I was somewhat dismayed to hear a NOAA scientist today, who was being interviewed by NPR, when asked if he felt that global warming was causing intensified hurricane seasons, pretty much boohoo that idea while simultaneously saying that other factors, such as warming waters, etc., etc., were much more significant. So, I'm thinking, dah, what do you think is causing warmer oceans? I had to think, did he really even say that? I'm pretty sure he did. So how can he not correlate the obvious? Well, he works for the government, so have we reached the point where government scientists don't dare put two and two together? Is NOAA now compromised too or are they just plain doctrinaire?

Anyway, by happy coincidence, there is an LA Times article out today that does correlate the two. See http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/083005A.shtml

In it meteorologist Kerry Emanuel of MIT does make a strong case for global warming (which so obviously does raise water temperatures) being a contributing factor to intensified hurricanes, such as the monstrous Katrina still running amuck. To me Katrina is a giant wakeup call that we have to redouble, indeed triple our efforts to transform our energy resources.

Energetically,

Mac Mckinney