Global Warming and Heavy Rainfall Options

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Just had the pleasure of driving throught the mid-Atlantic and New England states and they have experienced tremendous rains and flooding. There was a great deal of hoo haw about this being definitive evidence of global warming and a glimpse of future weather patterns. Will your expedition shed any light on this theory? Is this a "pattern" of weather directly related to warming or is this simply a rainy year? Mighty cold and wet this year in Canada too. I realize this is not directly related to your studies but perhaps this tangent is of interest.