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Al Gore calls Sandy a ‘disturbing sign of things to come,’ urges climate action
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Posted on 10/30/2012 12:01:52 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Al Gore calls Sandy a ‘disturbing sign of things to come,’ urges climate action By Ben Geman - 10/30/12 02:15 PM ET

Al Gore said Tuesday that Hurricane Sandy is a “disturbing sign of things to come” in a warming world and should prompt action to curb greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels.

“We must heed this warning and act quickly to solve the climate crisis. Dirty energy makes dirty weather,” the former vice president said in a statement on his website.

Gore cited Sandy, which slammed ashore late Monday, and smaller-scale flooding in his hometown of Nashville two years ago, noting “both storms were strengthened by the climate crisis.”

“Scientists tell us that by continually dumping 90 million tons of global warming pollution into the atmosphere every single day, we are altering the environment in which all storms develop. As the oceans and atmosphere continue to warm, storms are becoming more energetic and powerful,” he said.

Gore also said that as Sandy approached the East Coast, it drew power from abnormally warm coastal waters and that the storm surge was worsened by sea-level rise.

“Scientists tell us that if we do not reduce our emissions, these problems will only grow worse,” he said.

Environmentalists and a number of scientists, as Sandy menaced the East Coast, have highlighted the nexus between global warming and extreme weather such as heat waves, droughts and powerful storms. (E2-Wire has more on that here.)

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) also sees the hand of climate change in Sandy, a storm that caused widespread flooding, power outages and a number of deaths in the Empire State.

“Anyone who says there's not a dramatic change in weather patterns I think is denying reality,” Cuomo said at a press conference Tuesday.

Cuomo said officials must take into account the new reality of “extreme weather patterns,” and that he recently told President Obama “we have a 100-year flood every two years now.”

“There is no weather pattern that could shock me at this point,” he said.

Cuomo said in the late-morning press conference that 15 people in the state had been killed in the “catastrophic” storm, and predicted the tally would rise.

Nearly two million customers are without power in New York state, according to an Energy Department report Tuesday morning, including what Cuomo said were 90 percent of residents on Long Island.

The storm created major flooding in New York City, where the stormwater poured into the subway system, shutting it down. “The damage to the tracks, tunnels that are under water, is unlike this city has seen in decades, if ever,” Cuomo said.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said parts of the subway system would be out for days at least, according to The Wall Street Journal.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: algore; climatetard; hurricanesandy; manbearpig; storm
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1 posted on 10/30/2012 12:01:53 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Wow, I never saw this coming.


2 posted on 10/30/2012 12:03:15 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Sub-Driver

Al, shut up you fool. Haven’t you made enough money off this thing yet.


3 posted on 10/30/2012 12:03:18 PM PDT by mancini
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To: Sub-Driver

Is he still flapping his gums?

Al, go away!


4 posted on 10/30/2012 12:04:01 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Think it’s coincidence that Sandy hit coal country? (eyeroll)


5 posted on 10/30/2012 12:04:18 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: Sub-Driver

I say we sacrifice some climate retards.


6 posted on 10/30/2012 12:06:26 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Sub-Driver
"Disturbing sign of things to come?" As in . . . , winter?
7 posted on 10/30/2012 12:06:26 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Sub-Driver

Although no other admirable qualities, he is persistent. But, then, so is skunk odor.


8 posted on 10/30/2012 12:06:48 PM PDT by Temujinshordes
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To: Sub-Driver

Shut up lardass... we are going to prosecute you under the RICO act as soon as Mark Levin moves into holder’s office.

LLS


9 posted on 10/30/2012 12:09:46 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (OUR GOVERNMENT AND PRESS ARE NO LONGER TRUSTWORTHY OR DESERVING OF RESPECT!)
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To: Sub-Driver
Scientists tell us that by continually dumping 90 million tons of global warming pollution into the atmosphere every single day, we are altering the environment in which all storms develop.

....and I HELPED!.......... (Does anyone pay a bigger utility bill that I do? Hah!)

10 posted on 10/30/2012 12:09:49 PM PDT by DeFault User
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To: Sub-Driver

the only emissions that need to be stopped are those coming out of that dope’s mouth.


11 posted on 10/30/2012 12:10:40 PM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: Sub-Driver

Sandy was only CAT 1 when it struck land. That’s considerably less powerful than the CAT 5s of other years.

If it had hit a red state instead of New York it would barely have made the news.

The only reason it knocked out power is because the US grid uses so many overhead cables.


12 posted on 10/30/2012 12:11:10 PM PDT by agere_contra ("Government creates nothing" - Romney, 2012)
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To: Sub-Driver

Blah, Blah, Blah.....

Go away Al...


13 posted on 10/30/2012 12:11:49 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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To: Sub-Driver

Didn’t take long at all for that POS to crawl out from under his rock.


14 posted on 10/30/2012 12:14:04 PM PDT by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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To: Sub-Driver

the best thing for the environment would be if Algore were no longer part of it


15 posted on 10/30/2012 12:14:44 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Sub-Driver

Obama was speaking at the Red Cross (photo op) and twice used the slogan “lean forward.” He called on electric companies, etc., to cut through red tape and “lean forward.”


16 posted on 10/30/2012 12:15:16 PM PDT by maggief
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To: Vendome

(F)at (A)ss should lead by example.

No private jets, fly coach, no big SUVs, drive a yugo or carpool.

Until then STFU.


17 posted on 10/30/2012 12:16:23 PM PDT by bicyclerepair ( REPLACE D-W-S ! http://www.karenforcongress.com (I AM UNREPRESENTED))
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It’ssss Fffaaaaat Albert!

Attention Whore!

18 posted on 10/30/2012 12:16:38 PM PDT by RedMonqey (Men who will not suffer to self govern, will suffer under the governance of lesser men.)
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Hey Al, here is some reality for you.

Earliest opening of a ski resort in Canada ever

Aussie icebreaker stuck in ice near Antarctica

Worst European grape harvest in 50 years

19 posted on 10/30/2012 12:17:23 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: Sub-Driver

Al should know. He has a larger “carbon footprint” than anybody.


20 posted on 10/30/2012 12:18:26 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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