They just can’t help themselves, and really don’t think about what they are saying/writing. Here’s NRDC’s Kelly Henderson going a bit bat guano insane (via Climate Depot)
Global Climate Change: A 24 year Snapshot
In 1988 (the year I was born) James Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, testified before the U.S. Senate on the destruction climate change would bring to Earth in the coming years if something were not done to start curbing dangerous carbon pollution. In his Washington Post opinion piece published earlier this month, Hansen reveals that the bleak forecast he predicted for our planet 24 years ago was far too optimistic:
“My projections about increasing global temperature have been proved true. But I failed to fully explore how quickly that average rise would drive an increase in extreme weather.â€
And what does Kelly cite?
8. 2010- Extremely Cold and Wet Winter Weather on the East Coast of the U.S.
In February 2010, a massive blizzard dubbed “Snowmageddon” by president Obama caused chaos in the eastern US, with parts of the region buried under more than 20 inches of snow.
Yup, she went there. Good grief.
She also mentions a “reckless” tornado that hit in Japan, whateverthehell that is. And Hurricane Katrina….hey, did you know it’s almost 2500 days since a major hurricane hit the mainland US? And almost 4 years since any hurricane hit the mainland US?
These are just 10 examples of some of the most recognizable faces of climate change over the past 24 years – which is basically my whole lifetime.
What, no mention of the “statistically insignificant” warming since the El Nino of 1998? The massive cold and snow in Europe, the Middle East, western Asia, and the Southern Hemisphere over the last 4 winters? Oh, sorry, that’s “climate change”. Greenhouse gases making things so warm it gets bitterly cold and snowy.
thanks again for pointing out the EXTREME weather that we can expect as the world heats up.
and Teach it wasn’t “bitterly cold” When it does get bitterly cold it seldom snows heavily. Don’t you remmeber that I pointed out that the center of Antartica is a dessert? And that teh middle of Alasgets only 10 inches of percipitation a year because the air is too cold to hold moisture? Please try and remember snow is an indication. It snows most heavily when the temp is close to 32F With the exception of lake effect snow of course.
flies. those dang flies keep buzzing.
So, according to this blind and ignorant chic, history only started during her lifetime. And according to others, history is only what you claim it is.
And, far be it from a reporter to actually report the truth, but Hansen’s predictions were FAR from accurate. His predictions were WAY over stating a warming world. A world that hasn’t really warmed in the last 15 years.
And they’ve yet to explain how the world DID NOT warm during the 70s, the 40s and the last decade despite increasing CO2 levels. Heck, they’ve yet to even explain how increasing CO2 increases temperature.