On Tuesday, February 11, 2014 8:49:49 PM UTC, Adam Lea wrote:

Well said, however I would exercise caution in any claims that the

current flooding is related to climate change before any attribution

study has been conducted. Otherwise, it is no different to claiming that

the run of cold winters in the UK prior to this year demonstrates a

cooling trend.

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Me too and as would any scientist. However, sensibly, no scientist has claimed that the current UK flooding *is* due to climate change.

Someone called "David" on a railway newsgroup has said that "someone" has said this and one of the group's deniers decided to set up a straw man by copying his totally anonymous (and incorrect, if it is directed at a scientist) claim on here.

You can bet your boots that one of the group's deniers will say, at some time soon, that "scientists have said............." - probably because they read this straw man thread and believed it. shakes head. It's how they work.