Guest post by Larry Hamlin
Governor DeSantis demonstrated his knowledge and credibility of climate science, providing an excellent example of political leadership when he spoke at a press conference about the state and status of the state's handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, as follows shown.
He gave a keynote speech on the history and impact of hurricanes in Florida and the actions taken to address the aftermath of Hurricane Milton Demonstrate benefits in printed form Be as good as you can and listen to his very capable press conference speech on several websites.
To do this, I attempt to summarize and summarize his key remarks and capture many of the hurricane climate science points made by Governor DeSantis as examples of competent climate science political leadership and knowledge.
In response to a reporter's question trying to link “human-caused global warming” to the increasing number and impact of hurricanes and tornadoes, Governor DeSantis stated:
“Tornadoes — I think you can go back and find tornadoes throughout human history, certainly, but especially in Florida.
What impact did this storm have on the history of storms?
I think the pressure when this storm hit was about 950 millibars,”
“If you go back to 1851, there were probably 27 hurricanes that had lower pressure, so the lower the pressure, the stronger the hurricane.”
“I think there were about 27 hurricanes that made landfall at lower pressures than Milton, and 17 of them I think were before 1960.”
“Florida's most powerful hurricane since the 1850s occurred in the 1930s, the Labor Day Hurricane, which had a pressure of 892 millibars,”
“It completely wiped out Key. We've never seen anything like it, and it's still far more powerful than any hurricane we've ever experienced in Florida.
“The deadliest hurricane in the state's history was Okeechobee in 1928, which killed more than 4,000 people.”
“Fortunately, we won't have anything like this again this time.”
“So, I think people should keep that in perspective.”
“They try to accept that different things happen in tropical climates and act as if there is nothing new under the sun.”
You know, this is something that the country has dealt with throughout its history and continues to deal with it.
“I think what has changed is that we have 23 million people and a storm could hit more people and property than 100 years ago, so the potential for damage has increased, but what has also changed is how we proceed. The ability to prevent, pre-arrange assets,”
“I mean, before I became governor, we never had power assets front-loaded. Now, people want that, but that's not how it was done in the past.
“That's why when a hurricane happens people lose power for three weeks, and we think that's not good. Now we have to spend money to bring these people in, but my point is, the sooner you get everyone on board, no matter what, The economy will be better.
In response to another reporter's question about human-caused global warming making storms worse, Governor DeSantis noted:
“Well, I think most people remember 2004, right, it was like there was a storm every other week.”
“You know, from 2006 to 2016, we had no hurricanes at all.”
“There was a period in the 1940s when hurricanes were frequent.”
“So, there are a lot of similarities between what happened this time and what happened in 2004.”
It’s so refreshing to have a competent political leader address the reality of climate science, rather than the politically concocted speculation and hype of climate alarmism.
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