What’s the or something in this one? It’s a doozy, as writer Eric Sherman goes full Cult of Climastrology
If Weather Affects Hiring Now, Wait For Climate Change To Get Worse
It’s never a good idea to take a single data point and extract from it. The latest federal jobs report is an example. Only 20,000 new jobs this month, the smallest number since September 2017, when hurricanes battered the country and a number of its territories, like Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Most people won’t be working when winds could lift them up and throw them, their car, and lord knows what else through the air. When floods pick building up from their foundations and carry them away and entire areas are devastated.
February job gains were particularly poor when compared to January’s 311,000. One reason that economists have offered is the difference in weather. January was relatively mild, allowing an unexpected expansion, even as so many were furloughed from the federal government during the shutdown. February, for those who forget too soon, was quite cold for much of the country.
The economy slows as a result and there’s less need of additional workers. Leisure and hospitality was unchanged after adding 154,000 positions total between December and January. In construction last month, jobs fell by 31,000.
Even if February’s numbers don’t make a trend, there is a factor that keeps showing up. Weather. The month broke records for cold and heat and rain and snow. The hurricanes in 2017 were so bad, decimated areas still haven’t seen a full recovery and probably won’t for years.
That’s right, he’s actually blaming ‘climate change’ for all the cold and snow in February for the weak jobs report. It really is a cult.
The phenomenon has already begun to drive up homelessness and will likely cause the biggest gentrification wave since large tribes swept across continents.
No matter the question, the CoC always links it to their narrow dogma.
