Epic Thread: The Media is Lying to You about 'More Frequent and Stronger' Hurricanes • Warner Todd Huston •

The media has been lying to you when they say hurricanes are now more frequent and stronger because of climate change, and they are most especially lying when the say that NOAA is supporting that claim.

Indeed, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration refutes the “more frequent and stronger” claims on its website, making every single liberal making the claim a bald-faced liar.

I fact, NOAA says that the more advanced science and technical ability identifying storms is what accounts for any increase in the historic record. It’s that 50 years ago and more, we didn’t have the scientific capabilities to pinpoint the existence of all the storms there were, and many were missed. So, there really isn’t any increase, we are just better able to identify their existence.

Environmental author Michael Shellenberger recently laid out what the NOAA ACTUALLY says in a recent Twitter thread:

Consider this article in @FT claiming that “hurricane frequency is on the rise,” based on NOAA data.

But NOAA says “After adjusting for a likely under-count of hurricanes in the pre-satellite era there is essentially no long-term trend in hurricane counts.” pic.twitter.com/A3BGOu9XBy

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) October 2, 2022

In other words, the graphic @FT chose to show of apparently rising hurricane frequency is, in reality, a graphic showing improved hurricane detection thanks to satellites.

What are the chances that FT reporter @Aime_Williams didn’t know this? I would guess close to zero.

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) October 2, 2022

What about intensity? Same story. Writes NOAA, “after adjusting for changes in observing capabilities (limited ship observations) in the pre-satellite era, there is no significant long-term trend (since the 1880s) in the proportion of hurricanes that become major hurricanes.“

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) October 2, 2022

And now it’s clear that activist scientists at the UN are working with Google to control the information available on climate change.

This is dark, chilling stuff. https://t.co/iPmodz7jDc

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) October 2, 2022

Is it possible that hurricane intensity will rise in the future? Yes. NOAA predicts a 5% increase in hurricane intensity. But it also predicts a 25% decline in hurricane frequency.

I have not seen a single mainstream news media outlet mention any of this. pic.twitter.com/MWcAhf3Nc0

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) October 2, 2022

I have made a complete debunking of environmental alarmism available on-line. All slides have references to the best-available science or primary data.https://t.co/MtMpMFQoXu

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) October 2, 2022

Further reading and please follow @RogerPielkeJr @RyanMaue @BjornLomborg https://t.co/gJCSER7EyV

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) October 2, 2022

Final note: August had no hurricanes for the first time in 25 years. Hardly anybody wrote about it. Compare that to the wall of misinformation about a single hurricane last week.

The media have an agenda. They are peddling pseudoscience. They can’t be trusted. pic.twitter.com/r40RLSdSU8

— Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) October 2, 2022