Coastal Growth, Not Global Warming, Blamed for Rising Storm Losses

February 25, 2008

  • February 25, 2008 at 3:11 am
    Jewel says:
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    Rosie, even I know better now. Are you serious?

  • February 25, 2008 at 3:11 am
    All Right, Chilly! says:
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    Glad you stood your ground! Make ’em see the other side of the mirror!

  • February 25, 2008 at 3:12 am
    DBass says:
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    Rosie, what a pretty name. Too bad you are an Al Gore trooper. Have you heard about the millions of square miles of new ice that has formed in Antartica? No, because you and Al Gore don’t want the truth, you want to herd everyone down your path, well we are not going so get over it!

  • February 25, 2008 at 3:13 am
    wudchuck says:
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    um…..and Al Gore supposedly invented the internet….if you look into the past, global warming is like the cycles of the weather…they have proof of that from the core samples from ice and from solid beds of rock…this planet has been through the ice ages and global warming before…

    back then, we did not have cars and this much growth – so why are we so panicing now?

    i agree, we do need to be careful…but if we stop tearing down rainforests, we might have the plants do their thing. we currently do not have anything mechanically that can replace what they do naturally.

  • February 25, 2008 at 3:14 am
    Chilly says:
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    Well I won’t back down
    No I won’t back down
    You can stand me up at the gates of hell
    But I won’t back down
    No I’ll stand my ground, won’t be turned around
    And I’ll keep this world from draggin me down
    gonna stand my ground
    … and I won’t back down

    Chorus:
    (I won’t back down…)
    Hey baby, there ain’t no easy way out
    (and I won’t back down…)
    hey I will stand my ground
    and I won’t back down

    Well I know what’s right, I got just one life
    in a world that keeps on pushin me around
    but I’ll stand my ground
    …and I won’t back down

    (I won’t back down…)
    Hey baby, there ain’t no easy way out
    (and I won’t back down…)
    hey I will stand my ground
    (I won’t back down)
    and I won’t back down…

    (I won’t back down…)
    Hey baby, there ain’t no easy way out
    (I won’t back down)
    hey I won’t back down
    (and I won’t back down)
    hey baby, there ain’t no easy way out
    (and I won’t back down)
    hey I will stand my ground
    (and I won’t back down)
    and I won’t back down
    (I won’t back down)
    No I won’t back down…

  • February 25, 2008 at 3:50 am
    Mr. Obvious says:
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    I have always believed that global warming is just a bunch of hooey being promoted by the media as the latest in it’s series of global catastrophes that will end human life as we know it. As was said below, this is a normal weather pattern that has occurred many times before.

    However, I do believe that we need to promote reducing our dependence on oil, foreign or domestic. If the global warming folks can make this happen, I am all for it.

  • February 25, 2008 at 3:55 am
    KLS says:
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    He’s tried so hard to educate us all and he’s done such a good job of leading by example, what with his environmentally-friendly and practical 28,000 sq ft home. And for all of you to just poo-poo all over his hard work. Why, he even invented the internet for the express purpose of warning us all about the dangers of global warming.

    Pfft.

    Did someone actually REALLY honestly truly think the rising rate of storm losses had squat to do with global warming? Good grief. I suppose dental premiums are affected by the tooth fairy?

    Should we do what we can to take care of the planet? Absolutely! Car pool, recycle, don’t leave lights on if you leave the room.

    Temperatures and weather trends on this planet have gone through various cycles for millions of years. Can I get a “duh”?

    But to suggest we can stop these cycles from happening? To suggest we have any impact on them whatsoever? That’s … a bit much.

    This isn’t a liberal thing… This is a MONEY thing. Follow the money and you’ll find out that being “green” is just a new marketing tool for selling hybrids and solar panels. (And I’m willing to bet money there are some conservatives who are making a dime or two off the ‘green’ scheme, too.)

    For the record, I lean liberal and I think Al Gore is full of it. Why people insist that all liberals think one way and all conservatives think another is beyond me. It’s so easy to blow holes in that ‘logic’. I’m amazed by how many folks continually insist it’s true.

    That’s all.

    Please continue with the regularly scheduled alarmist-extremist hysteria.

  • February 25, 2008 at 3:57 am
    Chilly says:
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    We need to drill in ANWR, and we need to get at the low-sulfer coal Clinton locked up by declaring a Natl Forest in Utah to please an Indonesian coal magnate.

  • February 25, 2008 at 4:20 am
    InsureExec says:
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    Hello Rosie,
    What exactly have you seen happening, please get into details and the causes of what you have seen. I know you are an intelligent woman and can put together all the details for me, which I look forward to.

  • February 25, 2008 at 4:38 am
    lastbat says:
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    Here’s my take – global warming is happening and mankind is affecting it. But it’s kind of like when I throw out a bucket of water into my yard . . . during a thunderstorm. Yes I added to the sum total but it’s not really that much. Yes I should refrain and my frefraining would make the yard better; but you can’t say I was the major cause.

    I would rather not drill in ANWAR just because I like my wilderness as pristine as I can get it (not that ANWAR is that pristine at the moment, but you get my drift). I also believe that drilling in ANWAR just delays what we will inevitably need to do – find another fuel source. Corn won’t work, you can’t grow enough. Neither will sugar cane. But they’re a start.

    As far as the screaming get us closer to free energy, gets us greater efficiency, gets us weaned off foreign sources of fuel, I’m all for it. I like the idea of reduce, reuse, recycle. I like the notion of turning on power and knowing I’m not contributing to pollution somewhere. I think we should strive for these things. But I can’t believe that a couple hundred years of human industry can so drastically alter weather patterns as to prematurely bring on a new ice age, or new desert age, or whatever.



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