Federal agency after Trump tweet: Winter storms don't disprove climate change

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

A federal agency tweeted Tuesday that winter storms don’t disprove climate change, hours after President Trump seemed to imply the opposite in a tweet.

“Winter storms don't prove that global warming isn't happening,” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) tweeted from its main climate change-related account, which is associated with its Climate.gov website.

The tweet had a cartoon-like drawing and linked to a 2015 post on NOAA’s website explaining that even with climate change, certain locations will continue to experience “winters that are unusually cold and snowy.”

Monday night, Trump tweeted about the extreme, historic cold blast coming into the Midwest and other parts of the nation.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/427467-federal-agency-says-winter-storms-dont-disprove-climate-change

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Link to tweet

[klook]

1. Illustrated in a style even Trump can comprehend -- maybe.

[area51]

11. This.

It's appalling that they have to illustrate it in a cartoon style for the prez to understand. And in the end, he'll ignore any data that is against his preconceived ideas.

[jayfish]

2. That Pictograph Seems a Bit too Complicated for Trump -NT-

[JohnnyRingo]

3. Jesus.

Is stupidity contagious? Can I get it from listening to the president or do I have to come into contact with an idiot?

"Global Waming"? I immediately got notice that was a misspelled word. Does the president ignore his spell check because he thinks he knows better? WTF is the matter with him

[IronLionZion]

4. Trump and his deplorables believe education makes you weak

climate change is all a vast left wing conspiracy anyway

[elleng]

5. Happy to see it, but NOT happy to see a federal agency 'tweeting,'

it's not a proper way for the government to do business (imo.)

[IronLionZion]

7. I'm happy to see an agency tweeting

it's getting useful information out to people through social media.

They had prepared the materials years ago. It only takes a few seconds to attach the link and image to a tweet. And instantly people are talking about it. Winning

[durablend]

6. +

Guess he hasn't gotten the Accu-Weather flunkie to take over yet.

[Cryptoad]

8. I got a dog that,,,,

has a better understanding of ornamental science than the Trumpster!

[Talitha]

9. Maybe he'll understand if Fox makes a cartoon for him to watch

The guy's as dumb as a box of rocks (sorry, rocks....)

[Cold War Spook]

10. I wish people would stop using the term global warming.

Yes, that is what is happening, but the uneducated will say that is was colder last night than usual. Just use climate change. Of course you are still going to have to tell them the difference between weather and climate.

[klook]

12. Frank Luntz: "The phrase 'global warming' should be abandoned in favour of 'climate change'"

Interesting article on this:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2003/mar/04/usnews.climatechange

[Haggis for Breakfast]

13. You can't educate someone who refuses to learn.

He sees "climate" and thinks "weather."

FFS, The Hippy Dippy Weatherman, Al Sleet (AKA George Carlin) had a better grasp of meteorological phenomenon than this buffoon.

"Forecast for tonight: dark, which will give way to widely scattered light tomorrow."


(George, we all miss you.)