Did President Bush Cause Hurricane Ivan?
Uncle Bill Warner 200 MPH winds! Wow! The hurricanes striking Florida are getting meaner and meaner. There is much speculation in the scientific community about the reasons, but it is generally agreed that warming of the oceans as part of a pattern of global warming is a contributing factor. There seems to be a lot of denial out there about global warming. Rush Limbaugh makes fun of scientific findings that global warming is taking place and that it is a problem. Wonder if his Florida mansion is well-insured? President Bush, who evidently stays tuned in to Limbaugh’s rants, pulled out of the he Kyoto accords on global warming, citing the costs to the U.S., and pooh-poohing the existence of the problem. “Denial” is not just a river on Egypt. It is interesting to get involved in a little “what if” exercise to try to connect the dots and get a clearer picture of what is going on. The Union of Concerned Scientists, who is not, incidentally, sponsored by big corporate polluters, has some re
