I am not naive. I realize that global warming is happening, but why do scientists and politicians feel it's their obligation to blame every natural disaster on global warming in order to promote their agenda.Case in point, a scientist with the NOAA is pinning the recent flooding in the Midwest on global warming. I guess if humans weren't impacting the environment, then we wouldn't have any natural disasters?
First things first, the recent flooding is a classic result of changes in currents in the Pacific Ocean -- which is currently moving from a La Nina pattern to an El Nino one. The heavy rains were actually predictable, and reputable meteorologists, including WFLD's Amy Freeze, have pointed to this pattern shift as the cause for the flooding. The heavy rains should stop over the next couple of weeks, when the shift is completed.
Now, I'm not a scientist or anything, but it seems to me that natural disasters have been occurring since the dawn of time. There was something called the "Ice Age" a long time ago, then from the mid-1400s until 1850, we had what was called, "The Little Ice Age." The Little Ice Age, in addition to a volcano eruption on a small island between Australia and Asia in 1815 actually caused it to snow in Boston for five straight days in June 1816 -- and sporadic snowfall continued there in July and August of that year.
More than a century later, in 1925, the Tri-State Tornado went from Missouri, to Illinois then Indiana. It stayed on the ground for more than 300 miles, and was blamed for nearly 700 deaths. Then in 1936, a record heatwave hit the Midwest that killed more than 5,000 people -- and made the mercury climb to over 100 degrees for 13 straight days in Peoria, IL. Tornadoes and heat waves of this magnitude have not occurred since.
My point is, unusual weather occurrences happen, and while natural disasters have been extreme over the past decade, they're not unprecedented. The issue is that population continues to rise, and homes continue to be built on lands that were once barren, so obviously the natural disasters are going to affect the lives of more people.
Hey scientists, next time it snows more than a foot in Chicago in January -- maybe you should consider that sometimes that happens, and stop scaring the population by pointing fingers at global warming.
2 comments:
You seem to have inherited the same common sense gene as your older sister and you may be just as wise.
Global warming is being shown to be a myth. Many reputable scientists are saying it's a natural phenomenon, not a result of people, who often do suck.
This past winter here in the midwest ought to be proof enough that the globe is not warming. This stuff has always happened. Deal with it, wusses.
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