Increasingly horrific?  Evidence Len citation please.  We have had the longest hurricane drought on record
https://www.livescience.com/50704-hurricane-drought.html

I'm happy for climate scientists to lecture me once they abandon their cars, air travel, electric from non-renewable, and usage of batteries that do not contain rare earth metals

I consider myself a good climate steward (economical vehicles, somewhat off the grid, compose/recycle) but most climate alarmists are anti-capitalists in disguise