[asa] Climate Change & Weather-based disasters

From the Worldwatch Institute:
"More than 800 weather-related disasters were recorded in 2007, the largest
annual total since systematic record-keeping began. These disasters caused $69
billion in recorded losses worldwide. Climate change will likely lead to more
heat-waves, heavier precipitation, broader droughts, and more-intense tropical
cyclones, all of which could further increase the number of catastrophic
weather events."
Read: (
http://www.elabs5.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=lizj,4b36,db,39ge,2f45,i39f,lzp0&MLM_MID=200994&MLM_UNIQUEID=ce103fa7f4
) Vital Signs Update: Weather-Related Disasters Dominate
Order: (
http://www.elabs5.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=lizj,4b36,db,its,aq7q,i39f,lzp0&MLM_MID=200994&MLM_UNIQUEID=ce103fa7f4
) Beyond Disasters: Creating Opportunities for Peace
 
We could add to this the Feb. 10th, 2009 tornado in Oklahoma (about 3 weeks
earlier than the "normal" storm season); the February tornado this week in
Spain and..... and ......
Of course this should not be considered to be supporting evidence of climate
change induced by global warming!
ken piers

Ken Piers

“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when
we created them.”
A. Einstein

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Received on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:38:27 -0500