With respect.. I guess you're new around here? Meaning you're not familiar with my body of work in climate comms and climate action advocacy? Don't think that this sound bite about the urgency to adapt is intended to deflect from the crisis. Mitigation key, but we're forced to adapt in the meantime.

These unusually warm ocean temperatures, combined with overall tropical climate warming, are projected to have strengthened Melissa’s top wind speed by about 10 mph, and increased #Melissa potential damages by up to 50%. 2/2 fin

To the point where they've had to reach out to retired staff to man some flights.

If you doubt the magnitude of gusts over mountainous islands, just ask Hurricane Marylin (1995) survivors in St. Thomas USVI. Storm total precipitation could reach 40 inches (1000 mm). And the coastal storm surge as high as 13 feet (4 m). The worst storm in #Jamaica history. 2/2 fin