No it isn’t.
Severe tornadoes have not increased.
Droughts have not increased
Hurricane strikes have not increased.
www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/ushurrlist18512009.txt
The ten worst floods in history all occurred below 350 ppm CO2
Armageddon Online – 10 Worst floods in history
NOAA’s severe weather expert, Martin Hoerling says that severe weather has not increased.
People who make claims of increasing severe weather have no idea what they are talking about. They are the same morons who claim that a mild March in Chicago was unprecedented extreme weather.
Data outdated.
So you think that severe weather is increasing?
A bit like HADCRUT4. They chopped the end of the data off at the height of the last El Nino, so the dataset seems “outdated” as soon as it got published. 😉
The really Big Lie dates back to 1946.
http://omanuel.wordpress.com/about/#comment-105
Here’s one way for leaders to restore contact with reality
http://omanuel.wordpress.com/about/#comment-109
“People who make claims of increasing severe weather have no idea what they are talking about.” Or, more likely: “People who make claims of increasing severe weather are full of lies, or full of sh*t.”
Steve….. you can add that flooding isn’t increasing, either! http://suyts.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/a-nice-little-paper-entirely-debunking-the-increasing-flood-meme/
This is worth repeating:
Deadliest US Hurricane 1900
Most Intense US Hurricane 1935
Costliest US Hurricane (adjusted for inflation and population) 1926
Deadliest US Tornado 1925
Second Deadliest US Tornado 1840
Worst US Fire (deaths) 1871
Most US Acreage burned 1910
Deadliest US Flood 1889
Worst US Drought 1934
Worst US Heatwave (extent of 110 degree or greater tempeatures) 1936
Deadliest US blizzard 1888
Worst US Coldwave (extent of subzero F temperatures) 1899