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Re:'Most homes' in Lytton destroyed by catastrophic fire, B.... by tshaddox on Thursday July 01, 2021 @04:42PM (#27704551)
What you said is true, but the original commenter said that climate change burned down a town, not that this town burning down is proof that climate change is real. There’s a very big difference there.
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Re:'Most homes' in Lytton destroyed by catastrophic fire, B.... by zamadatix on Thursday July 01, 2021 @06:41PM (#27705784)
I talk about both, the point particular to the specific instance of the town here:

"by definition it's about the change of the overall climate where more such events may occur than normal (but they don't come wrapped with a bow and a note saying "love: climate change"). This is another piece of evidence towards that aggregate but not uniquely identifiable as only being possible because of climate change."

There is no way to say climate change caused this particular town to burn down, just that climate change has caused more towns to burn down than average.

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