PHILIPPINE TYPHOONS AND CLIMATE DENIERS

Typhoon Haiyan's havoc will not impress climate change deniers

David Horsey, November 14, 2013 (LA Times)

"Typhoon Haiyan, the monster storm that set a Hiroshima-level standard for natural devastation when it hit the Philippines…was so big that its spiral image laid over a map of the United States stretches nearly from sea to shining sea…[It] may well be the most powerful storm ever recorded…And it is probably just the herald of many monster storms to come…[I]ntensity limits have been rising over decades past — and climate models suggest they will keep rising…The ominous effects of climate change are becoming more and more obvious…Still, there are plenty of folks who not only remain in denial, they take affirmative action to force other people to pretend climate change is not real…[GOP legislators in red-leaning states are] doing what they can to legislate denial, even as their constituents cope with an increase in floods, wildfires, tornadoes and drought that may be driven by more extreme weather patterns caused by climate change…” click here for more

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