1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="O5ipxDiT8B"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/patricia-was-nowhere-near-the-worst-tropical-storm/">Patricia was nowhere near the worst tropical storm</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/patricia-was-nowhere-near-the-worst-tropical-storm/embed/#?secret=O5ipxDiT8B" width="600" height="338" title="“Patricia was nowhere near the worst tropical storm” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="O5ipxDiT8B" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> CCD Editor's Note: A climatologist and a climate expert weigh in on the so-called monster Hurricane Patricia and concomitant fear-mongering, and their assessment after all the headline-grabbing, clickbaiting hoopla finally died down. From The Province: * * * * * We were told that Hurricane Patricia was the strongest event of its kind in history. A quick look at the record books reveals that this isn't true. Hurricanes, cyclones, and typhoons are just different names for the same weather phenomenon — intense tropical cyclones, or TCs. The only difference between them is their locations. In the Atlantic and Northeast Pacific, we refer to them as hurricanes. In the Northwest Pacific they are called typhoons. In the South Pacific and Indian Ocean, people call them cyclones. So how did Patricia compare with other severe TCs on record?https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_patricia_hurricane.jpg