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“Countless scientists, climate experts, and governments officials agree that 350 ppm is the “safe” level of carbon dioxide.”

Why 350? – MN350

The last time CO2 was at the safe level of 350 PPM was 1988, when Yellowstone burned, the Mississippi River almost dried up, and Cancun was largely destroyed by the second most intense Atlantic Hurricane on record.

Yellowstone fires of 1988 – Wikipedia

1988–89 North American drought – Wikipedia

“Hurricane Gilbert, the mightiest storm to hit the Western Hemisphere in this century, concentrates so much of its destructive energy into a narrow core that meteorologists say the storm resembles a monster tornado.”

Meteorologists Say the Hurricane Is Similar to a Monster Tornado – The New York Times

Hurricane Gilbert – Wikipedia

Perhaps 350 PPM isn’t quite right? Maybe we need to get down to 320 PPM, which occurred in 1970.

“The 1970 Bhola cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) and India’s West Bengal on November 11, 1970. It remains the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded and one of the world’s deadliest natural disasters. At least 500,000 people lost their lives in the storm”

1970 Bhola cyclone – Wikipedia

In 1974, fifteen percent of Australia burned.

Australian bushfires: Why 2019 fire season is different from others

Darwin was destroyed by Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Day 1974.

Northeast Australia turned into an inland sea due to record rainfall and flooding.

28 Jan 1974, Page 12 – The Cincinnati Enquirer at Newspapers.com

The US had its worst tornado outbreak on record.

List of tornadoes in the 1974 Super Outbreak – Wikipedia

Phoenix had their worst heatwave.

30 Jun 1974, Page 31 – Arizona Republic at Newspapers.com

And experts said we were headed into another ice age.

TIME Magazine Archive Article — Another Ice Age? — Jun. 24, 1974

29 Jan 1974, 5 – The Guardian at Newspapers.com

Hot weather was much more common when CO2 was below 350 PPM. But I lack the qualifications to dispute “Countless scientists, climate experts, and government officials”

Seven years ago, California Governor Jerry Brown predicted the LA airport would drown.

Brown says rising sea levels could force costly move of LAX – Los Angeles Times

Sea level at LA has been rising an average of 1 mm/year over the past century, and has hardly risen at all over the past 40 years.

Sea Level Trends – NOAA Tides & Currents

The LA airport is more than 30 meters (30,000 mm) above sea level, so it could potentially drown in only 30,000 years.

On this date in 1988, the New York Times reported on James Hansen’s testimony before Congress and said “global warming has begun.”

Global Warming Has Begun, Expert Tells Senate – The New York Times

It was the hottest June 23 on record in the US by a wide margin.

Senator Tim Wirth and James Hansen planned out the hearing for a hot day, and sabotaged the air conditioner to make it feel hotter.

“we called the Weather Bureau and found out what historically was the hottest day of the summer. Well, it was June 6 or June 9 or whatever it was, so we scheduled the hearing that day, and bingo: It was the hottest day on record in Washington, or close to it. It was stiflingly hot that summer. [At] the same time you had this drought all across the country, so the linkage between the Hansen hearing and the drought became very intense.

… What we did it was went in the night before and opened all the windows, I will admit, right? So that the air conditioning wasn’t working inside the room and so when the, when the hearing occurred there was not only bliss, which is television cameras in double figures, but it was really hot. …  So Hansen’s giving this testimony, you’ve got these television cameras back there heating up the room, and the air conditioning in the room didn’t appear to work. So it was sort of a perfect collection of events that happened that day, with the wonderful Jim Hansen, who was wiping his brow at the witness table and giving this remarkable testimony.”

Interviews – Timothy Wirth | Hot Politics | FRONTLINE | PBS

Tom Karl at NOAA disagreed with Hansen. He said most global warming occurred before 1919, and that earth cooled from 1921 to 1979.

07 Dec 1989, Page 14 – Santa Cruz Sentinel at Newspapers.com

NOAA has since altered their data, and now shows cooling from 1880 to 1919 and warming from 1921 to 1979.

Climate at a Glance | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

Climate at a Glance | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

NOAA also said the US hadn’t warmed.

U.S. Data Since 1895 Fail To Show Warming Trend – NYTimes.com

They have since altered their US temperature data to show warming from 1895 to 1988.

Climate at a Glance | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

Hansen predicted a sharp increase in 90 degree days at Washington DC and Omaha, Nebraska. The opposite has occurred.

12 Jun 1986, Page 12 – The Evening Times at Newspapers.com

Logan, Iowa is the closest currently active USHCN station to Omaha.

Purcellville, VA is the closest USHCN station in Virginia to Washington DC.

Across the US, the frequency of 90 degree days has plummeted since Hansen’s testimony.

Hansen predicted a sharp increase in droughts.

“Dr. James E. Hansen, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, who presented recent data compiled from computer models, said that predicted regional effects of global warming show that the chances of summer drought in the low and middle latitudes would be 1 in 3 by the year 2030, as against 1 in 20 in the 1950’s.”

FEROCIOUS STORMS AND DROUGHT SEEN – The New York Times

During the 1950’s the US was in drought most of the time, but droughts have been much less common over the past 60 years. Hansen also got that exactly backwards.

Climate at a Glance | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

By 1999, Hansen realized that his forecasts were failing.

Empirical evidence does not lend much support to the notion that climate is headed precipitately toward more extreme heat and drought. The drought of 1999 covered a smaller area than the 1988 drought, when the Mississippi almost dried up. And 1988 was a temporary inconvenience as compared with repeated droughts during the 1930s “Dust Bowl” that caused an exodus from the prairies, as chronicled in Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath.

The U.S. has warmed during the past century, but the warming hardly exceeds year-to-year variability. Indeed, in the U.S. the warmest decade was the 1930s and the warmest year was 1934.

NASA GISS: Science Briefs: Whither U.S. Climate?

So he did what all leading government climate scientists do – he altered the data.

NASA 1999

NASA 2019

Hansen created the climate cult and worked a lot of people into hysteria. They want to sue fossil fuel companies for providing the energy people need to survive.

30 years ago global warming became front-page news – and both Republicans and Democrats took it seriously

And when the power goes out, climate alarmists also want to sue fossil fuels companies for not providing enough fossil fuels.

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During early May, 1890 there were fires “everywhere” in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

08 May 1890, 6 – Minneapolis Messenger at Newspapers.com

This week in 1890, there were large fires on both sides of the Rio Grande in Colorado and New Mexico.

21 Jun 1890, Page 6 – San Francisco Chronicle at Newspapers.com

Spokane Falls Daily Chronicle – Google News Archive Search

The burn area from the 1890 fires in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains north of Santa Fe are now some of the largest and most spectacular Aspen forests anywhere.

Ten years ago this week was the official largest fire on record in New Mexico, which burned west of Los Alamos. According to the press it burned up the ski area, which was where Dean Cummings learned to ski.

Las Conchas Fire in New Mexico Burns Pajarito Ski Resort | Dean Cummings’ Home Ski Resort | Unofficial Networks

I was just up there two days ago, and the ski area is fine, with luxuriant Aspen and Locust forest filling in the burn area.

The skier himself is not doing so well however.

Dean Cummings extreme: A jailhouse interview with ski pioneer, accused murderer – Real Vail

A lot of people moved to New Mexico during the 1980s, which was the wettest decade of the last 2,500 years – and determined from their broad experience that was the normal climate of the state.

OliverHarleyMaxwell19-April30-2500Yrs-HydroClimateVar-NewMexico

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Menacing ‘famine weed’ grows more toxic as carbon levels soar : Research Highlights

Increased CO2 causes all plants to grow faster, which makes earth greener, crops grow faster, and reduces malnutrition.

Carbon Dioxide Fertilization Greening Earth, Study Finds | NASA

Yields and Land Use in Agriculture – Our World in Data

Hunger and Undernourishment – Our World in Data