With Hurricane Harvey intensifying as it approaches the coast of Texas, global warming alarmists are wasting no time in attempting to tie the storm to their climate change agenda. Enter Neil deGrasse Tyson with the latest hot take:
Hmm. Don’t see much denial of @NOAA climate scientists who have predicted Hurricane Harvey’s devastating path into Texas.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) August 25, 2017
Tyson managed to even get in a dig at climate change “deniers” in a tweet about the solar eclipse, so the above slam is far from surprising. However, just a few problematic inconsistencies were spotted:
Wait. NOAA climate scientists predicted Hurricane Harvey 20 years ago?
(Because that's the analogy here, bro.) https://t.co/JhxYoY4J1n
— RBe (@RBPundit) August 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/DoctahDean/status/901107304594067456
That and so much more…
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/901101573065015297
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/901095967985999874
Are you saying climate and weather are the same? Because it sounds like you're saying climate and weather are the same. https://t.co/dwkuGHjdv9
— ronald acuña jr fan account (@jamoss94) August 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/Major_Skidmark/status/901099418476322819
https://twitter.com/jwoodin/status/901105347053486085
It was just days ago that I was lectured for purportedly confusing climatology with meteorology. https://t.co/KMmRikO5EB
— Strahan Cadell (@Sartor1836) August 25, 2017
So in short:
For crying out loud – stop with this nonsense! https://t.co/L7huPImBuf
— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) August 25, 2017
Odds of that happening: Slim to none.
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