Posted on 04/06/2007 8:36:52 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
NEW ORLEANS - A top hurricane forecaster called Al Gore "a gross alarmist" Friday for making an Oscar-winning documentary about global warming.
"He's one of these guys that preaches the end of the world type of things. I think he's doing a great disservice and he doesn't know what he's talking about," Dr. William Gray said in an interview with The Associated Press at the National Hurricane Conference in New Orleans, where he delivered the closing speech.
A spokeswoman said Gore was on a flight from Washington, D.C., to Nashville Friday; he did not immediately respond to Gray's comments.
Gray, an emeritus professor at the atmospheric science department at Colorado State University, has long railed against the theory that heat-trapping gases generated by human activity are causing the world to warm.
Over the past 24 years, Gray, 77, has become known as America's most reliable hurricane forecaster; recently, his mentee, Philip Klotzbach, has begun doing the bulk of the forecasting work.
Gray's statements came the same day the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change approved a report that concludes the world will face dire consequences to food and water supplies, along with increased flooding and other dramatic weather events, unless nations adapt to climate change.
Rather than global warming, Gray believes a recent uptick in strong hurricanes is part of a multi-decade trend of alternating busy and slow periods related to ocean circulation patterns. Contrary to mainstream thinking, Gray believes ocean temperatures are going to drop in the next five to 10 years.
Gore's documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," has helped fuel media attention on global warming.
Kerry Emanuel, an MIT professor who had feuded with Gray over global warming, said Gray has wrongly "dug (his) heels in" even though there is ample evidence that the world is getting hotter.
Dr. William Gray, a top hurricane researcher, answers questions during an interview in New Orleans, Friday, April 6, 2007. Gray takes issue with the suggestion that global warming is changing the world's climate and increasing the number of stronger hurricanes. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Former Vice President Al Gore prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 21, 2007, before the Senate Environment Committee hearing on global climate change. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Bill Proenza, the director of the National Hurricane Center, answers a question during an interview Wednesday, April 4, 2007, in New Orleans. Proenza, said that the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season will likely be more active than normal. The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)
Global Wraming,eh.
Well, it was so “warm” today that I nearly froze my butt off.
that BBC video “the great global warming swindle” got buried already, I predicted that
Indeed, it's s'posed to get down to around 10 or 12 degrees in my neighborhood this evening. If not for global warming, this could have becoime serious.
Minneapolis here. For most of my life I've sort of looked forward to April as the real start of spring. We have had your occasional April blizzard, but have never paid it much mind because warmer weather is always imminent. Still, this past week it's been darned cold.
How do I feel about global warming? Due to my location, I favor it. Unfortunately, I think we have more to fear from bird flu or falling meteors. Maybe if Gore would come to town and speechify, the hot air eminating from that bloated gas factory would turn things around.
it is put out by Ch4 in England, not the BBC. The BBC position is totally in then AGW camp. The BBC thinks Gore is the savior of mother Earth. The Great Global Warming Swindle is a wonderful production filled with eminent scientists.
Waste of time and money for Gore to testify. It’s just a showcase for his money making and power schemes.
Thanks to Dr. Gray for setting things straight.
Oh oh, are the goreskis going to demand his firing?
T'was need of a PR shot
Ping list material
Change the sign to read “THE END IS NEAR” and let’s all laugh as we would for any cartoon.
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