The costs of Nemo aren't even in yet and the damage to infrastructure and lost revenue to businesses is significant. There are huge questions as to what occurs next with infrastructure that actually promotes the survival of citizens when a storm removes electricity and heat in the coldest times of winter.
The Climate Crisis is real whether it is called Global Warming or any other verbiage. It is costing the USA extraordinary amounts of money. We have witnessed in less than four months two historically damaging storms. Storms that create a new venue of infrastructure for the USA. The President gave the Climate Crisis recognition in his State of the Union speech for very, very real reasons.
President Obama was not speaking to his base and playing politics regardless of Right Wing pundents that always states '...it is political rhetoric.' The man was re-elected, he has many current members of Congress looking for re-election in 2014, some in marginal districts; does anyone actually believe President Obama is intentionally attempting to make their elections more difficult?
He was addressing a joint session of Congress. Both the House and Senate were under the same dome and the pressing reality of the Climate Crisis is being felt in the Oval Office. That is why he was compelled to bring the topic to the national forum.
The Climate Crisis is real whether it is called Global Warming or any other verbiage. It is costing the USA extraordinary amounts of money. We have witnessed in less than four months two historically damaging storms. Storms that create a new venue of infrastructure for the USA. The President gave the Climate Crisis recognition in his State of the Union speech for very, very real reasons.
President Obama was not speaking to his base and playing politics regardless of Right Wing pundents that always states '...it is political rhetoric.' The man was re-elected, he has many current members of Congress looking for re-election in 2014, some in marginal districts; does anyone actually believe President Obama is intentionally attempting to make their elections more difficult?
He was addressing a joint session of Congress. Both the House and Senate were under the same dome and the pressing reality of the Climate Crisis is being felt in the Oval Office. That is why he was compelled to bring the topic to the national forum.
U.S. Northeast Counts Cost of Deadly Storm Nemo (click here)
FEB 10, 2013 03:40 PM ET //
The northeast of the United States crawled out from under a mammoth blizzard Sunday that caused at least nine deaths and paralyzed the region with high winds and heaps of snow.
More than 300,000 customers were still without power in the wake of the storm that struck a slew of states and dumped as much as three feet of snow across New England before battering three Canadian provinces....
I am tired of addressing this issue over and over again as well. Since 2004 this blog has attempted to bring attention to this dynamic coming at the global community like a railroad train. I can only reflect on the lost lives, the destroyed biotic content over that period of time and realize how the level of denial is still remarkable. It was time the President of the United States began to address this very real threat. It was President Obama that finally decided this was enough of a threat to make it real to Congress and to the nation. I am grateful for that, but, it should be the nation and the international community that is grateful to him as well.
'Unprecedented' weather hampers emergency responders in Connecticut (click here)
I am tired of addressing this issue over and over again as well. Since 2004 this blog has attempted to bring attention to this dynamic coming at the global community like a railroad train. I can only reflect on the lost lives, the destroyed biotic content over that period of time and realize how the level of denial is still remarkable. It was time the President of the United States began to address this very real threat. It was President Obama that finally decided this was enough of a threat to make it real to Congress and to the nation. I am grateful for that, but, it should be the nation and the international community that is grateful to him as well.
'Unprecedented' weather hampers emergency responders in Connecticut (click here)
Published: Saturday, February 09, 2013
Rick Fontana, deputy director of emergency management operations for New Haven, said the weekend’s historic blizzard wrought havoc on the city’s emergency response apparatus — a story repeated in towns and cities across Connecticut.
“This is something we’ve never seen,” Fontana said. “This is an unprecedented storm for us.”
Fontana said that during the morning hours at the height of the storm, New Haven endured 55 mph winds and a snowfall rate of 5 inches per hour. During this time, emergency vehicles and ambulances became stuck in the snow, sometimes with patients en route to the hospital....
The fact the emergency infrastructure fell apart is not a concern if you weren't the people in need at the other end of the arriving ambulance. Okay? This is a national emergency. People died.
The Republicans can talk about the National Debt and throw around numbers all they want, but, with the Climate Crisis demanding huge spending to recover citizen's lives, rebuild infrastructure, RETURN ECONOMIC FUNCTIONING and attempt to bend the curve on Greenhouse Gases, this is only the beginning and all the 'hot air' wasted on the Debt Fuss is becoming all too obvious.
To talk PLAIN LANGUAGE on a household BUDGET; when attempting to rein in wayward spending and bloated past spending, there has to be a realization the 'out of bounds' spending is going to stop. Right? Anyone knows that if the their debt is going to be addressed, which in some circles in the USA is a national past time, the hideous spending has to stop. Well. Here we are with the USA addressing it's national debt, it's credit rating and there is no end to the spending in sight. Not that the debt should not be addressed, but, as I have said before "Addressing the entitlements is child's play compared to the burgeoning dynamics of the Climate Crisis."
HELLO?
President Obama did not attempt to make the elections of 2014 any more difficult for members of his party. He wants the support of both sides of the aisle because the nation demands it. He absolutely looks to the Democratic Party to work with his Executive Branch responsibilities to the nation. He spoke to Global Warming, the Climate Crisis and the burden of high greenhouse gas content of Earth for very real reasons. The American people need to take the problems this dynamic is causing seriously. We are facing chronic and devastating drought, destroyed biotic content of Earth, reduced crop yields and loss of water resources in the USA and globally. President Obama has addressed this twice, in his Inauguration speech and now again in the State of the Union speech. He means it. We all need to take his words seriously.
Rick Fontana, deputy director of emergency management operations for New Haven, said the weekend’s historic blizzard wrought havoc on the city’s emergency response apparatus — a story repeated in towns and cities across Connecticut.
“This is something we’ve never seen,” Fontana said. “This is an unprecedented storm for us.”
Fontana said that during the morning hours at the height of the storm, New Haven endured 55 mph winds and a snowfall rate of 5 inches per hour. During this time, emergency vehicles and ambulances became stuck in the snow, sometimes with patients en route to the hospital....
The fact the emergency infrastructure fell apart is not a concern if you weren't the people in need at the other end of the arriving ambulance. Okay? This is a national emergency. People died.
The Republicans can talk about the National Debt and throw around numbers all they want, but, with the Climate Crisis demanding huge spending to recover citizen's lives, rebuild infrastructure, RETURN ECONOMIC FUNCTIONING and attempt to bend the curve on Greenhouse Gases, this is only the beginning and all the 'hot air' wasted on the Debt Fuss is becoming all too obvious.
To talk PLAIN LANGUAGE on a household BUDGET; when attempting to rein in wayward spending and bloated past spending, there has to be a realization the 'out of bounds' spending is going to stop. Right? Anyone knows that if the their debt is going to be addressed, which in some circles in the USA is a national past time, the hideous spending has to stop. Well. Here we are with the USA addressing it's national debt, it's credit rating and there is no end to the spending in sight. Not that the debt should not be addressed, but, as I have said before "Addressing the entitlements is child's play compared to the burgeoning dynamics of the Climate Crisis."
HELLO?
President Obama did not attempt to make the elections of 2014 any more difficult for members of his party. He wants the support of both sides of the aisle because the nation demands it. He absolutely looks to the Democratic Party to work with his Executive Branch responsibilities to the nation. He spoke to Global Warming, the Climate Crisis and the burden of high greenhouse gas content of Earth for very real reasons. The American people need to take the problems this dynamic is causing seriously. We are facing chronic and devastating drought, destroyed biotic content of Earth, reduced crop yields and loss of water resources in the USA and globally. President Obama has addressed this twice, in his Inauguration speech and now again in the State of the Union speech. He means it. We all need to take his words seriously.
