co/2dK7NZneHJ
— Jennifer Marlon (@JMarlonPhD) December 13, 2021
Environment that supported Fri night's tornado outbreak was exceptional for December, fueled by both record warm air & also record warm ocean temps in Gulf of Mexico. Climate change has to be part of discussion in reviewing this event. More info: https://t.co/42o5YDfgTI https://t.co/B3T5uNI42p
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) December 13, 2021
FEMA chief calls deadly tornadoes 'new normal' due to climate change https://t.co/0O5I0TJDIK pic.twitter.com/0yDW7wWh3N
— New York Post (@nypost) December 13, 2021
My interview on @MSNBC with Ayman Mohyeldin (@AymanMSNBC) about the deadly tornado outbreak in the central U.S. and the role climate change is playing in these catastrophic events:https://t.co/yceGu85rOq
— Prof Michael E. Mann (@MichaelEMann) December 12, 2021
The violent tornado database is invaluable to query previous outbreaks over the past century or longer.
The December 18, 1957 surface low location and track has striking similarities to the recent event. https://t.co/SMfGw7U6AH pic.twitter.com/rPFZSm4uVG
— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) December 12, 2021
This December 1957 tornado was part of an outbreak of 37 tornados across 5 states that killed 19.
Last night's was not 'climate change'… just weather. pic.twitter.com/1XHsHEpQkN
— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) December 11, 2021
