Lorenzo's ominous climate message

From Climate Denial Crock of the Week:

There has never been a hurricane of this strength so far east before.

Here are some remarkable facts about Lorenzo and recent Category 5 activity in the Atlantic:

• It became a Category 5 over 600 miles east-northeast of the previously farthest east Category 5s on record – Isabel and Hugo.

• It became the sixth Category 5 since 2016 (after Matthew, Irma, Maria, Michael, and Dorian). There have only been 26 Category 5 since 1960.

• 2019 becomes just the seventh year with more than one Category 5 in the Atlantic, joining 1932, 1933, 1961, 2005, 2007, and 2017.

• Its pressure of 925 millibars Saturday night was the lowest on record east of 50 degrees west longitude. The lower the pressure, the stronger the storm.

 Abnormally warm waters in the Atlantic, likely boosted by climate change, aided Lorenzo in attaining such strength. “The water under Lorenzo when it was a Category 5 hurricane is about 28°C (82.4), which is about 1°C (1.8°F) warmer than average… just enough to give it that extra jolt,” wrote Brian McNoldy, Capital Weather Gang’s tropical weather expert. As Tropical Storm Karen withers away, Hurricane Lorenzo has become “one of the largest and most powerful hurricanes of record for the tropical central Atlantic,” according to the National Hurricane Center.

Now packing 140 mph winds, Lorenzo became a Category 4 storm Thursday farther east than any other previous storm on record, save for Julia in 2010. While far from any populous land masses at the moment, Lorenzo could be having an impact on the Azores in less than a week’s time — all the while marking a potentially ominous climate signal. 

We are experiencing a climate emergency right now.  We don't have to wait till some far off future to see the effects of our dumping CO₂ and methane into the atmosphere.  It's already obvious.  And it's just going to get worse.