In June 2019, 74 US medical
and public health groups
released a “U.S. Call to Action,”
declaring that climate change is a
“true public health emergency”
to be solved by “urgent action.”
The statement was endorsed by
the American Medical Association,
the American Heart Association,
and the American College of
Physicians, and other organizations,
claiming climate change is the
“greatest public health challenge
of the 21st century.”
The statement proclaims that
“extreme heat, powerful storms
and floods, year-round wildfires,
droughts, and other
climate-related events”
are caused by
“fossil fuel combustion,”
which is said to be the
“primary driver of
climate-change.”
Every statement is either wrong,
or an unproven belief.
Last week, the majority
of the US was caught
in a heat wave.
Temperatures in Iowa,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
and Pennsylvania peaked
at about 100 degrees F.
But those peaks
were far below
the state record highs,
which were:
Iowa (118 F. in 1934),
Illinois (117 F. in 1954),
Indiana (116 F. in 1936),
Ohio (113 F. in 1934), and
Pennsylvania (111 F. in 1936).
History shows
the warmest US decade
on record, for the
individual states,
was the 1930s,
before large CO2
emissions.
According to National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) data,
23 of the 50 state record
high temperatures
were recorded
during the 1930s.
36 of the 50 state record highs
occurred prior to 1960.
2019 has also been
a year of severe floods
in the Mississippi River valley.
NOAA has very good records
over the last century showing
the continental US that is
either very wet, or very dry,
using the Palmer Drought Index.
The index shows no significant
trend of increasing droughts,
or floods, over recent decades.
“Powerful storms” are listed
by the health statement
as one of the results of
climate change warming.
But there's no evidence
US hurricanes
are getting stronger,
or more frequent.
9 of the 13 strongest
hurricanes to make
US landfall in the
historical record
were before 1965.
The number of hurricanes,
and the number of strong
hurricanes, making US landfall
has been flat, to declining,
since 1900.
NOAA data also shows
the number of
strong tornados
has been declining
since the 1970s.
Last year’s forest fire disasters
in California were falsely blamed
on man made global warming.
But the forests there
are already dry,
and ready to burn,
in every fire season
-- a few tenths
of a degree warmer
would make
no difference.
The lack of
forest maintenance
does make fires hotter,
faster moving and
harder to extinguish.
There is a huge amount
of evidence showing that
moderately warmer
temperatures are
good for human health.
The US flu season is roughly
from November through March,
during the cold months.
More people get sick during
periods of cold temperature,
than during hot temperatures.
Deaths related to cold temperatures
can be up to 10x higher than those
related to hot temperatures.
The climate alarmism
from health professional
organization leadership
is anti-science.
The average global surface
temperature is claimed
to be about +1 degree C.
warmer than in 1880.
With very few Southern Hemisphere
temperature data before 1940,
that's a very rough estimate.
Since 1979,
the main climate change
has been warming mainly
in the northern half
of the Northern hemisphere,
mainly in the six coldest months
of the year, and mainly at night
= a pleasant pattern or warming,
that's NOT what most people assume.
The average temperature in Miami,
Florida is more than 15 degrees C.
warmer than in Chicago, Illinois.
Is everyone dying
from the Miami heat in ?
Why do so many senior citizens
retire to Florida, Texas, and Arizona,
rather than North Dakota, Maine,
and Alaska ?
Don’t they know
medical professional
medical professional
organizations claim
warm climates
warm climates
are dangerous ?