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Jeff Merkley: “I think maybe this is more for you, Dr. Wehner. People used to talk about 100 year events, they used to talk about 1,000…”

On the recordOctober 31, 2023
I think maybe this is more for you, Dr. Wehner. People used to talk about 100 year events, they used to talk about 1,000 year events. I think you framed in your testimony that things that occurred every 1,500 years have become once in a century events.
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley highlights the increasing frequency of extreme weather events.

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