[quote name='drunken_master'][quote name='coffman'][quote name='drunken_master'][quote name='pfunkpearl']Kerry spoke with with ease and conviction while bush dodged questions and resorted personal attacks. The last resort of a desperate politician. I find it ironic that the terrible storms are hitting Florida, seeing as they are acts of global warming and they were state that put george bush, who could give 2 shits about the environment, into power. The Irony is thick.[/quote]
1. That global warming bullshit has nothing to do with the hurricanes.
2. shaq-fu you for associating bush with hurricanes like it is his fault.
3. I live just north of Fort Myres, one of the hardest hit, and I am damed lucky to still have a house, where as several of my friends have very little house.
4. The hurricanes were not caused by global warming and only someone who is truly ignorant would draw those conclusions.[/quote]
It is predicted that as global warming becomes more severe, the strength and intensity of hurricanes will increase. Category 5 storms are predicted to be the norm in the worst case global warming scenario. As the ocean temperature rises it could in theory produce more storms, some of which would result in hurricanes.[/quote]
If you had bothered to do your reserch than you would know that the avrage rise in tepriture for the past 100 years is acualy lower than what it was 500 years ago.[/quote]
Since the beginning of the 20th century, the mean surface temperature of the earth has increased by about 1.1º F (0.6°Celsius).
Over the last 40 years, which is the period with most reliable data, the temperature increased by about 0.5 º F (0.2-0.3°Celsius).
Warming in the 20th century is greater than at any time during the past 400-600 years.
Seven of the ten warmest years in the 20th century occurred in the 1990s. 1998, with global temperatures spiking due to one of the strongest El Niños on record, was the hottest year since reliable instrumental temperature measurements began.
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/global_warming/index.cfm
So where did you get your information from? The RNC website?