perhaps, but I will say that the media has been pretty good in recent years about divorcing severe weather from AGW. Whether that's because it's been a slow decade for the most part is up for debate... But I think the correlations are pretty unclear to perhaps non-existent. Perhaps a shift SE in tornado alley... whether statistically significant or not, I don't really know. If it became clear that AGW would result in less severe weather, I'm not sure most outlets would be trumpeting the benefits.