Look at this remarkable graphic from the weather page on USA Today:

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Global warming did not cause this heat wave. The heat wave is, in the term of art, consistent with what we expect to see more of due to (CWWWETSMODT) global warming.

I expect we’ll find the distinction rather less germane when it’s hot as hell every year.

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