They weren't just anyone making
claims about hurricanes and global warming — they were UN-recognized experts.
Nor is denial of any warming the same as skepticism about Gore's hysterical
claims about hurricanes.
Not exact matches
The storm activity comes after
Hurricane Harvey
claimed about 60 lives and caused property damage estimated at as much as $ 180 billion in Texas and Louisiana.
Stanley Holdorf, an NLG attorney, told me, «There are a sufficiently large number of discrepancies and inconsistencies to raise credible concerns
about the veracity of TDCJ
claims that these photos and video were, in fact, shot on a single day in
hurricane - affected units post-Harvey.»
«We have received reports from our members, statewide,
about too many Floridians still waiting to receive full and fair settlements for
Hurricane Irma
claims,» he said by email.
Editor's note:
Hurricane Irma
claimed about 1,000 mobile homes, the Keys» previous answer to affordable housing.
Hurricane Irma
claimed about 1,000 mobile homes, the Keys» previous answer to affordable housing.
We are not talking
about some ignorant preacher
claiming tornadoes and
hurricanes and such are God's willful actions.
When I remember the heartbreaking footage from
Hurricane Katrina, or think
about the awful situations in so many inner cities and in rural areas across the country, I question whether or not our nation's wealth is really a «blessing from God,» as so many people
claim.
I agree with the point of your article, BUT your reference to a «conditional covenant» is the same reasoning that leads to protesters at soldiers» funerals and
claims that
Hurricane Katrina is an act of God's wrath (although I don't think there was agreement on what God was mad
about).
The U.S. government's National Flood Insurance Program has
about $ 7.6 billion in available funds to pay
Hurricane Harvey - related
claims with analysts estimating damages of several times that amount.
HURRICANES HARVEY AND IRMA NOTE: If you've been impacted by
Hurricane Harvey, this page provides resources
about how to File Your Flood
Claim.
Remember, the early and subsequent
claims were
about some very drastic consequences such as very noticeable sea level rise or very frequent huge
hurricanes by now.
Operating cost for electric cars is $ 0.50 to $ 0.75 per mile versus $ 0.10 for gasoline powered cars once battery replacement costs are included By 2020, Chinese PER CAPITA emissions will be higher than America's Does not believe that the 0.6 degree temperature rise to date is the West's «fault,» but does believe that China is the future problem Whatever U.S. does
about emissions reduction and what people do as individuals is totally trivial in face of the fact that China is adding huge amounts of coal fired generating capacity The most meaningful emissions reduction strategy today would be to convert China from coal to natural gas The
claim that there are more frequent or more intense
hurricanes and tornadoes as a result of AGW is not scientifically supported We can reduce emissions, but it is important that we do the RIGHT things (and NOT the WRONG ones) Not worried
about «peak oil;» coal can be converted to liquid fuel
«This year's massive
hurricanes in the Atlantic and Caribbean and devastating floods in South Asia should be a wake - up call to the World Bank and other institutions who
claim to care
about climate change,» said Alex Doukas, Stop Funding Fossils Program Director at Oil Change International.
THe UK - based Scientific Alliance takes issue with
claims of links between Atlantic
hurricanes and so - called «man - made global warming» (aka climate change): «But no amount of moral blackmail will enable us to tune the climate to our liking when long term natural processes are underway,
about which we understand very little and can not control.»
Such tenuous
claims of attribution have
about as much scientific standing as Pat Robertson saying that
Hurricane Katrina was the result of the vengeful wrath of God... Like Pat Roberson's attribution of Katrina to the wrath of God in punishment for our sins, Krugman's attribution of unrest in the Middle East to the wrath of Climate in punishment for our sins is in one sense just emotive commentary from an uninformed pundit.
I know Judith
claims that the
hurricane fallout was dealt with well, but would it have come out so well if the issue had arisen * before * the hockeystick controversy came
about, or if John Houghton had been photographed standing before a Webster plot of ever increasing
hurricane strength?
Those
claiming that predictions of greater damage to come are exagerated, should look no further than Katrina's impact, heard is
about $ 200 billion US now, certainly the biggest one in history despite other monster
hurricanes in the past.
As
Hurricane Sandy is downgraded from Frankenstorm (or to be more accurate from a literary perspective, Frankenstorm's monster) to dreary landlocked storm, coastal cities start their cleanup, and the media moves on to speculating
about the cleanup cost.1 Storm cleanup inevitably leads to swarms of insurance adjusters to deal with the various legitimate and less - legitimate insurance
claims.
You can read more
about the
claims process in the Rocket Lawyer article, How to File an Insurance
Claim After
Hurricane Sandy article.
It's a good idea to ask your agent specifically
about how your policy would handle
claims for different damaging weather scenarios such as
hurricanes.
If you are having a problem getting your insurance company to pay your home related
hurricane damage
claim, then a good piece of advice is to speak with an experienced Florida real estate lawyer to learn
about your rights.
HURRICANES HARVEY AND IRMA NOTE: If you've been impacted by
Hurricane Harvey, this page provides resources
about how to File Your Flood
Claim.