An Ominus Forecast

Trey Smith

The impacts of human-caused global warming are being felt across the U.S. as increased and heavier storms -- predicted by climate scientists -- are confirmed in a report released Tuesday.

The report, "When it Rains, it Pours Global Warming and the Increase in Extreme Precipitation from 1948 to 2011" from Environment California Research & Policy Center, shows the effects of a warmer Earth, which is increasing evaporation and causing the atmosphere to hold more moisture. The report shows that extreme rainstorms and snowstorms are happening 30 percent more frequently on average across the contiguous U.S. since 1948; the heavy rainstorms or snowstorms that happened once every 12 months on average in 1948 now happen an average of every 9 months, with the largest annual storms nationwide producing 10 percent more precipitation.
~ from 'When It Rains, It Pours': Global Warming Brings Increased, Heavier Storms via Common Dreams ~

It seems that the more the evidence mounts, the louder the climate change deniers scream. Every time a new bit of evidence matches up with previous predictions, it makes me wonder: What will it take for these deniers to shut up?

How many predictions must become reality before these folks scratch their heads and say, "Hmm, maybe there is something to this after all?"

I certainly don't KNOW the answer to this question and they probably don't know either. You'd just think that, at some point soon, the deniers might experience a tiny inkling or a little nudge that suggests that these scientists are onto something.

What really gets me is that many of the climate change deniers are fundamentalist Christians. Though I do not believe that the story about Noah and the Great Flood is true, most of these people do. The irony is that, if modern-day fundamentalists lived during the time of the mythical Noah, they would be the ones ridiculing him for building an ark. They would laugh and insult him as the flood waters enveloped and, ultimately, drowned them!