{"id":268112,"date":"2023-07-18T14:26:30","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T12:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=268112"},"modified":"2023-07-18T14:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T12:26:33","slug":"dishonest-climate-fear-mongering-headline-of-the-week-goes-to-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=268112","title":{"rendered":"Dishonest Climate Fear-mongering headline of the week goes to USA TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Jim Steele<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dishonest Climate Fear-mongering headline of the week goes to\u00a0USA TODAY for\u00a0<\/strong>posting<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dramatic flooding was rare in Vermont\u2019s capital. Expect it more amid climate change.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similar catastrophic claims were suggested throughout the click-bait media-verse from the NY Times, the Washington Post, CNN, etc, etc Rarely does the media provide a scientific historical context, preferring to weaponize weather<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if you read the article\u00a0Climate Variability and Socioeconomic Consequences of Vermont\u2019s Natural Hazards: A Historical Perspective published by\u00a0<\/strong>the Vermont Historical Society in 2002, you would realize the natural truth of Vermont\u2019s flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article states: \u201cOne of the most pervasive hazards that impinges upon and marks the Vermont landscape is flooding<\/strong>\u2026 Rarely does a year elapse without a flooding event of a significant magnitude being reported in at least one of Vermont\u2019s fourteen counties or perhaps statewide, making this the number-one hazard across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Complex topographic barriers such as the Green Mountains and Taconics\u00a0produces enhanced precipitation totals<\/strong>\u2026 Vermont\u2019s steep V-shaped valleys help to\u00a0constrain the flow, creating remarkable depths of flow at tremendous speeds<\/strong>. As far back as 1853, Zadock Thompson noted these topographic characteristics along the Winooski, Lamoille, and Missisquoi rivers, such that by default, roads could\u00a0only be constructed along the open valley floors, making them susceptible to flooding damage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Great Flood of 1927 resulted from record rainfall<\/strong>\u00a0totals produced by tropical storm remnants on November 3, following October precipitation totals that were already 50 percent above normal. As this decaying storm tracked directly along the spine of the Green Mountains, streams rose so rapidly that there was little time for warning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Winooski River rose 40\u201345 feet above its normal level<\/strong>, causing an estimated $30 million in economic losses. The Montgomery flood of July 15, 1997 , In the towns of Montgomery, Montgomery Center, Lowell, and Wolcott\u00a0at least 6 inches of rain fell in less than six hours.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Montpelier is particularly prone to flooding<\/strong>\u00a0given its location in the Winooski River valley just upstream from the confluence with the Dog River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Below are pictures: Montpelier Vermont from July 11, 2023 and 1927.<\/strong>\u00a0In contrast to claims that global warming is causing more floods, the USGS discharge records show\u00a0not even a hint of an upward trend<\/strong>. And the raging Winooski River in 1927<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For more on drought exaggeration, check out the\u00a0drought page at EveryThingClimate.com.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Similar catastrophic claims were suggested throughout the click-bait media-verse from the NY Times, the Washington Post, CNN, etc, etc Rarely does the media provide a scientific historical context, preferring to weaponize weather<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":268118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818056,691821177,691818544,691821179,691821044,691821178],"class_list":["post-268112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-climate-change","tag-climate-fear-mongering-2","tag-flooding","tag-great-flood-of-1927","tag-usa-today","tag-vermont-landscape","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0Riverfront-Cape-Girardeau-Mo-flood-Mississippi-River-Mo-April-20-1927.webp?fit=1600%2C1006&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-17Ko","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":275129,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=275129","url_meta":{"origin":268112,"position":0},"title":"Wrong, Vermont Public, Vermont\u2019s Weather Isn\u2019t Getting Worse","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"08\/23\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"A recent article on the news and commentary website Vermont Public, titled \u201cVermont farmers say they need more gov\u2019t help as climate change causes more extreme weather,\u201d\u00a0\u00a0claims that recent weather events which damaged crops and infrastructure in Vermont and elsewhere in the world are due to climate change. 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