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Can the hurricane TV reporters come inside now? Please?

September 29, 20221:23 PM ET


Wind gusts blow across Sarasota Bay as Hurricane Ian churns to the south on Wednesday in Sarasota, Fla.
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When I saw a tree branch fly into The Weather Channel's intrepid anchor Jim Cantore, just as he was struggling to stand up against intense winds reporting from the middle of the storm during Hurricane's Ian's landfall Wednesday, I couldn't help a fleeting, terrible thought:

Climate change makes storms like Ian more common
September 29, 202212:45 PM ET
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/29/1125875383/climate-change-makes-storms-like-ian-more-common

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The storm surge from Hurricane Ian is the “crazy variable here right now," says @BillWeirCNN from Punta Gorda, Florida. “This is exactly what climate scientists have been warning about for a long time.” https://t.co/qPONcBnBLv pic.twitter.com/aJDunN7Uzc

— CNN (@CNN) September 28, 2022

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https://www.npr.org/2022/09/29/1125923823/hurricane-ian-jim-cantore-tree-branch

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Some of the photos are particularly heartbreaking. Old people losing homes is tougher than tough. Humans and nature. Deadly extremes.