--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > > wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" > > <shempmcgurk@> > > > > wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > > As everyone knows, Hurricane Katrina was caused by Global > > > Warming, as > > > > > many scientists and Al Gore have told us. > > > > > > > > Citations, please, showing any qualified scientist > > > > or Al Gore ever told us Hurricane Katrina was caused > > > > by global warming. > > > > > > > > (You don't have to cap "global warming," Shemp, it > > > > isn't a proper noun.) > > > > > > Al Gore: > > > > Yes, and where does he say Katrina was caused by > > global warming? > > Read it again. > > Better yet, read it three or four times.
Sorry, but that isn't what he said. > > And then don't get back to me. > > > > > > > "There are scientific warnings now of another onrushing > > catastrophe. > > > We were warned of an imminent attack by Al Qaeda; we didn't > > respond. > > > We were warned the levees would break in New Orleans; we didn't > > > respond. Now, the scientific community is warning us that the > > > average hurricane will continue to get stronger because of > global > > > warming. A scientist at MIT has published a study well before > this > > > tragedy showing that since the 1970s, hurricanes in both the > > > Atlantic and the Pacific have increased in duration, and in > > > intensity, by about 50 %. The newscasters told us after > Hurricane > > > Katrina went over the southern tip of Florida that there was a > > > particular danger for the Gulf Coast of the hurricanes becoming > > much > > > stronger because it was passing over unusually warm waters in > the > > > gulf. The waters in the gulf have been unusually warm. The > oceans > > > generally have been getting warmer. And the pattern is exactly > > > consistent with what scientists have predicted for twenty years. > > Two > > > thousand scientists, in a hundred countries, engaged in the most > > > elaborate, well organized scientific collaboration in the > history > > of > > > humankind, have produced long-since a consensus that we will > face a > > > string of terrible catastrophes unless we act to prepare > ourselves > > > and deal with the underlying causes of global warming. > [applause] > > It > > > is important to learn the lessons of what happens when > scientific > > > evidence and clear authoritative warnings are ignored in order > to > > > induce our leaders not to do it again and not to ignore the > > > scientists again and not to leave us unprotected in the face of > > > those threats that are facing us right now. [applause] " > > > > > > From: http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0912-32.htm > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
