
In the Northern Hemisphere in 2017 and 2018 brought several destructive hurricanes to the shores of North America, the Caribbean, and throughout the Pacific rim. Such extreme weather events are predicted to get more common and more severe with increasing climate change.
Several participating classes in the ISCFC were or are in the path of these storms and we hope for the best for them, their families and communities.
We would love to hear from students affected directly and indirectly by extreme weather events, and also any students who have been following the news this summer.
What are your thoughts about the connection between climate change and extreme weather events? Has this hurricane season increased your concern about climate change or not? Do you think that US citizens and residents (and others in the region) will take climate change more seriously now?
Extreme Weather >
We're burning up over here!

Californian here (Sacramento). Thankfully we recently made it out of the hot, dry, fire season. Reflecting back on it, I feel like the summer seasons are slowly becoming worse and worse. Some of the weather we got here was absurd, easily reaching the high 100s (degrees in Fahrenheit, of course). It's hard to enjoy the summer sometimes when you can't even go outside to play basketball in the day. Not only were the hot temperatures bad, but the fires as well! There were plenty of days where the AQI (Air Quality Index) score reached over 100 (which is unhealthy for sensitive groups). There were also a handful of days where it reached 150 (unhealthy). Finally, I remember one day specifically where the air quality reached over 200 (very unhealthy). This is of course due to the smoke from the fires that were having a field day here in California. Undoubtedly, climate change has allowed for this to happen. I'm kind of sick of these fires and hot days. Thus, I'm kind of sick of climate change.

Hi! I live in Maine, so I do not relate to your issues with heat and fire, but I have noticed that our winters have been getting warmer and warmer each year and we have been getting less and less snow and I am constantly wondering if by having people try to attempt to lower their carbon footprint levels, then some of these problems could be solved or at least dampened.

Hi! I’m sitting behind Maggie and the snow started to go away right at the end of February which is way sooner than when i was younger, i believe that we as a whole need to lower our carbon footprints and reduce pollution in other ways too.