Most Americans who experienced severe winter weather see climate change at work, AP-NORC poll shows

WASHINGTON (AP) – Matt Reese lived in Florida only three years, but everyone told him last summer was unusually hot. Follow Three hurricanes in close sequence. Then the temperatures decreased below freezing for several days this winter, and the stabilization of the ice is part of the state.

To RIES, 29, Oyeio citizens are now in Tampa, and the cruel weather – including bitter cold – carry all the distinctive signs Climate.

“For me, it is clear.” “Things are greatly changed. Just the harsh weather throughout the country and the world. … I think humans rush this process.”

About 8 out of 10 adults who say they have suffered from a kind of harsh weather in recent years, according to a new survey of The Associated Press Nork Center for Public Affairs ResearchWith nearly half, they said they were personally affected by severe cold weather or severe winter storms.

Among those who say that extreme cold was among the harsh weather that they suffered, about three quarters says that climate change is at least a partial reason for these events-which indicates that many understand that global warming can create an unstable atmosphere that allows cold air from the Arctic. To escape from the south Often.

The Middle West is likely to feel cold weather, with about 7 out of 10 people living in the Middle West with severe cold in the past five years, compared to about half of the population of the south and northeast and about a third of the west.

“It is an axiom of thinking, Oh, Ji, the atmosphere is really cold. Climate change affects many extremism in Delaweer, Ohio, northern Columbus, who is believed to be climate change affects many weather conditions: “Perhaps it has to do with global warming.”

Golighly-Kissner, 38, said he was very cold this winter, as schools were closed and that her family allows the tap to drip to prevent explosion pipelines. She remembers a very cold day when she was a child in Michigan, but she now says that it often happens over several days.

The poll also found that although only about a quarter of the United States feel that climate change had a significant impact on their lives so far, about 4 out of 10 believe that in their lives-in this they will believe in their health, local air quality and water availability. About half of the ages under the age of 30 believes that climate change will affect them personally.

About 7 out of 10 adults believe that climate change occurs, and they are likely to think that he had or will have a great impact on them from those who say climate change does not happen.

Anthony Liarevitz, director of Yale about Climate Climate Change, said, which is attributed to a mixture of media coverage, and political leaders who speak, create a “symbiotic relationship”.

He said: “We have seen an increasing awareness among the American people that the climate change affects them here and now,” although many still see it as a distant problem that their grandchildren must worry about.

Roselland Lachan, 60, from Mindin, Louisiana, said she is secure because it seems that the summer is getting more hot and cold – including two years ago, when the snow and the ice kept her car stuck to work for several days.

She said that this winter was a large number of temperatures in adolescents and twenties, while a few summer became “real and real” with its highest level.

“The atmosphere is usually hot in Louisiana, but not so hot.”

Hurricanes, forest fires and other natural disasters, such as DestroyedThey have a lot of anxiety that climate change can lead to high property insurance premiums and home energy costs.

The AP-NORC poll found that about 6 out of 10 American adults “or” very “are interested in increasing property insurance installments, and more than half of them worried about the effect of climate change on energy costs. About half of them “very” or “very” of anxiety that climate change will increase the costs of local respondents in emergency situations and the government’s infrastructure costs. Republicans are less worried than Democrats and independents.

The poll also found wide support for a set of measures to help people who live in the areas to become more vulnerable to harsh weather and natural disasters, with the exception of restricting the new construction in these societies.

About 6 out of 10 American adults said they were “somewhat” or “they prefer strongly” the provision of money for the local population to help them rebuild in the same community after they hit disasters, while similar shares support the provision of money to make the property of the population more resistant to natural disasters and provide home owners with people who cannot obtain special insurance. About a quarter of the Americans do not prefer nor oppose each of these proposals, while about 1 out of 10 “oppose somewhat” or “strongly”.

When it comes to restricting the new construction, the opinion is more divided. About 4 out of 10 “to some extent” or “strongly” prefer to restrict the new construction in areas especially exposed to natural disasters, about 4 out of 10 have a neutral view and about 2 out of every 10 who oppose “somewhat” or “strongly”.

Golighly-kissnner said it believes that there should be restrictions on rebuilding or the strict construction standards in disaster areas.

She said: “These harsh weather conditions do not go anywhere, and it will be arrogant to continue in the same way.” “I think we should change. We have to look to the future and what is the best way to keep our lives together when this happens again. Because it is not really a matter if so.”

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Weber of Fenton, Michigan. ___

The AP-NORC poll of 1,112 adults was conducted from February 6 to 10, using a sample derived from the NORC’s aerispeak sample, which was designed to be a representative of the United States residents. Sampling error for adults in general is plus or minus 4.1 degrees Celsius. ___

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