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Katrina wasn't caused by global warming It's not a good idea to make statements like this. Weather systems are very complex, and we don't know if Katrina was c
by andreyf 18y ago
Katrina wasn't caused by global warming
It's not a good idea to make statements like this. Weather systems are very complex, and we don't know if Katrina was caused by global warming or not. We just don't know what an increase in atmospheric CO2 will do - that's what's so scary about it.
- jrockway 18y agoI'm not sure why Katrina is a good example anyway. It wasn't an incredibly powerful hurricane, it just hit a poorly-prepared place. Unless you think global warming causes people to build a city in a valley below a lake held back with a concrete wall.
- radu_floricica 18y agoExactly _what_ is scary about not knowing? The post makes a point that no matter what the mechanism is, none of the variables involved is out of the "normal" range for the last 3000 years. Excuse me if I don't "act now!" about every thing that looks normal but is unexplained.
- andreyf 18y agoExactly _what_ is scary about not knowing? That if the ocean currents suddenly change, hundreds of millions of people could die. none of the variables involved is out of the "normal" range for the last 3000 years That's a lie. Probably justifiable by a really bad definition of "normal". Would you say we are at a "normal" range of CO2, historically? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Carbon_Dioxide_400kyr.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Carbon_Dioxide_400kyr.png
- axod 18y agoYou scare very easily. Are the terrorists scary also? Go look at one of those charts of perceived risk vs real risk.
- Prrometheus 18y agoGlobal Warming Alarmists seize every abnormal climate event as an opportunity to harangue us into regulating ourselves back into the Stone Age. Katrina was one such event.