J.ohn Morales is an American atmospheric and environmental scientist, member of the Meteorological Society of his country. In addition, he is one of the most experienced hurricane meteorologists in southern Florida, United States. A video of the meteorologist went viral, when he was on the verge of crying in full transmission of NBC-6.
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It just gave me that little shock because you think about all the victims that come, you think about the multiplication of these extreme events.
While giving the report on the progress of Hurricane Milton, the meteorologist was emotionally affected, given that in the last few hours it became a category five, which has led it to be considered extremely dangerous in record time.
“It is an incredible, incredible, incredible hurricane,” He said as his voice broke. “It’s down… it’s down 50 millibars (the pressure units used to describe atmospheric conditions) in 10 hours. I apologize. “This is just horrible,” he added.
The clip of the moment began to be widely shared on social networks and many users invited us to take the climate situation seriously and take into account the consequences that the category five hurricane could leave.
What is Morales’ concern due to?
For his part, the meteorologist explained to Telemundo that your concern is mainly related to the magnitude of the event and the consequences it may have for the inhabitants of the places where the hurricane will pass.
“You know what that means scientifically. Not only a rapid intensification, a hyper-intensification of a hurricane in an enormous way, it simply gave me that little shock in the air because one thinks of all the victims that are coming, one thinks of the multiplication of these extreme events,” he explained.
“I think what is happening is that as I have been accumulating [la preocupación]. It has been many years, I have been in my career for 40 years and half of that time I have been trying to warn about the changes of global warming, climate change, and urging action to be taken.”he added.
The meteorologist expressed his concern about this and other future events as a result of global warming. “So, look where we are and where we are going. Helene was a catastrophe and this has the potential to be a catastrophe too, one occurring after the other,” he said.
Thus, he argued that the on-air incident was not the result of concern and helplessness: “Well, the frustration of so many years warning about something that I knew was coming,” he added.
Warming oceans are generating stronger tropical cyclones, the costliest climate disasters in the United States
The expert also spoke out on social media, calling for action and urgency: “The extreme weather driven by global warming has changed me. Frankly, you should be concerned too and demand climate action now.”
He even shared an article he published in September of this year about the passage of Hurricane Helene, in which he also predicted stronger hurricanes due to global warming and climate change.
“Warming oceans are generating stronger tropical cyclones, the costliest weather disasters in the United States. “Helene’s intensity increased as it passed over waters that were 3 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than historical averages, a condition that climate change has made 600 times more likely, according to Climate Central’s CSI Ocean Index,” he argued.
“Extreme weather events, including hurricanes, are becoming more extreme. “I must communicate the growing threats posed by the climate crisis, no matter what happens (pun intended),” he said in the face of criticism that called him an ‘alarmist’ for having warned about this type of events for years.
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