Global Warming Is a Cause of This Year’s Extreme Weather

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  • Posted By: four29scj @ 07/03/2008 11:05:37 AM

    Answer: Man-made global warming is a lie and you people prop up the propaganda because you???re paid to do so. The Globalist pigs like Al Gore have one agenda, and that is to control each and every one of us into oblivion, by taxing for carbon emissions, pricing us out of transportation, and drowning us in a cesspool of mis-information that they call ???Global Warming??? or ???Climate Change???. Why would you preach this garbage? I hope someone at the Ministry of News wakes up and realizes that they too will be affected by the lies that they print. You are not exempt from the Globalists??? plan and you will suffer the same fate as the rest of us ???commoners???. I do not support GLOBAL WHINING!

    • Posted By: austinbob @ 07/03/2008 12:36:00 PM

      What's your point? I see no scientific evidence in your argument. You're just blowing hot air. At least you blame the liberals for all your personal problems. C-

  • Posted By: djdirtybird @ 07/03/2008 12:35:57 PM

    First let me start off by saying that I'm not a frisbee-chuckin', granola-munchin' hippie, but it looks as though we are the fleas on mother earth and she is now trying to shake us off violently. The thing that I don't understand is that all of the people trying to debunk the Global Warming theory are the same ones that believe in God, as I do too. I remember when talking about God and faith is that if you believe in God and you die and find out that He doesn't exist then no harm, no foul, you still lived your life as a good person. So why don't we look at the Global Warming theory the same way, treat our earth well and the people that reside in it. If it doesn't work then no harm, no foul, you became a better person for it and better to the ground that supports all of our habits, gives us food and allow us to find shelter from the rain. Is it that we've become so selfish as a world that we don't want to try for a better future. As for me I will do whatever I can to ensure that there is a future for my kids to be in. It couldn't hurt!

  • Posted By: hconner1979@hotmail.com @ 07/03/2008 11:54:51 AM

    I cannot believe how ignorant some of these postings are. The people who say that global warming is a joke, or is stupid, or simply does not exist are the same morons that have contributed to the mess that this country and our world at large are in by "electing" George W. Bush. Keep turning a blind eye to reality--just like Bush...hmm...hasn't that worked well for us all so far? It is sad and it is an embarrassment.

    • Posted By: kbledsoe @ 07/03/2008 12:32:03 PM

      Very well said! Whether you want to admit it or not, humans contribute to the rise in carbon dioxide and other chemicals in the air which in turn creates the poor air quality and yes, the warmer temps that much of the world is seeing. As with everything, you must use common sense. Obviously, humans are not the reason for this crazy weather phenomenon but neither are we without blame. Use some sense. Recycle, do what you can to help make the world a little better and for God's sake, stop blaming the liberal media when it is uneducated people who take everything to the extremes without doing any of their own research, that has caused a bad name for people who genuinely care about making the Earth's environment a little bit better than it is today.

      • Posted By: midnightblue4221 @ 07/03/2008 12:35:35 PM

        Well said!!!

  • Posted By: djdirtybird @ 07/03/2008 12:35:33 PM

    First let me start off by saying that I'm not a frisbee-chuckin', granola-munchin' hippie, but it looks as though we are the fleas on mother earth and she is now trying to shake us off violently. The thing that I don't understand is that all of the people trying to debunk the Global Warming theory are the same ones that believe in God, as I do too. I remember when talking about God and faith is that if you believe in God and you die and find out that He doesn't exist then no harm, no foul, you still lived your life as a good person. So why don't we look at the Global Warming theory the same way, treat our earth well and the people that reside in it. If it doesn't work then no harm, no foul, you became a better person for it and better to the ground that supports all of our habits, gives us food and allow us to find shelter from the rain. Is it that we've become so selfish as a world that we don't want to try for a better future. As for me I will do whatever I can to ensure that there is a future for my kids to be in. It couldn't hurt!

  • Posted By: whitsend @ 07/03/2008 12:33:34 PM

    Just for the record. All a 100-year storm means is that there is a 1% probability that a storm event of that magnitude will occur within any given 12 month period. It does NOT mean that this storm will only happen every 100 years. It is possible, however improbable, that a 100-year storm could occur ever year or even more than once in the same year. All this is terminology used to describe the PROBABILITY of a statistical phenomenon taking place. I really wish someone in the media would research this before publishing it and please get it right at least once.phenomenon taking place. I really wish

  • Posted By: republicans.suk @ 07/03/2008 12:20:22 PM

    using a desert as an excuse for ignorance demonstrates just how stubborn americans can be. I'm sure the deniers also didn't mind going into Iraq for oil. Deserts are created in high pressure areas. N. America has not been known to be completed covered by high pressure for long periods of time. I suppose the melting of the polar ice caps is also natural? gopsux.com

    • Posted By: jwmello @ 07/03/2008 12:33:21 PM

      Yeah and your user name demonstrates how open minded you can be. Before you attempt being literate, I would do a little research. Not everything is about the oil in Iraq. BTW, historically speaking, much of what is now Utah and Idaho was once an enormous lake. Who are we to blame for the lake drying up? Mankind was not around at that time. Come on, let???s play the blame game. Who do you want to blame for ???Global Warming???? You can???t pick Bush, he has already been taken.

  • Posted By: 6spooky8 @ 07/03/2008 12:31:39 PM

    This is liberal hysteria run amok! What would you socialists be doing if you weren't out trying to scare Americans into "death by government regulation?" the U.S. has the most environmentally conscious people and businesses in the world and we have the free market to thank for it. There is a reason for fluctuation in climate, which is cyclic. That is sun spot activity which releases Gamma Radiation. It is pompous, arrogant, and irresponsible to say that humans are responsible for the climate.

  • Posted By: Mr.boo @ 07/03/2008 11:16:04 AM

    Give me a break. It is WAY to early to start blaming all of this on Global Warming. That is why many scientist and Meterologist have not directly blamned Global Warming for the rise in extreme weather. But don't worry, thats why we have journalist for: to play the blame game with the least amount of information as possible all the while pandering to the opinion that is "in" at the time.

    • Posted By: austinbob @ 07/03/2008 12:30:42 PM

      Excuse me: and YOU have better information to support your argument? At least you blame the liberals.

  • Posted By: newbabygirl2006 @ 07/03/2008 12:30:34 PM

    The debate is over, man made global warming (more commonly referred to as "climate change" now) is a hoax! I took a meteorology course in college so I have as much credibility as Al Gore. Yes CO2 is a greenhouse gas but it's such a miniscule % of the atmosphere that it would take a global event (like an eruption of a supervolcano) to have an effect on temperature. Water vapor, on the other hand, can comprise up to 4% of the atmosphere and is also a green house gas. Have you seen the Honda commercial for the fuel cell car that emits only "non pollution" water vapor? Hello! Water vapor is also a green house gas!

  • Posted By: shellyb @ 07/03/2008 12:29:40 PM

    We need to remember who created the heaven, earth and mankind. God created it and he can sustain it as long as He wants to. People need to take into consideration the way our county and the world treats God, the one who gave us life. In The Bible God sent judgment upon rebellious people in the form of natural disasters, plagues, etc. This is where we are at today. God is trying to get our attention.

  • Posted By: hendrixrobert @ 07/03/2008 12:29:29 PM

    Who is Sharon Begley? What are her credentials to make wide-sweeping statements of "fact" she has in the above article? No room for discussion? Debate? Where are the quotes from other "experts" who perhaps do not ascribe to the hysteria that is "man-made global warming"? I believe the Earth is getting warmer and therefore I believe in the concept of global warming but mankind's contribution is so slight as to be nearly negligible. There have dramatic changes in the planet's weather patterns as lomg as there has been a planet. We have proof of the dramatic effects of weather change over the centuries. Most of what is happening is happening naturally and there is very little, if anything, that man can do to change what will be. Earth has a funny way of determining for itself what happens. Besides, how bad would alittle global warming be anyway? Siberia may very well appreciate a little warming. Ask Northern Canadian residents how they would like to see some warming. Why does the news that the Earth is warming have to be ALL bad?

  • Posted By: Turbull @ 07/03/2008 12:28:34 PM

    This astonishing article is a perfect example of how men-, and, especially, women, - made "science" in the arrogant, "intelligent" American society has all the signs of a politically justified liberal cult. Only 1,500 scientists out of more than 10 000 in the scientific community support this "global warming" craziness. Russian science, for example, doesn't have any sound evidence of its overstated influence and, thus, not being pressured by Western political culture, completely denies that such a phenomenon really exists. Instead, there are natural climate cycles that occur regardless of any human activity.
    Fine piece of liberal English composition, however. Deceptive, as usual.

  • Posted By: mrlsthrm @ 07/03/2008 12:25:04 PM

    In the past 100 years how much gasoline did we burn? How many gallons of CO2 does this convert too? Is there data available for this? That much amount of CO2 was buried deep underground for millions of years. What is the estimated percentage of the total atmosphere does this CO2 amount to? Should there be a change in the atmosphere due to this release of CO2 into atmosphere. Personally I think yes.

  • Posted By: sixhandicap @ 06/30/2008 6:49:42 AM

    Not surprising a far-left publication like Newsweak would try and spin this as the - non-existent - man-made global warming. Sharon Begley is a known left-wing extremist

    • Posted By: leinster @ 06/30/2008 9:26:19 AM

      It is easy to see - after reading the US attitude to global warming on this blog, how unbelievably stupid & naive people are about it. I suppose this comes from having a Presidential Oil man like Bush in charge. Can't you see that the powers that be in the US are just protecting their own interests, regardless of how it affects you? Global warming is FACT. Get used to it and be aware the States has produced up to 50% of it. It is bad enough being ignorant of it in the 1st place, but to know it and to prolong the inevitable is just plain stupid. It amazes me how many people in the US are so uninformed compared to Europe with regard to Global Warming. I have good, well educated, American friends who have been fed the same BS at home. I showed them the hard facts and they realised that they are being hood-winked. Then again ??? it has always been this way. Wake up America, before it???s too late.

      • Posted By: Richard49 @ 06/30/2008 11:08:29 AM

        And I am just as amazed at how gullable the people of Europe are and easily led by their noses as well. At last count there were 37,000 scientists that had signed a petition to the U.S. goverment urging that they not act on the foolish unscientific conclusions reached by far less signers in the pocket of the united nations. Oh! Did I forget to capitalize that. How disrespectful! I suggest that you look at all of the facts and set a wake up call for yourself.

        • Posted By: buffordt @ 07/03/2008 12:25:03 PM

          I suppose you blame George Bush for the earthquake in China too and what did Willy boy do for the enivronment while in office and oh Mr. Gore if he is so concerned about globla wamring why is his utility bill so much hihger than the average Americans and who needs a heated swimming pool in Tennesee?

  • Posted By: mrlsthrm @ 07/03/2008 12:24:29 PM

    In the past 100 years how much gasoline did we burn? How many gallons of CO2 does this convert too? Is there data available for this? That much amount of CO2 was buried deep underground for millions of years. What is the estimated percentage of the total atmosphere does this CO2 amount to? Should there be a change in the atmosphere due to this release of CO2 into atmosphere. Personally I think yes.

  • Posted By: svede1212 @ 07/03/2008 11:50:33 AM

    if global warming IS taking place and the warmer it gets the absolute worst it could be for EVERYTHING then it follows that if we got colder and colder things would be much, much better! we're destroying our children's futures with entitlements and socialism. liberals left to their HEATED rhetoric will be the ruin of us all.

    • Posted By: austinbob @ 07/03/2008 12:24:06 PM

      your argument in non-sequiter, and shows your ignorance. At least you got the word 'liberal' in.

  • Posted By: Ed Yost @ 07/03/2008 12:24:04 PM

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  • Posted By: Metastasio @ 07/03/2008 12:23:09 PM

    "And recently, evidence has pointed to a warming trend as Mars emerges from an "ice age."

    Scientists think variations in Mars' orbit and tilt drive the planet's climate over time, though a few astronomers have speculated about how the Sun's activity could be partly to blame for warming on several planets."

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17630368/wid/11915829/

    That this information fails to make it into "global warming" articles is proof that poor education leads to poor reporting. The moral of the story? Drive your SUVs hard and fast and pray the sun doesn't get any hotter.

  • Posted By: azrick @ 07/03/2008 12:12:08 PM

    Does anyone have the temperature, precipitation, carbon dioxide and other baseline readings from 10,000 years ago on earth?? We can't continue to take the last 100 years of data and extrapolate the significance if we don't have accurate measurements from 500, 1000 or 10000 years ago. If "global warming" wasn't a buzzword/political topic, there would be no credibility whatshoever. You can't even get an accurate forecast of the weather, let alone an accurate measure of what happened in July 1895 in Spokane Washington or Ketchikan Alaska! Do you honestly think the rain and temperature measurements were accurate in 1895? Come on people, I think we are "trashing" the plane with fossil fuels and waste, but I can't believe we have a true understanding of what has gone on in this planet over the last 10,000 years by what has happened in the last 50 years! it is like trying to take a picture of the universe with a pinhole camera.

    • Posted By: ceiu1967 @ 07/03/2008 12:19:05 PM

      I bet these liberals can produce a scientist that has a formula that will calculate all of those things with 100% accuracy. Just ask them.

  • Posted By: stermer@att.net @ 07/03/2008 12:18:51 PM

    Wow, how un-scientific can you be and still get an article published these days? Apparently, the key is simply jump on the Global warming band-wagon. You do not have any scientific data to support you clams, but still you rant about the sky falling. How did your analysis account for the fact that the planet is in a 10 year cooling cycle? What about the fact many mid-west states had the coldest winter in decades? Oh yeah, those are just annoying facts. Have you tested the alternate hypothesis that maybe the continued construction of homes and roads throughout the Midwest has caused getter water flow into those rivers that reached ???record??? levels? I agree humans are to blame, just like the increased loss of life and property in hurricane areas are a result of more humans living in those areas. Blaming global warming is just alarmist prattle used to justify whatever your own positions are . . . doesn???t Newsweek have any editors with common sense?

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