Excellent post pointing out what the corporate media ignores: our "weird" weather is actually a direct consequence of climate change.
Kirk James Murphy, M.D., firedoglake: Another Gift From Global Climate Change: That Ugly Weather
Tonight Coach Mom called to tell me that a wind shear event this afternoon dropped a huge old pine tree on her neighbor's house; another neighbor can't get into their house because a piece of roof blocks the door; and half the town is without power. This is in the same tiny community that had a $30 million storm wash out several major roads June 19th of last year. That was their fourth major flood in two years.
MSNBC is in their second day of non-stop coverage of the untimely death of Tim Russert. It is sad that a man that young who was a great friend to all of them died, but it is not earth-shaking news. Tens of thousands are now dying every year in global-warming fueled natural disasters. Hurricanes, typhoons, tsunamis, floods, tornadoes, and heat waves are covered as though this was just the weather, but it is actually earth-shattering news of climate change. Maybe if Tim Russert had drowned in a 500-year-flood, the media would cover global warming.
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The 1970 Bhola cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and India's West Bengal on November 12, 1970. It was the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded, and one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern times. Up to 500,000 people lost their lives in the storm.
Global warming began in 1970 ... we should have known then!
1839 Indian Cyclone - caused a massive storm surge which killed 300,000 people.
Global warming began in 1839 ... we should have known then!
We need to raise our homeowner's rates and raise our
building standards now! - It's only money!
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