Commentary Some politicians and government officials can’t let a crisis go to waste. In the matter of the tornadoes that devastated parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, restraint was called for, but went unanswered. Asked about the cause of such devastation, President Biden said, “We all know everything is more intense when the climate is warming.” He later walked back the comment to a “wait and see” position. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell also blamed climate change, saying such disasters will be the “new normal” from now on. Neither the president, nor Criswell are meteorologists, but Chris Martz is. On Climatedepot.com, he writes that there has been “no overall trend in U.S. tornado activity since 1954.” He cites the National Weather Service’s (NWS) EF scale, which is used to measure the power of storms. That scale shows tornado intensity is down 50 percent in nearly seven decades. This tornado was a rare event. Another …