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highplainsdem

(49,044 posts)
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 10:59 PM Sep 2017

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

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National Guard chief: Climate change possibly causing 'bigger, larger, more violent' storms (Original Post) highplainsdem Sep 2017 OP
Okay, that's about enough from this clown.. Permanut Sep 2017 #1
Will there ever be a right time to talk about climate change, assholes? Initech Sep 2017 #2
Ya think? truthisfreedom Sep 2017 #3
Well, dun. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #4
Stupid ass child - narcissist dump montana_hazeleyes Sep 2017 #5
Hasn't he already, sort of. His remarks after Harvey sounded like it. SammyWinstonJack Sep 2017 #8
That's true! montana_hazeleyes Sep 2017 #10
Well,hope he has his Wellstone ruled Sep 2017 #6
I need to think the general has one last fight in him Brother Buzz Sep 2017 #7
Here is ton's of hope. Wellstone ruled Sep 2017 #9

Permanut

(5,656 posts)
1. Okay, that's about enough from this clown..
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 11:44 PM
Sep 2017

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)
2. Will there ever be a right time to talk about climate change, assholes?
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:13 AM
Sep 2017

Or is half the country on fire, and the other half drowning because of hurricanes not enough?

montana_hazeleyes

(3,424 posts)
5. Stupid ass child - narcissist dump
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:10 AM
Sep 2017

will probably brag how he has had the biggest, most powerful hurricanes and fires !

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
6. Well,hope he has his
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:19 AM
Sep 2017

Retirement Paper Work Completed. Donnie Dipstick is not going allow this type of talk.

Brother Buzz

(36,478 posts)
7. I need to think the general has one last fight in him
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:57 AM
Sep 2017

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.

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