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by Charles Carreon
12:54am, September 16, 2005
The publicans are getting out in front of an issue that
could have legs — Katrina was caused by global warming. Out in the
forefront of the opposition, bucking the storm winds, is Oklahoma Senator
James Inhofe:
Washington post wrote:
Bill Holbrook, spokesman for Environment and Public Works Committee
Chairman James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.), said ".. the notion that Katrina's
intensity is somehow attributable to global warming has been widely
dismissed by scientific experts."
Maybe so, but in a recent Science article,
Georgia Tech researchers and the National Center for Atmospheric Research
reported that the number of major Category 4 and 5 hurricanes worldwide
has nearly doubled over the past 35 years. And, the researchers expressed
the opinion that this strengthens the connection between global warming,
rising sea temperatures, and the increasingly damaging hurricanes.
My advice? Invest in brick houses!
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