Floridians battered by Irma maintain climate change is no 'big deal'?

After days of terrifying predictions, Irma arrived in the Florida Keys last Sunday morning and on the Florida mainland Sunday afternoon. It entered the state as a Category 4 hurricane and left as a still-powerful tropical storm. The question now is whether local residents will link the intensifying extreme weather to the issue of global warming. Initial interviews indicate that the answer is a disappointing “no”… The photo of Fort Myers at better days is from my 2014 visit to the Florida Keys.