Like you don't consume?

• Rita now a category 4 and taking same path as Katrina. - MI-MT
  • I live in Houston and am debating whether to leave or not. Even being a - TM
    • I live 3 hours from Houston and our weathermen are - cowgirl
    • probably heavy rains and strong winds - to your area
      • What kind of damage that far in? I am not really worried about - TM
        • mostly trees limbs causing damage by falling on wires and rooftops - there was some flooding from local creek from heav
          • They are predicting 3-5 days with no power. SM - TM
          • and I forgot to add, of course, the - power outages for hours in some areas nm
            • and.. this was with 45-60 mph wind gusts - for much of night nm
  • Same cycle as in the 1960s - Saw this on Fox News
    • The earth is a dynamic thing, and to think that WE can influence it all that much is IMO - rather silly of us. History is full of disasters.
      • Actually it is the height of human - arrogance to think we can't....sm
        • The trouble is, everything is politicized... - SM
          • Yeah...let's not try to do anything constructive because everybody is contributing to the problem - No ostrich here.
          • We are 4.65% of the world's population - and consume 25% of its energy.sm
            • And we have the largest economy on earth, and lots of good comes - from our wealth and ability to help others around
              • And create enormous amounts of trash and pollution. Human overbreeding is doing us in. nm - population control
                • American's don't overbreed. We use birth control - talk to the third world countries
              • We are the largest consumer of goods. nm. - Passing through
                • Apologize for the mistake...meant sm, not nm. - Passing through
              • Or New Orleans! or Mississippi! - so much help and so timely!! nm
              • Yeah, like in Iraq....lots of help there - OMG! no message
              • So in the meantime, consume, - consume, consume like there's.sm
                • Like you don't consume? - nm
                  • Duh, everybody does, but you'd be - surprised at how wasteful.....sm
                    • What, like most people don't do those things? - most people DO
  • yep, global warming? But projected path is Galveston due to high pressure & - they are in the process of evac'ing. NM
    • Global warming my Aunt Fannie... Check history, there have been numerous cycles like this - with high hurricaine activity. nm
      • Not this many, this frequently, - this intense....NM
        • The truth is.... - SM
          • More truth - see link.
            • You proved my point.. Most active ON RECORD, which is but a blip in - the earth's existence. nm
              • A man hears what he wants to - hear and disregards the rest...sm
                • Just give up...no point in reasoning with an individual who does not want to understand. nm. - No ostrich here.
                  • Oh gawd, you MUST be a liberal... You all think you're so enlightened. - and couldn't possibly be wrong about anything.
                    • Being educated about the environment and caring about what is left for the next generation does not - No ostrich here.
                      • I care and I do educate myself, but the jury is still out on global warming. - The facts ma'am
                        • According to who...Faux News? - LOL - no message
                          • As opposed to Commie News Network? - nm
                      • ...does not make me a liberal. nm. - No ostrich here.
  • I just hope some of the rain comes up to VA, it has not rained - in ~ 6 weeks or more here - sm
    • We had some storms with heavy rain yesterday but did not make a dent - Richmonder

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