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Chris Hu said:

Uh, no its a lot easier to die from a heat wave because of a heat stroke or dehydration then to die from extreme cold.

That's false ... 

More people are likely to have health issues under cooler temperatures than hotter ones ...

the-pi-guy said:

 

This article is moreso about some uncertainty in how climate affects extreme weather.  There's a ton of uncertainty because these are rare events, and we likely can't link some droughts to climate change.  Whether that's because we don't know enough, or because we need a better model, or whether it's because climate change absolutely 100% doesn't cause those things; we don't know the answer.  

Likely is not the same as absolutely, especially when it comes to ridiculously complicated areas of study like climate.  

Which means that the model doesn't work ... 

If a model insists that there will be more extreme weather then it needs to be tried and tested and if the results don't agree then you dump it or throw it in the garbage ...

It's not that hard ... 

No evidence that climate change causes more extreme weather ... 

"Absence of proof is not proof of absence.  

Like they say, "burden of proof is on the one making the claim" ...