Posted on 09/01/2017 8:39:09 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders said Thursday that the unprecedented rainfall and resulting flooding from Hurricane Harvey should spark a discussion about climate change.
"I think it is pretty dumb not to ask some hard questions about why more rain is now falling, and has fallen in the Houston area, as I understand it, than any time that people can have measured," Sanders told CNN's Chris Cuomo.
The first priority in responding to Harvey's devastation should be saving lives and ensuring people affected have adequate and safe housing, Sanders said, but he added that the issue of climate change should also be addressed.
Some areas of Texas saw almost 52 inches of rain, and the full scope of destruction from the storm is still unknown.
"Is it related to climate change? Is some of the intensity and the magnitude of this related to Climate change? I think most scientists believe it is," Sanders said. "The right question to be asking is 'what does this mean for the future?'"
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
“Climate is what you expect. Weather is what you get.”....Robert Heinlein/Lazarus Long
No, hurricanes never happened before.
This is something entirely new.
“Look what man caused global warming has done!”
[ the out and out stupidity of these folks ]
CNN = Counterfeit News Network
Actually, it's pretty dumb to listen to anything Crazy Bernie says.
This is exactly why the Left wants to erase history.........................
Sure, and Hillary didn’t push the exact same propaganda after Katrina, did she Burn-ie? Mr. USSR acts like everyone in the USA has active memory holes.
It is called weather.
The Gulf apparently is unseasonably warm.
Drop thousands of tons of ice cubes into the Gulf?
Hook ice chunks that have broken off of Antarctica and haul them to the Gulf?
Create and run a giant mixer-like apparatus to churn the water in the Gulf and maybe cool it a degree or two?
==
No, it just shows how dumb you are.
When Soviet-era holdover useful idiots speak, the left listens.
“I think it is pretty dumb not to ask some hard questions about why more rain is now falling, and has fallen in the Houston area, as I understand it, than any time that people can have measured,” Sanders told CNN’s Chris Cuomo.”
That’s right Bernie, you’re pretty dumb.
The water content of Harvey wasn’t any greater than any other major hurricane to hit the US. The only reason the rainfall amounts were historic is because the system stalled for five days.
Whenever global-warming skeptics cite a cold spell or heavy snowstorm as evidence against global warming, they are told that no specific weather event proves anything. But when the tables are turned . . .
Why dear God why?
Why did you allow the glaciers to recede and give us a breeding habitat for New England liberals?
No, Bernie, it’s incredibly dishonest to keep yapping about “Climate Change”.
Open your checkbook.
I agree.
Bernie, since you’re so smart, tell me where all the water on earth came from.
Please tell everyone there that this disaster is all their fault ...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.