Explain climate deniers and the four Tillamook burns,  or the Silverton Hills Fire,  of 1860s,  that burned 900,000 acres.  Was that a climate deal?  When,  in your memory,  has Oregon NOT had at least a month and as many as four months,  of little or no rain in summer and high temperatures.  If the temp sets a record by one degree,  breaking a record from 1910,  which thermometer was dependable and not now in the middle of the asphalt and cement jungle?  Eugene's temps were measured in an Almadore like countryside a century ago.  And the same for Phoenix and Los Angeles.  There are  no reliable comparisons,  and on that people want to base "science."  

I have on my lap "Climatology of the United States" by Lorin Blodget,  1857. Pub by Lippincott,  Phila.  160 year old climate records going back into the 1830s, and earlier. Across the U.S.,  taken regularly at court houses,  colleges,  high schools.  And collated into amazing maps by Blodget.   Also rainfall records for same time.