A couple of months ago, meteorologist Ryan Maue got wind of an Instagram weather rant done by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and took to the Twitter machine to issue some clarifications on her claims about so-called “casual tornadoes” allegedly being evidence that “the climate crisis is real, y’all.”

“The Congresswoman @AOC does not know the difference between weather and climate,” he tweeted, explaining how to differentiate between the two:

“Weather is what outfit you wear heading out the door. Climate is your closet wardrobe.”

Fast forward to this week, and Maue is back, once again taking issue with the freshman Congresswoman’s alarming social media “reports” about DC weather.

Here’s what AOC wrote:

Climate change intensifies flooding, wildfires, & extreme weather.

It’s more than 1 day or 1 storm; it’s all of them. Places are flooding where they haven’t before; there are 90-degree days in Alaska in June. The GOP will mock & sow confusion until it’s their home swept away.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) July 8, 2019

Maue responded with a series of tweets subtly insinuating that Ocasio-Cortez’s expertise in this area was … lacking:

Where do you start the conversation with this premise?

AOC:
"It’s more than 1 day or 1 storm; it’s all of them. Places are flooding where they haven’t before; there are 90-degree days in Alaska in June. The GOP will mock & sow confusion until it’s their home swept away."

— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) July 8, 2019

Not every whether event is related to climate change, Maue noted:

Extreme rainfall is still low/medium confidence and medium understanding — pretty clear that in a warmer world, rainfall extremes will increase.

But, attributing an individual t-storm or slow-moving area of rain to climate change is (currently) beyond our capability.

— Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) July 8, 2019

He concluded with a little zinger about how “this science is cutting-edge … but the politics obviously isn’t”:

The reference from the National Academies:
Attribution of Extreme Weather Events in the Context of Climate Change (2016)https://t.co/hyY5TxVHTz

This science is cutting-edge … but the politics obviously isn't. pic.twitter.com/l3dKxluoYo

— Ryan (@RyanMaue) July 8, 2019

Maue is one of the few meteorologists I’ve heard of who is not afraid of openly disagreeing with and debating climate alarmists – and not just those in politics, but also others in his field of expertise. You can read some of his past writings on climate change here (scroll towards the bottom of the page).

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