Democratic political figures issue completely ludicrous claims about climate change that dwarf the inaccurate assessment of probabilities involved in SharpieGate.
"SharpieGate" Unwittingly Destroys the Case for Climate Alarmism
There are plenty of Trump Administration policies to disagree with, but the president's critics are often so unreasoning and merciless in their hostility that they end up contradicting their own positions. The most recent example is "SharpieGate," in which--we are assured by all the respectable voices in the media--Trump mistakenly said that Alabama was in danger from Hurricane Dorian, and then childishly refused to admit his error.
Ironically, I can show that this story is simply false, using a Washington Post story that purports to show Trump's foolishness. As I'll show, what Trump tweeted out was perfectly defensible, at most reflecting a slight inaccuracy in the degree of probability. In contrast, what the National Weather Service Alabama Twitter account stated was in worse error. And then, to make the whole episode even funnier, the WaPo writers' attempt to vindicate the Alabama NWS only works by saying a 5 percent chance of a bad weather scenario is the same thing as saying no risk at all. That's fine if they want to go that route, but of course such a stance pulls the entire rug out from the climate alarmists.
