Rightist intelligentsia calls floods a hoax

I knew that eventually the climate change deniers would call this year's flooding rains in the Cincinnati region a hoax (for this would fit their decades-old habit), but I didn't think they'd actually have the gall to say it this early.

This has been such a rainy year that crops have been ruined and recreation at Ohio's state parks has been crimped, causing a major revenue shortfall in that state. So far this year, the area has received 38 inches of precipitation - well above the average of 33. On Fourth of July alone, we got one-third of an inch.

But according to the cult of climate change denial, it's aaaaaaaall a big, elaborate hoax!

Today they claimed - and I swear I am not making this up - that Cincinnati is in a drought. According to them, this alleged drought cancels out the floods of spring and summer. It kisses the boo-boo and makes it all better. They reason that this year's total rainfall will thus be closer to the usual amount, which in turn means climate change is made-up.

Seriously. They claim that.

How can it be a drought if you have above-average rainfall in the country's drizzliest major city?

We're actually entering what's usually the driest time of the year, yet rain is predicted on 4 of the next 6 days.

Do these look like hoaxes to you?


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