Rush is still right. Irma IS a very large and destructive hurricane. But that does not alter the fact that the news types hype every storm and TRY to convince everyone that it’s the worst; and that it’s caused by AGW. We’ve ALWAYS had hurricanes.
AP had a hit piece on Rush too.
Limbaugh was not dismissing the danger of hurricanes, he was criticizing the unproven connection between hurricanes and “climate change,” and how claiming a link between hurricanes and climate change is used to bully people into accepting a long political agenda. So I think Concha was just looking for a “gotcha” story.
The media are always the same: if we have unusually cold weather, they say it has nothing to do with long-term climate change. But if we have a draught (or heavy rain!) or massive hurricane, it is called a manifestation of long-term climate change.
“We’ll be on the air next week, folks, from parts unknown.”
He could try Houston or New Orleans : )
Interesting listing of hurricanes since 1851.
2005 leads with 28 named storms and 15 hurricanes.
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/E11.html
Rush leaving because of Irma was trending on Twitter. First time I’ve seen his actual remarks. He never said Irma wasn’t going to happen: he talked about the climate change hype. I’ve seen lots of it. He was incredibly accurate about that.
Journalists are scum.
When the press lies they just don't stop, do they? He never said this at all. He never implied it. He said the way some use natural disasters to create other stories is a ploy, etc. but never said this storm wasn't dangerous, not to evacuate, etc. It was a completely different topic. Anyone saying otherwise either never heard or read what he said is relying on what they "heard" he said, or they do know what he said and are lying. They also reported that he said for people not to drink water in response to all of the bottled water shortages - when in reality he said you could avoid this by using the tap prior to the storm hitting by filling up other containers with water and storing it...by they reported he said not to drink water. Another complete, total lie...just like the "phony soldiers" controversy they made up out of thin air.
The Hill’s weekend comic strip. Yes, they are that deep and sophisticated at times.
For those of you who didn’t see this post from Thursday, here is the Rush story.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3584067/posts
and here’s Rush directly. It’s long, but read the part about Roker and S.E. Cupp’s show. One guy actually listened to the tape and found the truth. Surprise, Surprise!
There are some folks who need to apologize for making up shit about Rush. Al Roker is at the top of the list.