Once again -the Onion is more real than the news (Climate)

[ThoughtCriminal]

Satire beats the talking heads every time.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/nation-suddenly-realizes-this-just-going-to-be-a-t,30195/

"Nation Suddenly Realizes This Just Going To Be A Thing That Happens From Now On"
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“Oh, I see—this is just going to be how it is from here on out,” said New York City resident Brian Marcello, coming to terms with the fact that an immense storm that cripples mass transit systems and knocks out power for millions in the nation’s largest metropolitan area can no longer be regarded as an isolated, freak incident, and will henceforth be just a normal thing that happens. “Hugely destructive weather events are going to keep happening, and they are going to get worse and worse, and living through them is something that will be a part of all our lives from now on, whether we like it or not.”

“I get it now,” Marcello added.
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[Blue_Tires]

1. they had a similar piece on shooting sprees a few months back...

the 'new' normal

[libodem]

2. Good thing. it didn't kill 3,000 people

Or we WOULD have to bomb the moon!

[ThoughtCriminal]

4. Might work

kick the damn thing out of orbit and you don't have to worry about the extra boost to storm surges during high tide.

There might be some side effects, but if it means keeping gas under $4/gallon for another year or two, we'll try anything.

[libodem]

5. Yes you got my silly point

Pretty obscure. We seem so Hell bent on punishing and retaliation for being wronged. We punished all the little Afghanistan farmers we could catch and all the Iraqi school kids we could bomb for 9/11. We destroyed the constitution because they hated our "freedoms".
We funnel 60% of our tax dollars to the Pentagon to perpetuate fear and war.
How will we punish Mother Nature for global warming, flooding and high winds if the death toll equals the twin towers.
You would think we would start to take it seriously and devote the some of the resources we have to war on terror, to the war on natural disasters
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[Kalidurga]

3. I was afraid this was going to happen.

Brownie was probably the last straw, being critical of Obama being proactive in dealing with the storm situation. Now, the Onion has to resort to reporting the news straight.