Analysis: The disconnect between the administration and reality on climate change keeps growing
One of the many areas near the southeast side of Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska affected by floodwaters on Saturday. By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow March 18 at 5:03 PM A historic storm hit the Great Plains last week, leading to the worst flooding in Nebraska in half a century. Several inches of rain fell after a month of record snow, some of which still sat on frozen ground.
While the World-Herald was careful not to say explicitly that the current flooding is a function of climate change, it was pointed in noting that this sort of flooding is what climate models predict. The reason is straightforward: Warmer temperatures mean more evaporation from soil and more droughts. That moisture, though, goes into the air, which can hold more water as it warms. That leads to bigger, more powerful storms with more precipitation — including in snowstorms.
That doesn’t include Tyndall Air Force Base on the Florida Panhandle. Tyndall was all but obliterated during Hurricane Michael last year. Michael grew rapidly into a Category 4 hurricane as it passed over the Gulf of Mexico thanks to water temperatures in the gulf that were three to five degrees higher than normal. Warmer water means bigger storms — and more damage to installations like Tyndall.
“Everyone’s talking about global warming and the threat to this country,” Kilmeade said. “When you look at the top five threats to this nation, where do you rank global warming or climate change?”“Because I can count to five,” Pompeo said. “That gets you to things that present more risk to people I used to represent in Kansas and citizens all across America.
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