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?
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weather is unpridictable now
i live in Vancouver where we have super long and wet autumns that slowly transition to winter. this year, it didn't start to rain until late October which was confusing because it usually starts to pour buckets in September.It felt weird and dry and definitely not normal. about a week after we started to have normal rain it immediately started to get cold. it snowed in November!most years we either get snow in January or not at all.i don't think there is any other possible reason for these unexpected weather conditions other than climate change. and all though the conditions in Vancouver are only unexpected not unsafe, Im sure there are places that are seeing changes that come with consequences.