I lived at Clayton when young. It is almost the center of the dust bowl.
Posted on 05/28/2015 7:08:53 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Washington (CNN)The heavy flooding that's overwhelmed Texas and killed more than 30 people has put Sen. Ted Cruz in a bind on climate change.
The Republican presidential contender has held two press conferences over the past two days to address the flooding and the government's response. At each one, he was asked about the impact of climate change on natural disasters like the Texas flooding, and at each one, he dodged the question.
"In a time of tragedy, I think it's wrong to try to politicize a natural disaster -- and so there's plenty of time to talk about other issues," he said in response to a question on his views on climate change during a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.
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"I think the focus now is on caring for those who have lost their lives and lost their homes," he said.
At least 31 people have died in Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma from the storm since this weekend, while another 11 remain missing in Texas. Cruz promised to do all he could to ensure that Texans get access to the resources they need during the recovery.
But his reluctance to answer questions on climate change mark a much more cautious approach to the question than his comparison in March of "global warming alarmists" to "flat-Earthers."
"It used to be [that] it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier," he said in an interview with the Texas Tribune.
Cruz also argued that "global warming alarmists" aren't basing their arguments on facts, because "the satellite data demonstrate that there
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I know is there anything climate change can’t do?
Earlier floods of biblical proportions occurred during longer periods of drought, just as we have experienced now. That is just Texas weather. The only big difference is the trippling of the population and the tremendous growth of urban areas, so more people and homes are affected now.
This is certainly the first time EVER that Texas has flooded>S<
Gee I thought the droughts that plagued Texas a few years ago were caused by global warming.
I fail to see WHY?The last two winters we have had in The Northeast don’t seem to have put AlGore in”A Bind”??How about the shortage of tropical storms and hurricanes we have experienced ever since Katrina???
“Climate change” ... Otherwise known as the weather
Dems are now saying republicans ate responsible for the weather. Brilliant!
Does that mean they’re also responsible for all the he GOOD weather?
They should counter every claim with a list of wonderful weather reports
It’s horrible. It’s made several of my socks disappear lately!
The California draught is proof of climate change, and so is the heavy rain in Texas. Sounds like a non-falsifiable argument to me, and that ISN’T science.
The global warming crowd live in an alternate universe. Long before there were carbon dioxide producing industries, there were severe droughts and hurricanes. Global warming is a myth constructed to get money from the little people. CNN has no journalistic credibility.
We never had floods in Texas before?
For all of recorded history, Texas weather has consisted of a series of droughts separated by floods. Nothing has changed.
From 1843 to 1938, the Colorado river basin in Central Texas suffered 15 major floods. That is why the Highland Lakes were constructed in the 1930s through 1950s.
Texas got a lot of rain - climate change.
Answer - Blame Cruz.
(Climate change puts Cruz in a bind - *snort*)
I lived at Clayton when young. It is almost the center of the dust bowl.
Yep, there’s never been localized flooding in this nation before this..., EVA...
I wish more well known names would start a dismissive ridiculing of the global warming idiots.
Global Warming: is there ANYTHING it can’t do ??
So now they equate flooding with this stupid Chicken Little Climate Change BS... why do we evan have catagories of flooding?... There’s the 10yr, 50yr, 100yr, 500yr and 1,000yr floods. Floods happen. What they will never consider is that the creator God is in control of the earth, and maybe its not just the carbon producing activities of man that must change, but also the heart of a nation that must change.
America has never been more morally bankrupt than she is today under Progressive Communistic Democrat control. Just look at all the hell-hole cities across America, thay are bastions of progressivism. Perhaps if America and all nations for tht mater turned their hearts toward God, His hand of protection would put a stay on bad weather... but I really don’t expect that to be happening. When homosexual marriage has been codified into law by five people of the supreme court, it’ll be just a mater of time before the total breakdown of human society... total lawlessness, and God’s protetions completely removed from America.
I used to have an article about flooding in Southern California back around 1910-1915. It was blamed on a local “rainmaker” breaking the drought.
I live on Lake Travis, and I, for one am delighted to see our lake coming back up!
There is only one natural lake in Texas, for those who do not know this. That would be Caddo Lake in SE Texas.
I grew up in Beaumont Texas, and we had many floods back then—and that was a long time ago—LOL! After the city finally installed a drainage system, I don’t think it floods much anymore.
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