The Horror: Media Says This Summer is a Great Example of Global Warming
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Posted on 07/05/2012 1:16:00 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Napolitano on weird weather and climate change: 'There's a pattern here' By Zack Colman - 07/05/12 04:02 PM ET
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano this week linked climate change with the wildfires hitting Colorado.
Napolitano said “there’s a pattern here” as she noted the summer wildfires as well as the East Coast heat wave and the high-velocity winds that whipped through the mid-Atlantic late last week. Thousands of people remain without electricity because of the wind storm.
Asked point blank if the wildfires were caused by climate change, Napolitano responded, “It could be a lot of different things.”
But then she explained her view, which seemed to make a connection between climate change and the weather events.
“You have to look at climate change over a period of years, not just one summer,” Napolitano said. “You could always have one abnormal summer. But when you see one after another after another then you can see, yeah, there’s a pattern here.”
Napolitano’s comments came in response to a question at a press conference Tuesday in Colorado Springs. They were posted by Climate Desk.
In response to a question about whether the federal government is ready for weather changes caused by climate change, Napolitano said the federal government is adapting.
“I think that we are preparing. We understand and we are seeing the changing weather patterns. We are seeing right now in what already has been a difficult summer,” Napolitano said.
“So yes, we incorporate some of that into our planning,” Napolitano said. “What do we need? Do techniques need to change? Tactics need to change? This is not a static universe that we live in.”
Didn’t intend to come off weird in that last comment. In other words, the “pattern” (weather) is all for good in the long run. Individually, we should make responsible decisions, be moral and work hard. We’ll be okay. Our country can produce way more food than is being attempted now (extremely large arable areas unused). Most people now involved in administrations of all kinds are lazy, stubbornly incompetent and looking for others to falsely blame.
Yep, Napo lita ano....It’s weird that Illegals ignore the Hot weather and keep on coming....
The Horror: Media Says This Summer is a Great Example of Global Warming
Global Warming on Free Republic
I remember that - we had mildly warm summers, and mildly cold winters and NEVER EVER had freak storms, or hurricanes or heat waves. Never ever - you are totally right rbj81.
I’ve noticed a pattern too ~ Our government is lying about everything.
FYI ~ Right now it is 64 in Sacramento... yesterday our AC was not needed.
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