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Ahead of Hurricane Season, Obama Warns Climate Change Will Worsen Storms
National Journal ^ | May 28, 2015 | By Jason Plautz

Posted on 05/28/2015 12:44:18 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

The combination of stronger storms and rising seas from a warming planet have the potential to wreak havoc on America's coastlines, President Obama said Thursday during his visit to the National Hurricane Center in Florida.

Obama received the annual briefing on hurricane preparedness from federal science agencies ahead of hurricane season, and stressed the importance of preparing the country's infrastructure for the impacts of climate change.

"The best climate scientists in the world are telling us that extreme weather events like hurricanes are likely to become more powerful," Obama said. "When you combine stronger storms with rising seas, that's a recipe for more devastating floods."

"Climate change didn't cause Hurricane Sandy, but it might have made it stronger," he added, pointing to the 2012 storm that caused more than $68 billion in damage and was tied to 233 deaths on the East Coast.

After the briefing, Obama took to his @POTUS Twitter account to field questions from the public about climate change. In response to a question about dealing with climate change deniers in Congress, Obama said the public should put pressure on them to act. . .

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To: Brad from Tennessee

They (enviro-whackos) have said that every year since the warmup debacle began. One of these years the law of averages says they’ll appear to be right.


41 posted on 05/28/2015 2:39:49 PM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
But my house has been boarded up and the bathtub filled with water for years now. They said killer hurricanes were on the way! I"m still waiting!

I was about to take off my life preserver when Obama announced that they are really, really, really, REALLY coming now!

42 posted on 05/28/2015 2:43:15 PM PDT by Savage Beast ("Inside every 'Liberal' is a totalitarian screaming to get out!")
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Globull Warming is gonna getcha.

43 posted on 05/28/2015 3:16:12 PM PDT by JPG (Lefty reporters doing battle with Sen. Cruz will continue to be chewed-up and spit-out.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Ha ha! Good one.


44 posted on 05/28/2015 8:17:33 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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