{"id":277507,"date":"2023-09-06T16:44:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T14:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=277507"},"modified":"2023-09-06T16:45:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T14:45:01","slug":"bbcs-extreme-summer-weather-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=277507","title":{"rendered":"BBC\u2019s Extreme Summer Weather\u00a0Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Ian Magness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apparently this is what the BBC call factual reporting!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heat. Wildfires. Torrential rain. Typhoons and hurricanes. Much of the northern hemisphere has been battered by extreme weather this summer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not all these events can be immediately linked to climate change. It can take a while for scientists to untangle what exactly is going on \u2013 plus, the planet\u2019s natural weather and climate systems are powerful and also affect the weather.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in the past few weeks, significant meteorological records have been broken in quick succession, to the concern of climate change experts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the summer draws to a close, let\u2019s look back at what on earth happened \u2013 and how it is connected to climate change.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/resources\/idt-8f0357f9-9013-4567-8407-be938c8c70cf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BBC must be getting really desperate now to sell its Net Zero agenda, which is increasingly turning off the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article is the usual list of bad weather events, which could have been cherry picked from any year in the past. For each one, as we shall see, they accept that natural factors are at play, but then try to pin the blame on climate change anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hottest June Evah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They conveniently ignore the fact that  June 1846 was much hotter, not to mention 1676, 1822 and 1826.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heatwaves In Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heatwaves in the Mediterranean are not exactly new, and temperatures of 40C in Rome are hardly unheard of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wildfires in Greece<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Forests are always tinder boxes in summer in Greece; but it takes a spark to start them, and most of this year\u2019s fires were caused by arson, not climate change:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meanwhile, the long term trend for wildfire acreage around the Mediterranean is clearly downwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even this year\u2019s burnt area in Greece is about a third lower than in 2007.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Confusing Computer Models With Actual Data<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The BBC omitted to mention that global hurricane activity has been close to record lows during the last 12 months:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maui Wildfires<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Climate change MAY have contributed? Why even mention it then, if you don\u2019t know, BBC?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BBC are an utter disgrace for not acknowledging that Maui is always hot and dry in summer. Or the fact that the fire spread so quickly because of the unmanaged growth of savanna type grasses in recent years, which have invaded abandoned plantations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wildfires in Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No mention then that the long term trend in Canadian wildfires is actually down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nor that fires this year in the US are the lowest<\/a> for more than a decade for the time of year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tropical Storm Hilary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Although it is rare for tropical storms to hit California, it is not unheard of, and has zero to do with climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the hysterical nonsense about flooding, both the El Cordonazo in 1939, and Hurricane Kathleen in 1976, which both followed similar tracks to Hilary, dumped much more rain<\/a> on Southern California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every year there are floods, heatwaves, droughts, hurricanes and wildfires. There is no evidence whatsoever that this year\u2019s batch is any worse then before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which of course brings us back to the BBC\u2019s real agenda:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As for the hysterical nonsense about flooding, both the El Cordonazo in 1939, and Hurricane Kathleen in 1976, which both followed similar tracks to Hilary, dumped much more rain on Southern California.
\nEvery year there are floods, heatwaves, droughts, hurricanes and wildfires. There is no evidence whatsoever that this year\u2019s batch is any worse then before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":277536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","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_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":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-277507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","9":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/0heatwave-illo-1.webp?fit=2400%2C1600&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1abV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":274100,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=274100","url_meta":{"origin":277507,"position":0},"title":"Response To Roger\u00a0Harrabin","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"17\/08\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Roger Harrabin\u2019s defence of the BBC\u2019s coverage of climate change highlights everything that is wrong with it.","rel":"","context":"In \"BBC\"","block_context":{"text":"BBC","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=bbc"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/climate-crisis-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/climate-crisis-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/climate-crisis-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/climate-crisis-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/climate-crisis-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":268902,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=268902","url_meta":{"origin":277507,"position":1},"title":"The Atlantic: \u201cVermont Was Supposed to Be a Climate Haven\u201d","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"23\/07\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"In 2020, a\u00a0ProPublica\u00a0analysis identified Lamoille as the one county, across the entire United States, that could be most protected from the combined effects of climate change, including sea-level rise, wildfires, crop damage, and economic impact. 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