I have to agree completely with this comment. A Global Warming denier will read this as saying:
"Specific circumstances caused this, but probably Global warming is making things worse."
SO this isn't evidence of Global Warming and even mentioning it is just going to piss people off. I even accept that the statement is completely true. I'm convinced such spikes really are probably becoming more frequent and intense due to Global Warming.
However we're not talking about how I would read and understand this but how it would be perceived by a skeptic. On that score aaron695 is spot on.
"Specific circumstances caused this, but probably Global warming is making things worse."
SO this isn't evidence of Global Warming and even mentioning it is just going to piss people off. I even accept that the statement is completely true. I'm convinced such spikes really are probably becoming more frequent and intense due to Global Warming.
However we're not talking about how I would read and understand this but how it would be perceived by a skeptic. On that score aaron695 is spot on.