More global warming hoax promotion from NPR: First they suggest that carbon dioxide caused a thunderstorm to pummel a cheerleading facility, then they bring on warmist Thomas Karl to suggest that last week's heat wave was worse than the Dust Bowl

Extreme Weather Records 'Like a Baseball Player on Steroids' | PBS NewsHour | July 10, 2012 | PBS

In Fredericksburg, Va., violent thunderstorms pummeled a cheerleading facility.

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GIRL: We were scared, and we were just, like, praying to God and hoping that we weren't going to die.

GIRL: And we saw it. It just came in on us.

...THOMAS KARL: Well, to give you an example, we have had warm conditions in the past.

1930s, many people are familiar with the Dust Bowl and the heat associated with the 1930s. What we're seeing today is equivalent or even greater than the temperature records that fell in the 1930s. And what we're seeing more frequently is record-breaking high temperatures.