By Gregory Wrightstone

The media has been working overtime linking the latest hurricanes to man-made warming from increasing CO_2.

During last week’s U.S. Vice Presidential debate, moderator Norah O’Donnell said, “Scientists say climate change makes these hurricanes larger, stronger, and more deadly because of the historic rainfall.”

Fortunately, I was provided an opportunity to present the facts during an interview with the Daily Signal’s Virginia Allen:

“The best way to look at a long-term record of hurricanes for the United States is land-falling hurricanes. We have confidence going back to 1850. We know every single hurricane that’s made landfall since 1850 because they’re hard to miss. And land-falling hurricanes in the United States have been declining. I’ve looked at that data myself. In fact, the only state that’s had an increase in land-falling hurricanes is Mississippi, and that was just barely.”

View the interview here or read the transcript here.

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