Posted on 11/17/2008 6:23:41 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative
Green Week is upon us again, time for more global warming scare-mongering by the NBC family of networks. Kicking things off during half-time of last night's NBC Sunday Night Football, Meredith Vieira put Al Gore's alarmism to shame. [H/t reader Mick L.]
Gore predicted a measly 20-foot rise in sea levels, enough to drown much of Manhattan. Vieira outdid him by a factor of 10, raising the spectre of a sea-level rise of 200 feet. That exaggerates the increase predicted by scientists by literally hundreds of times.
Vieira, speaking from Sydney, Australia, where she is focusing on water shortages, chatted with Bob Costas.
BOB COSTAS: Where are Matt, Al and Ann this go-around?
MEREDITH VIEIRA: Matt [Lauer] is in Belize, he's off the coast at a place called the Blue Hole. It is the home to some of the most exotic marine life in the world, and all sorts of beautiful coral reefs and they're all being threatened because the water temperatures are rising.
Al [Roker] on the other hand is in Iceland looking at the glaciers which store most of our fresh water. And if they were to melt, the oceans could rise at least 200 feet.
And our intrepid reporter Ann Curry, well she is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro as I speak. She hopes to reach the summit by Friday. The snows of Mount Kilimanjaro are rapidly melting, and that is threatening the people of Tanzania.
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Laughable.
I saw that last night!
Unbelieveable propaganda.
If both the ice caps melted entirely, the oceans wouldn’t rise 200 feet......Perhaps they think it might rain for 40 days and 40 nights........again......
I need about another 40 ft. to make my house waterfront property...
I heard that too - jarring in callous disregard for the truth
Pish tosh! President Obama is going to command the seas and oceans to remain calm.
You mean the northeast would be wiped out?
nbc=Nothing But Crap
LLS
Cowabunga! Quartzsite Arizona is the new Surf City!
And they hyped this tripe on Sunday night football, too. It was ridiculous.
“Oceans could rise 200 feet” Dude—tasty waves!
I agree completely. I was over at my mom’s house, watching the game.
The halftime show was ridiculous. I asked my mom “What the hell does going green have to do with Sunday Night football?” Truth be told, I doubt 2/3rds of those watching could have cared less about going green.
Meredith Viera’s assertion that the oceans will rise 200 feet (if the glaciers melt) is nothing but hooey. It’s infuriating actually.
Al Gore sued by over 30,000 Scientists for fraud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfHW7KR33IQ&feature=related
I’d have ocean-front property! Cool!
Good, It will get rid of all those liberal hellholes on the coasts.
The first part of that segment was her sounding the alarm that they're running out of fresh water in Australia, ane the virus would spread unless she did something about it.
Then she said the glaciers would melt, and I thought, "Problem solved!"
Just build a double pipeline through Alaska, one for water, one for oil, and we're in fat city.
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