National Guard chief: Climate change possibly causing 'bigger, larger, more violent' storms
Source: The Hill
The National Guard's top general said Tuesday that climate change may be causing storms to become bigger, larger, more violent, which he said underscores the need to keep service members spread across the country to respond.
I do think that the climate is changing, and I do think that it is becoming more severe, Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief of the National Guard Bureau, told reporters Tuesday morning in response to a question from The Hill. I do think that storms are becoming bigger, larger, more violent. You know, I never know if this one speck of time is an anomaly or not, but, you know, we've all seen now three Category 5 storms that popped out in a period of a month.
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Asked Tuesday how climate change has affected his preparations for natural disasters, Lengyel said recent storms underline the need to have a robust Guard presence in each state.
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The Pentagon first called climate change a national security threat during the Obama administration. Defense Secretary James Mattis also cited climate change as a national security threat during his confirmation process.
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Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/351404-national-guard-chief-climate-is-changing-possibly-causing-bigger-larger-more
Permanut
(5,656 posts)Obviously doesn't know what he's talking about. Bust him down to private, and replace him with someone more qualified, like Pat Robertson or Joel Osteen.
Initech
(100,107 posts)Or is half the country on fire, and the other half drowning because of hurricanes not enough?
truthisfreedom
(23,159 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,908 posts)montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)will probably brag how he has had the biggest, most powerful hurricanes and fires !
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)It's hard to keep up with his non stop demented remarks.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Retirement Paper Work Completed. Donnie Dipstick is not going allow this type of talk.
Brother Buzz
(36,478 posts)I like to think he downloaded ream and reams of the government climate change reports Trump ordered scrubbed, and is more then willing to wheel them in to his hearing to enter into the records; this just might be the general greatest fight.