There's no doubt that the recent hurricanes such as Harvey and Irma, which are unusually intense, will tend to confirm the alarmists' view that CO2 is the cause, and that we can prevent a recurrence of such extreme events by reducing CO2 levels.
Once the 'meme' of extreme weather events being associated with CO2 rises has been created, then every extreme weather event tends to confirm the 'meme' in the uninformed imagination of the general public.
The population and size of Houston is equivalent to, or even greater than, an entire civilization in the past. Civilizations in the past have been destroyed by a series of extreme weather events that have nothing to do with human emissions of CO2.
The destruction of such civilizations in the past has occurred because of an inability to adapt to the catastrophes, a lack of support from other nearby civilizations, and even an invasion from unfriendly neighbouring civilizations which have taken the opportunity to attack their weakened enemy.
The destruction of the Khmer civilization in Cambodia (around the Angkor Wat area) is just one example. A series of prolonged droughts followed by a series of extreme floods, in the 14th century AD, weakened the civilization so much that their neighbouring enemy, the Thais, took the opportunity to attack, and they prevailed. The population had already begun to desert the area before the invasion, and after the Thai conquest the entire area was deserted and the temples became lost in the jungle until the French colonialists discovered the ruins in the 19th century.
Is it a coincidence that this rapid change in climate took place around the time of the transition from the MWP to the LIA in Europe. Has anyone informed Michael Mann about this?
