Joseph Romm on the Gristmill blog has a wonderful, long post up on the question I admit I was too intimidated a weasel to ask:
Did Climate Change Contribute to the Minneapolis Bridge Collapse?
Being on deadline, I won't elaborate. Just go read it, and all the comments, too. (And read my story on Burning Man while you're at it, where the comments aren't so bad, either). But those of you rolling your eyes and unwilling to consider the question, Romm says this:
Some may object to even asking the question, "Did climate change contribute to the Minneapolis bridge collapse?" My guess is those are the same people who deny that global warming is caused by humans or that it is a serious problem -- the same people who inevitably say "we can adapt to whatever climate change there is."But, in my experience, those "adapters" are actually not interested in finding out what the impacts of global warming are.
In California we're used to earthquake-proofing our homes. Now do we have to climate-chaos-proof them, too?
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