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At this point, it's fairly common for significant rainfall events to have attribution studies showing that they're a result of the higher temperatures that fossil fuel burning has given us. Whether or not we end up with one for this particular event, it's something that we know will be more common if we keep on extracting and burning.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago

That's because Florida is SO FREE that it would be ILLEGAL for Desantis to say that!

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

"man-made change of climate" it is then.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

"It's not climate change. It's Antifa Water!"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's not rain, it's just MAGA tears that built up since Trump lost in 2020.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Have you not been listening, Tump didn't lose.

/s

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

DeSantis is a dangerous idiot that should be removed from power.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Lucky he is term limited as governor.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It's rained before

Florida is surrounded by water

There is no consensus

Rainfall record is inaccurate

Animals and Plants can adapt

Water is good for plants

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

There are always excuses when you're motivated by the size of bribe the fossil fuels industry can pay

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Water is good for plants

some might even say ... its what plants crave!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Fucking idiot...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

Oh, what relevant degree does he have, and what relevant area of science does he work in, again? I forgot.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hard to imagine being this dumb. These people just aren't firing on all cylinders...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's not about dumb. it's that the fossil fuels industry is the biggest patron of the Republican Party, and they know who butters their toast

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah there are the grifters and the grifted and I'm mostly directing my frustration toward the common Joe who believes all this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

DeSantis’ political base doesn’t believe in climate change, which is sort of like saying you don’t believe in gravity