Washington just faced a hectic “atmospheric bomb cycle” windstorm, packing gusts of more than 70 miles per hour and leaving nearly 650,000 residents without power. The damage was staggering, yet some are dismissing it as just another windstorm. This downplay is thanks to a mix of media spin and outright lunacy.
Ironically, it wasn’t climate alarmists raising the alarm this time. Instead, it was Cliff Mass, an eminently reasonable University of Washington (UW) Atmospheric Sciences professor often criticized for not hyping climate doomsday scenarios. Mass accurately forecasted the storm’s ferocity, warning it would cause widespread power outages — and he was spot on.
With gusts rivaling a Category 4
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