CO2 increases temperatures, warmer air holds more moisture; it's not terribly complicated. Well, it does do that, on some level, for sure.
But there is no evidence whatsoever that the tragedy of this month was caused by CO2 in the air. There just isn't.
"The claim that the July 2025 flooding in Kerrville, Texas, was directly caused by CO2 in the atmosphere oversimplifies a complex issue. Flooding in Kerrville and the Texas Hill Country, particularly along the Guadalupe River, is not a new phenomenon. The region, known as "Flash Flood Alley," has a long history of flash flooding due to its geography—steep terrain, thin soils, and exposed bedrock that accelerate runoff during heavy rain. Historical floods, like the 1987 Guadalupe River flood that killed 10 people, show that catastrophic flooding predates significant concerns about CO2-driven climate change.
You just can't blame everything on GW. These things have happened frequently before any "warming" and will continue to happen into the future. It is weather.
Reality is that in the period since the 1987 flood, usage of the Kerrville camping area has increased by a factor as high as 10x due to expansion of the Austin-San Antonio metro area, making the Kerrville area an extremely popular vacation area spot is nearby to millions of people (more than 5 million in this area).
It just isn't factual to claim that every major weather event, fire, drought, deluge, or whatever, is a product of radical climate change. It is factual to say the climate changes, and that those changes have some effect on day-to-day weather. But there is just no evidence tying climate change to specific events like floods and fires. |
