I strongly believe that global warming affects extreme weather. In Maine, where I live, the winters have been getting much more mild and also we have been getting more severe storms aswell. Maine is lucky though. I follow news on natural disasters and in 2018 alone costed the US 90 Billion Dollars. I am hoping that the US will take global warming more serious now, as we need to change the way do things, and fast.

I very much agree with you. If you look at the last three or four hurricane seasons, they have been some of the worst in US history. I also live in Maine and feel lucky that extreme weather has not yet reached our shores. This may be changing soon, because as global warming continues, the water in the gulf of Maine warms, making it possible for hurricanes and large tropical storms make landfall at higher northern latitudes. It is said that 2º Celsius of warming would change Maine’s climate to one that is similar to that of Virginia, increase the amount of storms we will receive.

I most definitely agree with you because we have this past few years the extreme weather keeps breaking records. Every storm is the "century of a lifetime storm." Another example of this is the lobster industry. All of the lobsters are slowly migrating north because of the waters warming. This is really good for the lobster industry in Maine but eventually it will be terrible since the lobster industry is one of the biggest industries in Maine if not the biggest.

When analyzing the recent occurrence of extreme weather in the United States, it is important to acknowledge the  source for this climatic pattern. The large scale carbon footprints which many students have recently calculated are in turn a large part of this issue and if respected an advanced part of the solution. By this, I mean the descions we make regurding our energy consumption, have a monumental impact on the extreme weather in which we receive. Turning off your lights when you leave the room, eating locally, or even riding the bus to school one day a week, can all minimize the effects of human generated natural disasters. Reducing carbon footprints can also have economic impacts on regions susceptible to extreame weather. In Camden-Rockport we back square into the gulf of Maine, the fastest warming body of water on the planet. This warming could lead to accelated evaporation, creating immense rain and snowfall. This together could degrade tourist seasons of which our community greatly relies upon to sustain its citizens and the overall character of each town. The  effects of our energy spending actions also have consequences to the southern United States where hurricanes are becoming more effective at destroying beach communities and wildlife habits alike. Overall, the descions that we make regurding our energy consumption and carbon footprint can have major implications if taken lightly. Small changes to our consumption habits will lead to major reductions in carbon footprint, inturn, preventing the increase of devastating extreme weather patterns from occuring.

Just think about the winter this year it was so unreliably cold. One day it could be 60° and one day it could be 15°. This is most certainly a result of our increasing carbon emissions