and notice the location. that happened in illinois. so it can and has happened before. but you could just see how highly unusual it is. so why did this event happen? if you ve been following the weather this december, it haven t felt like december. it s been like october. the temperatures have been way too warm for december. so we re in like a fall-like weather pattern. every now and then in fall we ll get severe weather outbreaks. one or two every fall. because it was like a fall-like weather pattern with the cold air behind it, we had the right ingredients. and the gulf is warm. as far as the climate change angle, we don t know that we re seeing more tornadoes. we do not know that they re getting anymore intense because of climate change, but we have seen in the climate pattern, it s shifting. the tornadoes are starting to be more frequent toward the tennessee valley. so that s what the research shows us. but i can t sit here and say because we re warming our planet we are getting st
were issued hours in advance. and honestly even warnings, which means the tornadoes have been spotted, were also issued as well. the big challenge here is that these tornadoes occurred at night, in the dark. people are sleeping, people are not expecting these types of tornado events to occur which really creates a lot of exposure and vulnerability, which is always a big deal when we have these types of events at night. would you say it is too simplistic to say that these have been linked to climate change? that would certainly be a simplistic view, yes. there s a lot of things unfolding. there s certainly the climate change angle. there s also the human exposure. 0ur cities are growing larger. we re becoming more vulnerable to tornadoes. and where tornadoes are occurring is also changing with respect to time. we cannot rule out climate change in terms of its contribution to an event like last night. it is probably certainly not the only cause, or the only
of events to occur, were issued hours in advance. and honestly even warnings, which means the tornadoes have been spotted, were also issued as well. the big challenge here is that these tornadoes occurred at night, in the dark. people are sleeping, people are not expecting these types of tornado events to occur which really creates a lot of exposure and vulnerability, which is always a big deal when we have these types of events at night. would you say it is too simplistic to say that these have been linked to climate change? that would certainly be a simplistic view, yes. there s a lot of things unfolding. there s certainly the climate change angle. there s also the human exposure. 0ur cities are growing larger. we re becoming more vulnerable to tornadoes. and where tornadoes are occurring is also changing with respect to time. we cannot rule out climate change in terms of its contribution to an event like last night. it is probably certainly not the only cause or the only factor,
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