Hi David, Thank you for your comment on the article that looks at the vulnerability of concrete buildings to a number of environmental factors. I want you to understand that climate change may or may not have played a role. What remains unclear is how much human error played a part, probably the most significant one in this very human tragedy. Condominium regulations and building code standards should reflect the conditions of the environment where they are constructed. The careful selection of materials used for construction of the building envelope and internal structure, along with prescriptive preventive maintenance is where the forensic teams studying the Champlain Tower disaster should focus. Where climate change plays a role, human, or otherwise caused, is in changes that are exerted on the building envelope from both inside and outside.

There is no Democrat-Commie-Globalist conspiracy around the evidence that increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere alters the nature of the relationship between what we build, the materials used, the method of construction, and maintenance. And certainly, if you read this blog site’s material on the science of atmospheric and ocean warming you will find no hidden conspirators telling false tales.

The tragedy of the Champlain Towers collapse is very much a human one, whether you believe anthropogenic climate change causes played any part or not, doesn’t dispute the relevance of the science on the subject particularly in the context of the current and future impact on Florida coastal cities and infrastructure.