Hurricane Dorian is latest climate-linked extreme event that has catastrophically hit the Caribbean and is heading toward the southeast part of the United States.
Dorian is the fourth category 5 hurricane in the last three years—all on President Trump’s watch. Amazingly, Trump keeps saying he’s never heard of a Cat 5 hurricane, furthering his incompetence as a leader. The fact that he claims not to know about these simple ideas about hurricane strengths reinforces the major security threat we have his this man. Although he ought to showing some form of leadership, is out playing golf. So, let’s forget about him.
Dorian has been described as catastrophic, having decimated parts of the Bahamas. Evacuations are in effect up and down the east coast of the United States. Storm surge and winds have reached the coast of Florida.
Extreme storm events have become more common and there is a strong connection to climate change. There is no doubt that the earth’s climate is changing. The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has risen exponentially in the last century. The hottest temperatures have been recorded in the past five years.
Hurricanes, floods and fires are the extreme climate related events that have impacted not only the United States, but much of the earth.
At this time, Dorian is less than 50 miles east of Cape Canaveral, site of the Kennedy Space Center. Major disruptions along the east coast are expected. I know the Georgia coast very well, having been to various locations from Tybee Island to Jekyll Island, and locations in between. One major concern are the cities along the coast, which have flooded multiple times over the past two years.
Since this is a very slow moving storm, the effects will be more devastating. Wind, waves, and rain are picking up along the coast.
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