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I fell for the bait and clicked on one of your links.

You post: Oh and if we look at stats how about the death tolls?

"The number of people killed overall rose to 16,000 in the first half of 2015 from 2,800 the year before." "

Why did all those people die Steven - a bloody earthquake in Nepal! Why didn't you finish the quote or were you just trolling? Talk about a cherry pick. Let me finish the quote for you. Or are earthquakes blamed on global warming these days?

"The number of people killed overall rose to 16,000 in the first half of 2015 from 2,800 the year before.

An earthquake in Nepal in April was the most devastating disaster, killing 8,850 people and destroying thousands of homes as well as cultural heritage sites."

Bit pathetic really...

Death rates from extreme weather events have plummeted over the last century.

"Aggregate mortality attributed to all extreme weather events globally has declined by more than
90% since the 1920s, in spite of a four-fold rise in population and much more complete reporting
of such events.

The aggregate mortality rate declined by 98%, largely due to decreased mortality in
three main areas:

Deaths and death rates from droughts, which were responsible for approximately 60% of
cumulative deaths due to extreme weather events from 1900–2010, are more than 99.9% lower
than in the 1920s.

Deaths and death rates for floods, responsible for over 30% of cumulative extreme weather
deaths, have declined by over 98% since the 1930s.

Deaths and death rates for storms (i.e. hurricanes, cyclones, tornados, typhoons), responsible
for around 7% of extreme weather deaths from 1900–2008, declined by more than 55% since
the 1970s"

Is there a trend here?

https://reason.org/files/deaths_from_extreme_weather_1900_2010.pdf

It sure is boring out there. Check out this 164 year cherry pick.

"It has been 117 months since a major hurricane, defined as a Category 3 or above, has made landfall in the continental United States, according to 2015 data from the Hurricane Research Division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

This is the longest span of time in which no major hurricane has struck the mainland U.S. in NOAA hurricane records going back to 1851.

The second longest time between major hurricane strikes was the eight years between 1860 and 1869—146 years ago."

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/kathleen-brown/noaa-record-117-month-ma…