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Contrary to current climate crisis narrative, the U.S. suffered worse droughts in the past.
1934 U.S. drought conditions: In May 1934 peaked at 44% of land under severe drought conditions.
2022 U.S. drought conditions: In July 2022 peaked at 21% of land under severe drought conditions.
NOAA source for drought charts.
Additional severe weather charts.
Legacy media outlets have driven public confidence in major news sources to all-time lows, for very obvious reasons.
Fake news and disinformation narratives.
One of the better examples of the disinformation 'news' narrative campaign masquerading as objective reporting is the 24/7/365 climate change fear-mongering that is based more on hyperbole and alarmism than empirical evidence.
Most major news sources have taken it as their duty to 'report' that islands and coastal areas will soon be submerged due to climate change from human CO2 emissions. (CNN is just one example.)
In this article, CNN fails to mention that Honolulu's current Waikiki Beach is essentially man-made, with erosion problems dating back to the 1800s. The building of homes and hotels too close to the natural shoreline, and the addition of a multitude of piers, seawalls and groins, have badly disrupted the natural ebb and flow of sand along the entire length of the beach.
The disruption was so bad that Honolulu was forced to import sand from California over many years.
In addition, CNN chose not to share with its readers that NOAA has measured the long-term sea level rise in Honolulu at a tiny 1.55mm/year, which coverts to about 6 inches per century.
Interestingly, there was a greater Honolulu rate of sea level rise for the pre-modern period of 1905-1949 (540 months) of 8.6 inches/century, versus the rate of 7.5 inches/century for the 540-month period ending in 2021.
Per the science, the rate of sea level rise in Honolulu - be it 5, 6, 7, 8 inches/century - will not be placing its famed beaches forever "underwater" anytime soon.
And as the scientific evidence almost always confirms, the MSM press has a well deserved reputation of reporting a biased narrative and not necessarily the facts about climate change impacts required to make informed policy decisions.
Unfortunately, the same is true for the vast majority of important policy issues that we face.
Note: Source of sea level data. Excel used to plot charts and calculate trends.