I bet it correlates pretty close to this one: Southern and Southwestern USA is suffering from an historic drought and terribly hot weather. It will probably go down as one of the nation’s worst. And remember, we had all those deadly tornadoes, flooding. Sort of raises questions, doesn’t it? But climate-change deniers are as dug […]

I bet it correlates pretty close to this one:

Southern and Southwestern USA is suffering from an historic drought and terribly hot weather. It will probably go down as one of the nation’s worst. And remember, we had all those deadly tornadoes, flooding. Sort of raises questions, doesn’t it?

But climate-change deniers are as dug in as ever. In fact, some members of Congress are making a sort of witch-hunt of it, seeking to defund any budget lines that even mention climate change.

That won’t serve their constituents well if these volatile and dangerous weather conditions continue, especially those with the least resources to cope. Insurance losses have already reached record highs in the wake of the severe thunderstorms and tornadoes that struck the country this year and estimates don’t even include economic losses from the current drought or potential losses as the 2011 hurricane season just begins to ramp up.

Deniers may have succeeded in fueling recent doubts about the science of climate change, but it won’t be long before people start connecting the dots.