how bad will climate change impact the Northwest?
Washington state’s weather service confirmed that a F-1 tornado (100-110 mph wind) hit down in Enumclaw, during intense thunder and lightening squalls that hovered over Western Washington the last part of Labor Day weekend. Eastern Washington usually gets 1-2 tornadoes per year, but they are rare in Western Washington. The twister caused some minor damage and completely flattened an older barn near Buckley–but no injuries. How bad will the Pacific Northwest get clobbered by climate change? Changing weather patterns have already started in the Pacific Northwest and will continue to get worse over the next few decades. According the climate report released by the White House on June 16, 2009—global warming is real and is caused by human activity. The Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States is the most comprehensive 197 page report done on the subject, which started in 2007 and involved the participation of 13 science and environmental groups. The Northwest region will experie
