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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by MisterOpus1
Meanwhile, Bush fell off the wagon:
Well, at least the National Enquirer says so. They count, right? Guys? Right?
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The National Enquirer?? :eek:
BWHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA....
*cough* no |
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| Q5echo |
if it were true man, i kinda wouldn't blame him.
i could seriously see him sneaking into the library at two in the morning, sitting in the dark with a fifth of 18 yr. old single malt. |
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| MrSquirrel |
Which wagon did he fall off of?
The alcohol kind?
Or could it be he is back to hanging out with a mirror, a credit card, a straw, and some of columbia's finest white dust?
Hmmmmm
:p
While we are being tabloidist, I thought I would chime in.
MrS |
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| Trancer-X |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shakka
Are we ready to blame Dubya yet? |
preemptive apologetics? |
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| DaveSZ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shakka
Are we ready to blame Dubya yet? |
He will get a second chance to redeem himself. I hope he takes it.
It looks like the Texas locals have their together more so than the Louisiana and Mississippi folks did.
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This could get ugly.
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Perhaps as many as half a dozen of my relatives who live in Kingwood, Texas City, La Porte, and La Marque are about to lose their homes.
This one really hits home for me.
I just got off the phone with several of my relatives and my father, and am relieved that at least everyone is evacuating.
One of them described living through Hurricane Ceilia in 1970 in which her roof blew off while her family was inside.
This is just a part of living on the coast. |
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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by DaveSZ
He will get a second chance to redeem himself. I hope he takes it.
It looks like the Texas locals have their together more so than the Louisiana and Mississippi folks did.
Perhaps as many as half a dozen of my relatives who live in Kingwood, Texas City, La Porte, and La Marque are about to lose their homes.
This one really hits home for me.
I just got off the phone with several of my relatives and my father, and am relieved that at least everyone is evacuating.
One of them described living through Hurricane Ceilia in 1970 in which her roof blew off while her family was inside.
This is just a part of living on the coast. |
Wow...:eek:
Sorry to hear about that DaveSZ :(
I hope everything goes all right for your family.... |
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| Shakka |
| Just downgraded to a CAT 4, but this sucker still packs a punch. Katrina was downgraded to a category 4 shortly before making landfall. Still, better than a full blown CAT 5. |
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| Chris Larkin |
This is the article I was basing what I said earlier on -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4249138.stm
It would appear the jury is still out, although I don't really know enough about it to say much helpful about the effects of global warming on hurricanes. |
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| LiquidX |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shakka
I sincerely doubt global warming is the reason this year's hurricane season has produced two whoppers. Is the climate that drastically different from what it was just 5 years ago? At best, maybe marginally so. I'd argue more to the point that hurricanes, like many other phenomena, are a cyclical system, and many have already forecasted well in advance, that we are in a 10-year cycle of more intense hurricane activity. There have been plenty of incredibly destructive hurricanes decades ago when the global climate was far different.
But to the point, we have had 2 catastrophically damaging hurricanes within a month and both(assuming Rita does) have hit extremely vulnerable, yet valuable locations. |
Its part of the same cycle that happened between the 1920's or prior - 1960's.. This same Cycle apparently started in 1995 and we got another 20 more years of the same. Now is Global Warming a player!?!.. Well, it can be said that the Atlantic waters are warmer then the previous Cycle of Hurricanes, having said that.. we are expecting more Catastrophic and bigger Hurricanes in this Cycle because of that. Even if there were no Global Warming, we would still be getting destructive Hurricanes, but the warming which is a fact, will have an even more negative effect in terms of Destructive Hurricanes. |
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| josh4 |
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UK scientist slams U.S. climate 'loonies'
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A leading British scientist said on Friday the growing ferocity of hurricanes hitting the United States was very probably caused by global warming and criticized what he termed U.S. "climate loonies" over the issue.
Sir John Lawton, chairman of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution which advises the government, made what the Independent newspaper said was a thinly disguised attack on the stance of U.S. President George W. Bush's administration.
"The increased intensity of these kinds of extreme storms is very likely to be due to global warming," Lawton told the newspaper in an interview.
"If this makes the climate loonies in the States realize we've got a problem, some good will come out of a truly awful situation," said Lawton.
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER...reut/index.html
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| Shakka |
| quote: | Originally posted by josh4
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ooh ooh!! He said it. It must be true. Smart scientist pointes a finger, the world eats it up like Fruit Loops. Blame America! Yesssssss!!! |
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