CNN anchor Don Lemon tried to frame Hurricane Ian, which Florida is bracing for, around climate change during his show on Tuesday — to the disappointment of his guest, a hurricane expert.
“Can you tell us what this is and what effect climate change has on this phenomenon?” Lemon asked his guest, Jamie Rohme, the acting director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Center in Miami.
“We can come back and talk about climate change at a later time,” Rohme said. “I want to focus on the here and now.”
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“You said you wanted to talk about climate change, but what effect does climate change have on this phenomenon that is happening now?” Lemon asked again. “Because it seems like these storms are intensifying. That’s the question.”
“I don’t think you can link climate change to any one event,” Rohme explained. “On the whole, on the cumulative, climate change may be making storms worse, but to link it to any one event, I would caution against that.”
“These storms are intensifying,” Lemon insisted, claiming that he grew up in the area. “Something is causing them to intensify.”
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Hurricane Ian strengthened into a Category 4 storm Wednesday morning and is expected to make landfall on Florida’s west coast later in the day. The storm has sustained winds of 155 miles per hour, meaning it is just 2 miles per hour shy of a Category 5 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center.
