Phillip - Please post a link to someone claiming that we didn't have forest fires or hurricanes before anthropogenic climate change. I've yet to see anyone make that claim. Evidently you have, and I'd love to see it. I have, however, seen plenty of peer-reviewed science that says that hurricanes are more intense, possibly more common, and slower moving (which makes them more damaging), due to climate change. Likewise, I've seen plenty of peer-reviewed science that has demonstrated that AGW is fueling more frequent and more intense wildfires.