26 Oct '12, 5pm

Grist: Hurricane Sandy is "God’s revenge for the refusal of the US gov't to take action on the climate crisis" #nutso

It is ironic, way beyond ironic really, that the Nation’s Capital—and the entire Northeast– is staring down the barrel of an incredibly powerful storm about which a National Weather Service meteorologist has said, “”I’ve never seen anything like this and I’m at a loss for expletives to describe what this storm could do.” Perhaps this weather scare that may well be much more than just a scare is God’s revenge for the refusal of the U.S. government to take action on the climate crisis. Or maybe this is His way of inserting the climate issue into a Presidential election campaign that, astoundingly, has refused to discuss it. The words “global warming” and “climate” were not spoken by anyone, by the moderators or by the candidates, over the course of all four Presidential and Vice Presidential debates. And let’s be clear: this “Frankenstorm” isn’t a fluke. It is absolutely tru...

Full article: http://grist.org/article/frankenstorm-gods-latest-warning/

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