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<font size="+1"><i>August 30, 2017</i></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://climatecrocks.com/author/greenman3610/">Houston's
Growth at any Cost Makes Floods Inevitably Worse</a></b><br>
You'd think nobody ever watched "Jaws".<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://youtu.be/ecm-F80q_HA">Jaws
[1975] - Mayor Vaughn Reports: No Danger; Fun in the Sun on Amity
Island</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://youtu.be/ecm-F80q_HA">https://youtu.be/ecm-F80q_HA</a><br>
Texas Tribune: <br>
The area's history is punctuated by such major back-to-back storms,
but many residents say they are becoming more frequent and severe,
and scientists agree.<br>
"More people die here than anywhere else from floods," said Sam
Brody, a Texas A&M University at Galveston researcher who
specializes in natural hazards mitigation. "More property per capita
is lost here. And the problem's getting worse."<br>
Why? <br>
Scientists, other experts and federal officials say Houston's
explosive growth is largely to blame. As millions have flocked to
the metropolitan area in recent decades, local officials have
largely snubbed stricter building regulations, allowing developers
to pave over crucial acres of prairie land that once absorbed huge
amounts of rainwater. That has led to an excess of floodwater during
storms that chokes the city's vast bayou network, drainage systems
and two huge federally owned reservoirs, endangering many nearby
homes - including Virginia Hammond's.<br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=Zz7w7b8MYhI">(YouTube)
Why Houston Wasn't Ready For A Big Hurricane Like Harvey | All
In | MSNBC</a></b><br>
Sprawl and a quick pace of development make it hard for Houston to
be prepared for natural disasters such as Hurricane Harvey.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=Zz7w7b8MYhI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=Zz7w7b8MYhI</a><br>
On top of that, scientists say climate change is causing torrential
rainfall to happen more often, meaning storms that used to be
considered "once-in-a-lifetime" events are happening with greater
frequency. Rare storms that have only a miniscule chance of
occurring in any given year have repeatedly battered the city in the
past 15 years. And a significant portion of buildings that flooded
in the same time frame were not located in the "100-year" floodplain
- the area considered to have a 1 percent chance of flooding in any
given year - catching residents who are not required to carry flood
insurance off guard.<br>
Scientists say the Harris County Flood Control District, which
manages thousands of miles of floodwater-evacuating bayous and helps
enforce development rules, should focus more on preserving green
space and managing growth. The City of Houston, too. And they say
everyone should plan for more torrential rainfall because of the
changing climate. (A host of cities in the U.S. and around the world
are doing so.)<br>
But county and city officials responsible for addressing flooding
largely reject these arguments. Houston's two top flood control
officials say their biggest challenge is not managing rapid growth
but retrofitting outdated infrastructure. Current standards that
govern how and where developers and residents can build are mostly
sufficient, they say. And all the recent monster storms are freak
occurrences - not harbingers of global warming or a sign of things
to come.<br>
The longtime head of the flood control district flat-out disagrees
with scientific evidence that shows development is making flooding
worse. Engineering projects can reverse the effects of land
development and are doing so, Mike Talbott said in an interview with
The Texas Tribune and ProPublica in late August before his
retirement after 18 years heading the powerful agency. (His
successor shares his views.)...<br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/28/climate-change-hurricane-harvey-215547">Harvey
Is What Climate Change Looks Like</a></b><br>
It's time to open our eyes and prepare for the world that's coming.<br>
By ERIC HOLTHAUS August 28, 2017<br>
In all of U.S. history, there's never been a storm like Hurricane
Harvey. That fact is increasingly clear, even though the rains are
still falling and the water levels in Houston are still rising.<br>
But there's an uncomfortable point that, so far, everyone is skating
around: We knew this would happen, decades ago. We knew this would
happen, and we didn't care. Now is the time to say it as loudly as
possible: Harvey is what climate change looks like. More
specifically, Harvey is what climate change looks like in a world
that has decided, over and over, that it doesn't want to take
climate change seriously.<br>
Houston has been sprawling out into the swamp for decades, largely
unplanned and unzoned. Now, all that pavement has transformed the
bayous into surging torrents and shunted Harvey's floodwaters toward
homes and businesses. Individually, each of these subdivisions or
strip malls might have seemed like a good idea at the time, but in
aggregate, they've converted the metro area into a flood factory.
Houston, as it was before Harvey, will never be the same again.<br>
Harvey is the third 500-year flood to hit the Houston area in the
past three years, but Harvey is in a class by itself...<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/28/climate-change-hurricane-harvey-215547">http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/28/climate-change-hurricane-harvey-215547</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/28/electricity-demand-in-southern-europe-to-soar-with-air-con-say-climate-scientists">Electricity
demand in southern Europe to soar with air con - scientists</a></b><br>
Study predicts power consumption to rise with hotter temperatures,
increasing need for renewable sources, while northern Europe's
demand may fall<br>
The results reveal that overall, the total demand for electricity in
Europe overall is expected to remain almost constant. But within
Europe, daily peak demand is expected to become polarised, with
countries in the north predicted to show a drop and those in the
south a boom - a trend bucked by Italy alone, for reasons the
researchers say is unclear. <br>
The authors warn the polarisation would be strongest at the end of
the century in a scenario where nothing is done to tackle global
warming. In this case, the authors say the average maximum daily
electrical power demand of Spain and Portugal could rise by up to
5-7% by the end of the century.<br>
"What [the authors] are finding is large increases in electricity
consumption on hot days - but if this happened tomorrow, the
[electricity] system would not be ready," he said, adding that the
impact on the use of air conditioning was "one of the big untold
stories about climate change", and that more energy-efficient air
conditioners and better insulated homes were needed.<br>
"Air conditioning is wonderful - I would not want to live in Houston
or Miami or Phoenix without air conditioning - but it puts enormous
stress on our electricity systems and results in billions of tonnes
of carbon dioxide emission annually," he said.<br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/28/electricity-demand-in-southern-europe-to-soar-with-air-con-say-climate-scientists">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/28/electricity-demand-in-southern-europe-to-soar-with-air-con-say-climate-scientists</a></font><br>
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<font size="-1">NATURE GEOSCIENCE | COMMENTARY</font><br>
<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo3019.html">Acts
of God, human influence and litigation</a></b><br>
"The question is not whether there will be another wave of
climate-related litigation - the wave is already in motion. <br>
"The question instead is whether it will be more successful than
previous efforts." <br>
<font size="-1" color="#666666"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo3019.html">https://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo3019.html</a></font><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-sue-governments-companies-legal-action-warning-natural-disasters-clientearth-a7917106.html">Governments
face 'wave of legal action' over climate change inaction as
natural disasters worsen, activists warn</a></b><br>
Companies could also find themselves in legal trouble, environmental
lawyers say<br>
A "wave of legal action" over climate change has already begun and
cases will become more likely to succeed as the scientists get
better at attributing extreme weather events to global warming,
activists have warned.<br>
Writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, lawyers from ClientEarth
in London and Earth & Water Law in Washington DC said events
previously regarded as "acts of God" could increasingly land humans
with a bill for damages.<br>
In July, chief executives of 92 green organisations <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.clientearth.org/green-leaders-choose-clientearth-effective-uk-environmental-group/">voted
ClientEarth as the UK's most effective environmental campaign
group</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-sue-governments-companies-legal-action-warning-natural-disasters-clientearth-a7917106.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change-sue-governments-companies-legal-action-warning-natural-disasters-clientearth-a7917106.html</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.clientearth.org/new-nature-report-says-stronger-science-means-climate-litigation-risk-business-government/">Extreme
weather means more litigation risk for business and government</a></b><br>
28 Aug 2017<br>
With Hurricane Harvey battering the southern United States, a new
report by ClientEarth warns that governments and business may be
increasingly at risk of litigation for failing to prevent
foreseeable climate-related harm to people and infrastructure.<br>
It's the conclusion of a report published in Nature, which says that
as cutting-edge climate science improves, event attribution studies
are now able to quantify the link between human activity and extreme
weather events like droughts and heatwaves.<br>
Authors Sophie Marjanac, Lindene Patton and James Thornton said:
"The science of extreme weather attribution is improving rapidly,
and is making important predictions about future weather events.<br>
"This means the legal duties of those responsible for keeping
people, the built environment and the natural world safe are
changing too. Identifying the human influence in events once only
understood as 'acts of god' will reshape the legal landscape,
meaning governments and businesses could be sued if they don't take
action to protect people from floods, heatwaves and other
foreseeable climate change risks."<br>
The paper argues that, without strong signals from government,
litigation could play a key role in spurring states and businesses
to mitigate or adapt to risks associated with greenhouse gas
emissions.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.clientearth.org/new-nature-report-says-stronger-science-means-climate-litigation-risk-business-government/">https://www.clientearth.org/new-nature-report-says-stronger-science-means-climate-litigation-risk-business-government/</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/29/hurricane-harvey-climate-change-real-estate-florida">How
Harvey - and climate change - could change American real estate</a></b><br>
Floridians have long recognised the threat of climate change to
their homes. Amid the latest disaster, home buyers may increasingly
look to higher ground<br>
Many of the lessons that Florida has learned since 1992 have
parallels in the unfolding disaster in Texas, experts say, and what
was already a trend toward factoring in environmental threats and
climate change to land and property values looks certain to become
the standard nationwide as Houston begins to mop up from the misery
of Harvey.<br>
"The question is whether people are going to be basing their real
estate decisions on climate change futures," said Hugh Gladwin,
professor of anthropology at Florida International University, who
says his research suggests higher-standing areas of Miami are
becoming increasingly gentrified as a result of sea level rise.<br>
"Will there be a massive decline in the property values of the
flooded areas in Houston? Common sense would say yes. And if that's
combined with new legislation that's going to require full
disclosure, then wow."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/29/hurricane-harvey-climate-change-real-estate-florida">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/29/hurricane-harvey-climate-change-real-estate-florida</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/opinion/hurricane-harvey-global-warming.html">Hurricane
Harvey Was No Surprise</a></b><br>
Incorporating this scientific understanding into federal, state and
local decision-making can help prepare for extreme events. For
decades, the default approach has been to assume a "stationary"
climate - one in which the odds of extremes have remained unchanged.
But because global warming is increasing those odds, being resilient
and prepared means incorporating the changing probabilities into
planning, design and operation decisions...<br>
Unfortunately, President Trump is moving America in the opposite
direction...<br>
Refusing to acknowledge the changing odds of extremes means that we
will be unprepared for events that fall outside of our experience.
Denying climate science is not just a political statement. It also
puts American lives and property at risk.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/opinion/hurricane-harvey-global-warming.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/opinion/hurricane-harvey-global-warming.html</a><br>
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<b><a
href="http://www.climatesignals.org/resources/infographic-climate-change-amplifies-hurricane-impacts">How
to Talk About Hurricane Harvey and Climate Change</a></b><br>
Topline Message: Through warmer air and water and rising sea levels,
climate change makes hurricanes more powerful and dangerous.<br>
Impacts<br>
Parts of Houston saw over two feet of rain in 24 hours, as the
entire metropolitan Houston region is flooding. At least five people
have died, and on Sunday there was a two and a half hour wait for
911 assistance.<br>
At least nine trillion gallons of water have fallen on Texas, with
an additional five to 10 trillion gallons to come over the week - up
to 50 inches of rain, meaning some areas will get a year's worth of
rain in a week. According to the National Weather Service, "This
event is unprecedented & all impacts are unknown & beyond
anything experienced."<br>
<b>Climate Connection</b><br>
<b>Climate change is not the only factor in Hurricane Harvey's
destruction, but there is a clear climate connection to the storm.
</b>"The human contribution can be up to 30 percent or so up to the
total rainfall coming out of the storm," said climate scientist
Kevin Trenberth. While it would be a mistake to ask if climate
change "caused" Harvey, scientists are increasingly confident about
how climate change amplifies storms.<br>
<b>Heat Makes Rains Heavier:</b> Warmer air can hold more
moisture and warmer seascause water to evaporate faster, which means
more rainfall during storms-a key factor in Harvey's extensive
flooding. (Infographic and sources)<br>
<b>Hurricanes Feed on Warm Water: </b>Warm sea surface
temperatures intensify hurricanes. Warmer temperatures makes ocean
water evaporate faster, providing more heat energy and moisture.
This increases a storm's potential maximum wind speed. The waters in
the Gulf prior to Hurricane Harvey were 2.7 - 7.2°F (1.5 - 4°C)
above average, which was one of two key factors that facilitated the
rapid strengthening of Harvey to Category 4 at landfall.
(Infographic and sources)<br>
<b>Sea Level Rise Makes Storm Surge Worse:</b> As glaciers
have melted, seas have risen. The higher the seas, the further
inland and more devastating a storm surge. (Infographic and sources)<br>
<b>Hurricanes are Getting Stronger:</b> Studies have found a
30-year trend showing an increase in Atlantic tropical cyclones
strength alongside an increase in ocean temperatures over the
Atlantic Ocean and elsewhere. So far, the fingerprint of global
warming in the intensity of tropical cyclones has been identified in
one ocean basin: the Northwest Pacific.<br>
<b>Atlantic Hurricanes have been getting more frequent:</b>
Looking at all storm categories, nine of the last 11 Atlantic
hurricane seasons have produced more storms than normal. There has
been an increase in Atlantic hurricanes over the past few decades.<br>
<b>Past Events Don't Change Present:</b> There have always been
variations in hurricane frequency across time, but scientists say
the evidence is mounting that greenhouse gases play a role in the
observed increase. Prior periods of increased hurricane activity
due to natural variation do not rule out a role for global warming
in the current period of increased activity since the early 1980s.
To use a metaphor: just because lightning started a particular
forest fire doesn't mean people can't start them too.<br>
<b>Quotes</b><br>
Kevin Trenberth in The Atlantic: "The human contribution can be
up to 30 percent or so up to the total rainfall coming out of the
storm. It may have been a strong storm, and it may have caused a lot
of problems anyway-but [human-caused climate change] amplifies the
damage considerably."<br>
Mike Mann in Facebook post: "[Climate change] exacerbates
several characteristics of the storm in a way that greatly increased
the risk of damage and loss of life"<br>
National Weather Service in WaPo: "This event is unprecedented
and all impacts are unknown and beyond anything experienced."<br>
Jon Erdman and Chris Dolce at The Weather Channel: "This may end
up being one of the worst flood disasters in U.S. history."<br>
Matthew Cappucci in WaPo: "Many textbooks have the 60-inch mark
as a once-in-a-million-year recurrence interval, meaning that if any
spots had that amount of rainfall, they would essentially be dealing
with a once-in-a-million-year event."<br>
Matthew Cappucci in WaPo: "Sometimes, there simply aren't words.
This is entirely uncharted territory. For years, many had watched
movies like 'The Day After Tomorrow' and thought, 'Someday …'
Unfortunately, that day is today. Welcome to the future of weather.
"<br>
Eric Fisher in WaPo: "[I]t's fair to say [Harvey] will produce
more rain than we have ever seen before in the U.S. from a tropical
system and over the fourth-largest city in the country."<br>
Lonnie Thompson in Boston Herald: "As we move to these abnormal
extremes in many places, to me, it points to the role of increasing
temperatures on our planet. It's becoming the new norm."<br>
Juliette Rooney-Varga in Boston Herald: "As the ocean warms, it
can transfer energy through the storm. The warmer the atmosphere is,
the more moisture it can absorb from the ocean. We are hearing the
terms 'record-setting rainfall' or 'intense precipitation' more and
more across the country - not just in this storm."<br>
Tweets<br>
#Harvey's strength was fueled by the abnormally warm Gulf of
Mexico. (Infographic and sources)<br>
Warmer air holds more moisture, meaning more rainfall from #Harvey
and more flooding. Stay safe, Texas. (Infographic and sources)<br>
Generalized graphic re hurricanes & climate here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.climatesignals.org/resources/infographic-climate-change-amplifies-hurricane-impacts">http://www.climatesignals.org/resources/infographic-climate-change-amplifies-hurricane-impacts</a><br>
#Harvey intensified quickly due to warm sea surface temps, linked to
global warming (Infographic and sources)<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.climatesignals.org/resources/infographic-climate-change-amplifies-hurricane-impacts">http://www.climatesignals.org/resources/infographic-climate-change-amplifies-hurricane-impacts</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/29/if-donald-trump-wont-tackle-climate-change-then-chicago-will">If
Donald Trump won't tackle climate change, then Chicago will</a></b><br>
Rahm Emanuel<br>
Across the US, towns and metropolises like mine are united to meet
the Paris climate agreement's targets and protect our residents and
businesses<br>
American cities have the power and the will to take action
collectively and in our own communities. We control the levers of
planning, land use and development - and we can use these tools to
turn promises and commitments into results.<br>
This fall, Chicago will host the first North American Climate
Summit, a new forum for leaders from across the US, Canada and
Mexico to exchange innovative ideas and strengthen coordination and
collaboration in our common fight for a sustainable future.<br>
<b>Something is wrong when a president will do anything to protect
every Confederate statue in every city and town, but not one thing
to protect those cities and towns from rising sea levels, severe
storms and other climate change impacts that threaten
municipalities' very existence.</b><br>
We hope that Washington finds the courage to lead, but in the
meantime we are going to keep pushing forward by cutting emissions,
reducing our reliance on coal and adopting the Paris climate
agreement locally. Our residents and businesses demand nothing less.<br>
Rahm Emanuel is the mayor of Chicago<br>
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<b><a
href="https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/29/1_200_die_as_devastating_climate">(text
+ video) 1,200 Die as "Devastating" Climate Change-Linked Floods
Submerge Parts of South Asia</a></b><br>
In the past month, more than 1,200 people have died amid flooding in
Bangladesh, Nepal and India. This year's monsoon season has brought
torrential downpours that have submerged wide swaths of South Asia,
destroying tens of thousands of homes, schools and hospitals and
affecting up to 40 million people. Aid organizations are warning
that this is one of the worst regional humanitarian crises in years,
with millions of people facing severe food shortages and disease
caused by polluted flood water. Flood victims in southern Nepal say
they have lost everything.<br>
...for two reasons. One, as temperatures increase and we are seeing
warming across the globe, the glaciers and the snowmelt are swelling
rivers as they come through, down through the Himalayas, through
Nepal, India, and into Bangladesh, where they go into the sea. At
the same time, warming temperatures in the sea means that there's
more moisture in the atmosphere, which means more intense and
heavier rains.<br>
"We have never faced this before. We have uncertainty in how the
water is going to react as it moves out of the spillway and into the
surrounding area," Lindner told a news conference on Tuesday. "We
are trying to wrap our heads around what this water will do."<br>
Linder named six subdivisions that appear most at imminent risk and
told residents: "If you want to leave, now is the time to leave. The
reason being, once the water comes into the street you're not going
to be able to leave."<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/29/1_200_die_as_devastating_climate">https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/29/1_200_die_as_devastating_climate</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2017/8/29?autostart=true">https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2017/8/29?autostart=true</a><br>
- more:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/monsoon-floods-cut-off-villages-wash-away-farms-south-asia/">http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/monsoon-floods-cut-off-villages-wash-away-farms-south-asia/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/floods-kill-1200-india-nepal-bangladesh-170826230610924.html">http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/floods-kill-1200-india-nepal-bangladesh-170826230610924.html</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/aug/22/floods-across-india-nepal-and-bangladesh-claim-more-than-800-lives-south-asia">https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/aug/22/floods-across-india-nepal-and-bangladesh-claim-more-than-800-lives-south-asia</a><br>
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<b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5al0HmR4to">(Music) Bob
Dylan - A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Audio)</a></b><br>
Music video by Bob Dylan performing A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
(Audio). (C) 2016 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music
Entertainment <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://vevo.ly/c0yygc">http://vevo.ly/c0yygc</a><br>
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href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5al0HmR4to">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5al0HmR4to</a><br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="August%2030,%202005:,,,In%20an%20essay%20published%20in%20the%20Boston%20Globe,%20and%20republished%20the%20next,day%20in%20the%20New%20York%20Times,%20Ross%20Gelbspan%20writes:,,,%22The%20hurricane%20that%20struck%20Louisiana%20yesterday%20was%20nicknamed%20Katrina,by%20the%20National%20Weather%20Service.%20Its%20real%20name%20is%20global%20warming.%22,,,http://web.archive.org/web/20130618033413/http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0830-22.htm"><br>
</a><font size="+1"><b><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="August%2030,%202005:,,,In%20an%20essay%20published%20in%20the%20Boston%20Globe,%20and%20republished%20the%20next,day%20in%20the%20New%20York%20Times,%20Ross%20Gelbspan%20writes:,,,%22The%20hurricane%20that%20struck%20Louisiana%20yesterday%20was%20nicknamed%20Katrina,by%20the%20National%20Weather%20Service.%20Its%20real%20name%20is%20global%20warming.%22,,,http://web.archive.org/web/20130618033413/http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0830-22.htm">This
Day in Climate History August 30, 2005 </a>- from D.R.
Tucker</b></font><br>
August 30, 2005:<br>
In an essay published in the Boston Globe, and republished the next<br>
day in the New York Times, Ross Gelbspan writes:<br>
<b>"The hurricane that struck Louisiana yesterday was nicknamed
Katrina</b><b><br>
</b><b>by the National Weather Service. Its real name is global
warming..."</b><br>
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