The reason is that people do not actually see the effects of climate change in their lives. Yet, as climatologist Roy Spencer noted in his 2018 book, вЂњGlobal Warming Skepticism for Busy People:вЂќ вЂњThe public remains largely skeptical of apocalyptic scenarios. Some politicos will likely continue to capitalize on the fear generated by the recent tragic tornado events. CrichtonвЂ™s skeptical climate science character, Professor Norman Hoffman, said: вЂњI study the ecology of thought and how it has led to a State of Fear.вЂќ The professor went on to explain that the government practices вЂњsocial control best managed through fear.вЂќ In his 2004 best-selling fiction, вЂњState of Fear,вЂќ which addressed the climate change issue, Mr. This point, of course, was not missed on the late popular science writer Michael Crichton, a Harvard educated physician. Politicians too often seem to seek power over the people they are ostensibly elected to serve.

Ideally, scientists look to understand natural phenomena and ultimately discover the truth about what they observe. Politicians apparently are driven by a different force than what typically drives scientists. When politics enters the mix of analyzing the atmosphere, weather and climate become hopelessly confused - perhaps purposely. This means observing the dynamics of the atmosphere and evaluating long-term trends in an unbiased manner. But in todayвЂ™s world, this maxim seems to have been turned on its head with political spin.ДЄs an atmospheric scientist with 40 years of experience, my job has always been to look at weather and climate situations objectively. The old adage вЂњClimate is what we expect, weather is what we getвЂќ is telling of the reality of weather extremes in the context of вЂњnormalвЂќ conditions.

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