Politics Play in on Storm Season

June marks the beginning of hurricane, typhoon, and cyclone season, and we have more than enough evidence to speculate on their severity this year. Good-for-not-much FEMA revealed that this year would be “above average,” (a likely result of the same administration that named May 25-26 “National Hurricane Preparedness Week[?]”

CNNmoney is also preparing citizens for the worst. In gas prices. Oil analysts inform us, “the last thing this market needs. . . is a hurricane.” Like we, the people, should really be concerned about gas spikes! Let’s revisit the science we learned in An Inconvenient Truth, shall we? The idea is that as the oceans warm up, the storms get stronger, the winds get more powerful and the hurricanes are fueled further along the coasts.

Gas produces the pollution that warms the planet and consequently propels hurricanes and other natural phenomenon onto our civilized shores of commuters and consumers. But there is still reason to be optimistic. (Unless you’re James Lovelock- the well-respected Gaia theory guy who thinks the damage we’ve done is irreversible). The Senate will hopefully pass a bill this week that changes federal law to cut greenhouse gas emissions. As Al Gore said of the bill, “While it’s important that people change their light bulbs, it’s even more important that we change the laws.”

Sharon

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