Hurricane Helene isn’t an outlier. It’s a harbinger.

So, I did what I’ve done during my entire 40 year career—I tried to warn people. Except that the warning was not well received by everyone. A person accused me of being a “climate militant,” a suggestion that I’m embellishing extreme weather threats to drive an agenda. Another simply said that my predictions were “an exaggeration.”

But it wasn’t an exaggeration.

John Morales is an atmospheric & environmental scientist, and a fellow of the American Meteorological Society.

Why did people so quickly lose the ability to think, when fake news came around and became part of our lives?

It's easy, it comes down to:

Like, oh, this doesn't come from a YouTuber, it's John warning about something, he knows what he's talking about, let's maybe pay attention now?

Can someone help me understand what this is saying? Does it read strangely to anyone else?

Warming oceans are fueling stronger tropical cyclones—the costliest weather disasters in the United States. Helene’s intensity took off while passing over waters that were over 3 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than historical averages, a condition made 600 times more likely by climate change, according to Climate Central’s CSI Ocean index. Since 2017, eight Category 4 and 5 hurricanes have struck US soil—as many Cat 4 & 5 landfalls as occurred in the previous 57 years.

Is it saying that because the water temps were 3 degrees hotter than average the storm was able to rapidly intensify the way that it did? I think what’s throwing me off is the word “condition”. What specifically is the condition here?