{"id":407511,"date":"2025-10-10T18:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T16:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=407511"},"modified":"2025-10-10T18:35:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T16:35:03","slug":"where-are-all-the-hurricanes-guest-joe-bastardi-the-climate-realism-show-177","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=407511","title":{"rendered":"Where Are All the Hurricanes? 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