Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-08-31 12:31:34 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 69A6C09F9A6A010BD41F6B8C72EDC71EDD8399F960E70E92CC032DFC8CDCD4B6
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Original Note:
Data on deaths from natural disasters and climate change show no correelation and no impact. https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/climate-change?facet=none&country=OWID_WRL~ATA~Gulkana+Glacier~Lemon+Creek+Glacier~OWID_NAM~South+Cascade+Glacier~Wolverine+Glacier~Hawaii&Metric=Temperature+anomaly&Long-run+series=false https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/natural-disasters?facet=none&country=~OWID_WRL&Disaster+Type=All+disasters&Impact=Deaths&Timespan=Decadal+average&Per+capita=false https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/natural-disasters?facet=none&country=~OWID_WRL&Disaster+Type=All+disasters&Impact=Homeless&Timespan=Decadal+average&Per+capita=false Even the financial cost of natural disasters is lower now than 30 years ago. https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/natural-disasters?facet=none&country=~OWID_WRL&Disaster+Type=All+disasters&Impact=Economic+damages+%28%25+GDP%29&Timespan=Decadal+average&Per+capita=false This is misleading, the most devastating hurricane was in 1900. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/outreach/history/#galveston Recent fires have been arson https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/man-arrested-after-4-arson-fires-in-victoria-saanich-1.6540983
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