Meanwhile, there have been and always will be hurricanes.

Legal Insurrection noted that Hurricane Otis made landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 5 hurricane and that caused a panic among climate alarmists as reflected by CNN reporting:

The term rapid intensification refers to when a storm’s winds strengthen rapidly over a short amount of time. Scientists have defined it as a wind speed increase of at least 35 mph in 24 hours or less, and it generally requires significant ocean heat. The National Hurricane Center said Otis strengthened so fast on Tuesday that it had “explosively intensified.”

Otis “took full advantage of a warm patch of ocean” that was roughly 88 degrees Fahrenheit, said Brian McNoldy, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Miami – more than enough ocean heat to fuel a monster storm.

However, LI points to a more rational and thorough explanation as to why the event occurred:

Geologist and climate science expert Dr. Matthew Wielicki provides a more lucid background and a more rational perspective.

In his recent substack post, Wielicki points out that we have only really appreciated the full scope of hurricane development with the advent of satellites. He points out that previous to the use of space technology, collecting data was done via ships and airplanes — offering a limited set of data that was clearly difficult to obtain.

LI also points out that Wielicki outlines that large hurricanes that take place during October in and around Mexico during El Nino events happen a lot more often than people think. As Legal Insurrection also notes, these kind of extreme weather events have taken place even before the internal combustion engine was created and there is no reason to think intense hurricanes or other weather events are somehow linked to carbon dioxide emissions.

However, this is not to diminish or somehow downplay the devastation resulting from Hurricane Otis’s rampage across Mexico, especially Acapulco which has experienced the first-hand effects of the storm. When it comes to weather events, like Hurricane Otis, a rational understanding of what occurred is necessary rather than resorting to panic-filled news stories driven by a need to heighten ratings.