Hurricane!

The link between global warming and hurricanes is unclear, but this article has some good points on the possible connection.

There is near universal agreement in the scientific community that (a) global warming exists and (b) a significant component is caused by human activity. The exact mechanisms are still being worked out as are the timetables and consequences. The chart shown is used at nearly every general audience talk on global warming these days. Sadly we have an illiterate administration.

Direct relations with hurricanes are not well understood, although it seems to reason that more energy into a system that produces storms whose size and intensity is a function of water temperature will result in more and larger storms. Some work is emerging and much more is in the pipeline.

While it is impossible to tie the current events in the Southeastern US to global warming (some statistical arguments can be made to show that this is inconsistent with "normal"), one has to wonder when and how the association will be made in the public mind and how politicians will react.