Hurricane Katrina’s Real Name

An op-ed in today’s Boston Globe is today’s Stink Hammer Award winner. Ross Gelbspan, a former journalist and Pulitzer Prize winning author hits the nail on the head. Hurricane Katrina’s real name is global warming.
Just the latest in a series of extreme weather events, hurricane Katrina has laid waste to sizable portion of the Gulf Coast. Initial estimates suggest insurance claims could reach over $29 billion.
To put Katrina and the growing frequency of storms into context, Katrina is the fourth largest hurricane to make landfall in the United States, and likely the strongest hurricane to have made landfall in the Gulf. Katrina made landfall almost 10 years to the day of hurricane Andrew. As you know, hurricanes are named in order of the alphabet, so 10 years ago the first storm of the season, Andrew made landfall causing massive destruction in Florida. This year, we are already on K (Katrina) with more than 9 weeks to go in this year’s hurricane season. Coincidence? That’s what the punks at ExxonMobil would have you believe.
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