Oh he's going to be slammed by his academia peers for saying that.
His career is toast - unless he/she has tenure:)
Actually most meteorologists agree with him; all the ones I know (and most are even Democrats) agree that recent hurricane activity has nothing in particular to do with global warming.
Speaking of professors, a grad student could make quite a qualitative dissertation study about a thread like this analyzing comments/changes, you name it, of a living organism, a microcosm. Like being inside the SuperDome now....