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calimary

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29. Definitely recommending.

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 01:31 PM

Oct 2012

Shared Will Pitt's Truthout essay ( http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12404-the-eye-of-the-storm-that-sees-us-all ) on Facebook, with this:

Deniers, PLEASE come in out of the cold (and superstorm, and melting glaciers, and freak temperature swings, and never-heard-of-before weather phenomena)!

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Rec this thread if you think the crazy weather of recent times is due to human-caused climate change [View all] garybeck Oct 2012 OP

K&R Odin2005 Oct 2012 #1

kick ItsTheMediaStupid Oct 2012 #2

Shhh, that's an inconvenient truth... polichick Oct 2012 #3

Yeah...it's like I've seen all this in a movie somewhere deutsey Oct 2012 #126

No doubt edhopper Oct 2012 #4

No, that's not how it works rock Oct 2012 #5

It is how it works edhopper Oct 2012 #7

Exactly. TahitiNut Oct 2012 #64

Everything must always be couched in ambiguous weasel words Speck Tater Oct 2012 #9

I agree with you. This is what happens when the ozone is compromised by pollution. These radical and The Wielding Truth Oct 2012 #38

I can't believe how people can't understand that the earth is warming AAO Oct 2012 #58

We know it. We can see the truth. We will get the votes. Reason must overcome propaganda! The Wielding Truth Oct 2012 #82

You are right ! AAO Oct 2012 #91

Nope. Sorry, but garybeck Oct 2012 #11

Good points all rock Oct 2012 #12

With climate change, the weather variations become more pronounced. JDPriestly Oct 2012 #16

True, they predicted that it would take decades to get change with statistical significance. reusrename Oct 2012 #30

Thanks for the link rock Oct 2012 #33

suggestion: read what the experts say. garybeck Oct 2012 #36

Well, I see I haven't been clear enough in my posts, and that's my fault rock Oct 2012 #47

It's true that different people give different weights to different types of evidence. reusrename Oct 2012 #55

you are assuming garybeck Oct 2012 #70

I once knew a guy named Doug rock Oct 2012 #81

Weather events are, by definition, variations in the weather. reusrename Oct 2012 #87

It's called the Union of Concerned *Scientists*. read what they say. garybeck Oct 2012 #115

"global warming" is a correct term MH1 Oct 2012 #101

personally I like the term "global warming" garybeck Oct 2012 #116

that's because deafskeptic Oct 2012 #79

Ah, yes! That's super important. reusrename Oct 2012 #89

If the oceans weren't warming BainsBane Oct 2012 #28

well heaven05 Oct 2012 #32

This is part of the trend nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #25

Define "extremely gradual" NickB79 Oct 2012 #41

Agree with you. This is the gradual part. So if we can start to see some of the extreme effects grantcart Oct 2012 #48

Just a slight increase in global temperatures Chemisse Oct 2012 #86

Keep denying that it exists, RoccoR5955 Oct 2012 #94

Gradual? Arctic sea ice will be gone in 5-10 years. joshcryer Oct 2012 #109

I do WilliamPitt Oct 2012 #6

Good piece, Will..... prairierose Oct 2012 #31

All is well WilliamPitt Oct 2012 #53

Megastorms on the coasts and droughts on the plains are what we need to get used to. FVZA_Colonel Oct 2012 #8

ha! garybeck Oct 2012 #18

BIG K&R Hell Hath No Fury Oct 2012 #10

There are hundreds of weather modification corporations providing services around the globe RepublicansRZombies Oct 2012 #13

Well, I've done some research myself, and.... AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #68

K&R octoberlib Oct 2012 #14

It is an inconvenient truth that Al Gore was instrumental in shipping US jobs overseas RepublicansRZombies Oct 2012 #15

You don't buy all your products from countries that pollute and then point the finger at them AlbertCat Oct 2012 #17

Absolutely! n/t AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #69

Good post. You can add mining, drilling, forestry etc ChillZilla Oct 2012 #78

Yup Bigredhunk Oct 2012 #19

It's not possible to tie any specific weather event or even an apparent pattern to climate change slackmaster Oct 2012 #20

yes it is. garybeck Oct 2012 #34

TBH, Gary, I can't help but agree 100% with this. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #61

Welcome to the new normal caraher Oct 2012 #21

I think climate change is affecting the oldbanjo Oct 2012 #22

Of course it is. MoonRiver Oct 2012 #23

I almost didn't rec because freedom fighter jh Oct 2012 #24

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Oct 2012 #26

Human excellerated and exacerbated Kalidurga Oct 2012 #27

Definitely recommending. calimary Oct 2012 #29

Rec. Been through all kinds of storms here in NY, but these gigantic monsters are new, Chorophyll Oct 2012 #35

Recommended AnnieK401 Oct 2012 #37

k and r, and: Duh! amborin Oct 2012 #39

Of course it is and anyone that denies it doesn't deserve a seat at the table. nt Comrade_McKenzie Oct 2012 #40

How could it not be? Junkdrawer Oct 2012 #42

Romney sneers at talk of Climate Change flamingdem Oct 2012 #43

The Sneer joesdaughter Oct 2012 #104

Oh the pain, the pain flamingdem Oct 2012 #107

Well, they've been warning us about sea level changes LeftInTX Oct 2012 #44

It is tragic that anyone could still somehow manage not to see this. redqueen Oct 2012 #45

There is absolutely no evidence that climate change is happening. Hugabear Oct 2012 #46

just have a look at this crazy time sequence of air traffic around the world... Whisp Oct 2012 #49

interesting map marions ghost Oct 2012 #77

An elderly lady interviewed by my local "newspaper" queenjane Oct 2012 #50

2 years in a row a hurricane has hit the east coast and not the southeast. What more evidence do you craigmatic Oct 2012 #51

Funny how the rich own all of the ocean front property.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #52

Bye bye polar ice caps. lpbk2713 Oct 2012 #54

Only a moran would think otherwise! n/t AAO Oct 2012 #56

K&R! burrowowl Oct 2012 #57

Even if it is not human-caused salinen Oct 2012 #59

ACC is no doubt playing a major part in today's problems. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #60

I find myself sorry to think this wake-up call will not wake-up the clueless as.... Amonester Oct 2012 #65

It's not too late. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #67

I say it's too late because, given the "current" state of affair (the damn money)... Amonester Oct 2012 #90

The only sure way that nothing will happen is if we throw in the towel. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #97

This image said it all. SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2012 #62

I'm convinced it is and this isn't new, from the director of the classic "It's a Wonderful Life" Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #63

That's a great video! reusrename Oct 2012 #80

Kind of shocking isn't it? Eisenhower was President Uncle Joe Oct 2012 #113

I don't THINK it, I KNOW IT!! n/t onecent Oct 2012 #66

I had heard that other planets felix_numinous Oct 2012 #71

That and the scifi channel giving the storm ideas... RedCloud Oct 2012 #72

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar - unsure about this storm, but climate change is a problem. Politicub Oct 2012 #73

Pretty much where I stand. AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #99

That's like saying "rec this thread if you are NOT A MORAN". nt 99th_Monkey Oct 2012 #74

. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2012 #75

Until someone can tell me what human-caused conditions melted the North American Ice sheet ChillZilla Oct 2012 #76

As a geologist meeshrox Oct 2012 #83

K&R! I believe that it is human caused, man4allcats Oct 2012 #84

Unbelievable LW1977 Oct 2012 #85

Kick! sarcasmo Oct 2012 #88

Anyone who thinks the ocean isn't rising The Wizard Oct 2012 #92

K&R You know it is! n/t RoccoR5955 Oct 2012 #93

Ja think? radiclib Oct 2012 #95

Climate change is a religion. Zax2me Oct 2012 #96

What? I'm sorry, but What? AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #98

K and fuckin R! BobbyBoring Oct 2012 #100

So we can know who the painfully uninformed people are? (nt) harmonicon Oct 2012 #102

Now all we have to do is turn Rethugs & energy folks into believers and we can get down to business. Auntie Bush Oct 2012 #103

Since when does DU show who recommended a thread? BelgianMadCow Oct 2012 #105

I am a climate change scientist and I approve this message. Aldo Leopold Oct 2012 #106

like. :) garybeck Oct 2012 #119

My Mormon father in law's go to about climate change and carbon Phlem Oct 2012 #108

That must be the latest thing meeshrox Oct 2012 #128

Kick and a 'doh' rosesaylavee Oct 2012 #110

K&R. blackspade Oct 2012 #111

K&R nt abelenkpe Oct 2012 #112

accumulated evidence, not just this unprecedented storm... BREMPRO Oct 2012 #114

Hurricane Texas-Limerick Oct 2012 #117

Carl Sagan was talking about this in 1989. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #118

I remember the times on DU Duppers Oct 2012 #120

Welcome to the new normal tavalon Oct 2012 #121

I have to agree, but...... AverageJoe90 Oct 2012 #123

That photo above reminds me of AsahinaKimi Oct 2012 #122

o my GOD myshofer Oct 2012 #124

Google "Hurricane Catarina," "Super Cyclone Gonu," "Tropical Storm Delta"....... Gabby Hayes Oct 2012 #125

And maybe it's time to not live on the coast line. BlueToTheBone Oct 2012 #127

Definitely a contributing factor get the red out Oct 2012 #129

Me Liberalynn Oct 2012 #130

K&R ! GoneOffShore Oct 2012 #131