The 50th state experienced a strong storm early this morning causing power outages and at the Polipoli state park, the storm brought some snow. The high winds on Saturday and Sunday ushered in the storm. These powerful winds are forecasted to stick around until 6 p.m HST on Tuesday.
Though not mentioned in the article, climate change has had a large impact on the size and strength of storms that have pummeled the United States within the past few years. From the mid to late 1800s and through the early 1900s, the United States started down a path of large emissions of CO2 by way of industrialization. Years and years worth of CO2 being funneled into the atmosphere at the hands of billions of people is coming back to wreak havoc on the earth we are destroying. The article does not connect the powerful storm to climate change, but that doesn't dismiss the fact that we are changing our climate and our we are feeling the punch of our actions.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/11/us/hawaii-weather/index.html
This is crazy and a clear sign or climate change in locations we never thought would be affected this way.
ReplyDeleteI hope inhabitants of Hawaii stays safe. Those winds sound dangerous
ReplyDeleteYou would’ve never thought that beautiful islands like Hawaii would experience a dramatic climate change. I wonder what is causing this ?
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