The trouble with climatologists is that their "heat records" only go back 100-150 years, any evidence of more extreme weather/climate in the past is largely ignored due to lack of accuracy (due to lack of technology) and lack of consistent documentation.
It's naive to think how things are, are how they've always been or how they always will be; irrespective of what little impact we have on climate over an extended period of time.
building cities in the middle of a desert might've been considered a "progressive" thing to do 100 years ago when resources were more abundant and populations were smaller. Las Vegas's city planners would probably feel differently today...
Society needs to learn the simple precept: we must adapt to nature/climate, not expect it to adapt to us
History has proven time and time again, those who challenge nature always and inevitably fail...
