The Frankenstorm is here and it looks like it will be affecting the area until Tuesday and maybe Wednesday. Prior to the storm, I had to take down my Halloween decorations from outside as I began the Frankenstorm preparations. Even if the storm is over by Wednesday, Halloween parades may be cancelled. If the storm hasn’t ended, Trick-or-Treating may be cancelled as well.
That aside, it is worth pointing out that Hurricane Sandy is a tropical storm and it is almost November. I really have a hard time understanding how so many people can still deny the problem that Global Climate Change poses to us. As the Earth warms, the water heats up. This strengthens hurricanes making them stronger in intensity and allows them to come further north.
If we could just have congress put money towards dealing with Global Climate Change, we could avoid storms like this in the future. But no, we have a nation of idiots who hate science and reject the fact of Global Climate Change. So storm after magastorm after Frankenstorm religious wackos claim divine punishment for imagined sins instead of focuses on the real issues.
The Christian Right’s answer to preventing more hurricanes is to ban gays and take away everyone’s freedom. In fact, as long as the ACLU is allowed to exist, these religious zealots believe these hurricanes will continue. Of course, some of these religious zealots actually want more hurricanes and natural disasters because they are signs of the coming apocalypse.
