Blizzards, severe storms, heat wave hit U.S. with array of extreme weather
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200 Million Face 'Dangerous' Weather in the US
Is this proof of a man-made climate crisis or just natural cyclical variability?
Above: The sun sets behind the Pigeon Point Lighthouse during hot weather in Pescadero, California, on March 17. Image credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu/Getty Images
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Climate-concerned narrative
March's wild weather — blizzards burying the Midwest, record-shattering heat baking the West and catastrophic flooding swamping Hawaii — is exactly what happens when cold Arctic air collides with warm Gulf moisture during peak transitional season. These extreme events are intensifying as human-driven climate change accelerates. California's commitment to fighting climate change isn't going anywhere — and it’s a path the rest of the country can’t afford to ignore.
Climate-skeptic narrative
Nature has always been unpredictable — snow in New Orleans, heat in Alaska, floods in deserts. These are weather events, not climate verdicts. Extreme phenomena have occurred for millennia, entirely independent of human industry. Crucially, weather-related deaths have fallen over 98% in a century — proof of human resilience, not fragility. Conflating short-term weather with long-term climate isn't science; it's choreographed alarmism to justify control.
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