Good article- one poor guy was on his way to visit family in Cedar Rapids, and had to turn around to go back because his home was wiped out in a tornado. Damn, dude.
"Snowfall and ice storms have turned into rainfall, tornados and flooding, leading many in East Iowa to wonder what is next? Could the weather get worse?Extreme weather has become so common that if people haven’t been affected themselves, almost everyone knows someone who has.
Snowfall and ice storms have turned into rainfall, tornados and flooding, leading many in East Iowa to wonder what is next? Could the weather get worse?Extreme weather has become so common that if people haven’t been affected themselves, almost everyone knows someone who has.
...According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, there was only a 0.2 percent probability of flooding of the magnitude seen in Cedar Rapids. The National Weather Service described it as an historic event with water levels never before seen.
“There is no question now that the climate is changing on a global scale,” said Gene Takle, an Iowa State University professor of geological and atmospheric sciences. “The evidence is so overwhelming.”
“If the climate is changing, you can’t stop it over the next 50 years,” Takle said. “What’s coming is coming and we better be prepared to adjust to it.” LINK
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A signifigant portion of the American public....
If they acknowledge climate change at all, they blame it on the lack of sunspots or other naturally occuring phenomenon. Anything thing but human activity.
There are focus groups working around the clock to shift the blame(thru the use of the media) off of human activity. Such an idea is a threat to industrial corporations.
And it seems to be working. I read comments containing such bitter vitriol from people who want to blame ecologically minded people for many of their problems. They are convinced for now, that global warming is a hoax.
I am convinced that many of them will eventually see the light. But it will be too late for hope by then.
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