Weird: Private Sector “Revives” Climate (scam) Database

I’m confused as to how this could happen when Orange Man Bad killed it

Private sector revives the climate disaster database Trump tried to squash

There were 23 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the United States last year, adding up to a total of $115 billion in damages, according to a new report from the climate research nonprofit Climate Central.

The report, and establishment of the Billion-Dollar Disasters Database within Climate Central, is a rare example of the private sector taking on government responsibilities.

The database allows taxpayers, media and researchers to track the cost of natural disasters, largely through property losses — spanning extreme events from hurricanes to hailstorms. It has been especially useful for the insurance and real estate industries and has been a way for the public to track the effects of fossil fuels on extreme weather and climate events.

The Trump administration halted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s tracking of that data set in May. Then Climate Central hired Adam Smith, who had produced the disaster reports for NOAA, after he left government service amid cuts made across the oceans and atmosphere agency. Smith brought the database and its methodology with him to Climate Central.

Huh. It’s almost like it’s unnecessary for the Government to be the only one which produces this. How is that possible? But, hey, now Climate Central, a totally 100% non-partisan doomsday cult group, can pay to gather, maintain, and publish this.

Anyhow, I was about to write something more, but, CNN strangely makes the point

The overall increase in billion-dollar disasters over time and in their cost is partly due to human-caused climate change, which is making certain types of extreme weather events more frequent and severe, as well as population growth and suburban sprawl.

In short, there are more homes and businesses that can be affected by severe weather now than there were in 1980, when NOAA began tracking such statistics.

The anthropogenic climate change part is mule fritters, the rest is not. The more buildings and such there are the more chance of damage and the more costly.