Climate change responsible for Los Angeles fire? Kachelmann rages against Neubauer!
Los Angeles (California/USA) - Devastating fires are currently raging in Los Angeles. What remains is a terrible trail of devastation. Climate activist Luisa Neubauer (28) has now also commented on this - and was met with incomprehension by weather expert Jörg Kachelmann (66).
On Wednesday, the 28-year-old shared a picture of a burning playground in California on the social media platform X. She wrote: "This would be the honest cover photo for an election campaign that so far thinks it can unload the biggest crisis of the century."
Her bottom line: climate change is to blame for the current catastrophe on the West Coast.
To back up her statement, she also shared a video on her account on Thursday: "Yes, there have always been fires, there always will be, no question. But we now know very clearly: Because we have changed the climate systems in the world so much, we have changed the precipitation patterns, among other things."
As a result, we are currently living in a world with more heavy rainfall and more droughts - in other words, "less average rainfall". "And that's exactly the case in the region. It hasn't rained there for seven months. It's now burning like tinder."
Statements that Kachelmann could do nothing with. "If there's one thing that is least suitable as a symbol for the climate crisis, it's a forest fire in California," he railed online in response to her first post. "More or less anything you can think of is a better symbol for the climate crisis."
Luisa Neubauer explained the fires in Los Angeles online
Jörg Kachelmann didn't think much of Neubauer's statements
Kachelmann believes arson was the cause of the Los Angeles fires
In a further contribution, he explained once again that he does not want to deny the climate crisis. It "is real, the causes are known and if we don't act quickly, it will be a major catastrophe for humanity."
However, the fires in California had nothing to do with this. They were not caused by heat or drought, "because after a week of Santa Ana winds, it is dry enough for such a fire."
For him, it was clear: "As always, arson was the decisive factor."
Neubauer has not yet responded to Kachelmann's statements.