Don’t Miss this Video: “A link between climate change and Joplin tornadoes? Never.”

Don’t Miss this Video: “A link between climate change and Joplin tornadoes? Never.”


by Peter Sinclair, Climate Crock of the Week, June 8, 2011


Damn I wish I’d done this.


The video takes Bill Mckibben’s recent editorial from the Washington Post, sets it to music and powerful video of the last year’s weather events.


BEST VIEWED FULL SCREEN FOR THE DETAIL IN THE IMAGES





If you haven’t seen the editorial, give that a look first. It starts out -


Caution: It is vitally important not to make connections. When you see pictures of rubble like this week’s shots from Joplin, Mo., you should not wonder: Is this somehow related to the tornado outbreak three weeks ago in Tuscaloosa, Ala., or the enormous outbreak a couple of weeks before that (which, together, comprised the most active April for tornadoes in U.S. history). No, that doesn’t mean a thing.


It is far better to think of these as isolated, unpredictable, discrete events. It is not advisable to try to connect them in your mind with, say, the fires burning across Texas — fires that have burned more of America at this point this year than any wildfires have in previous years. Texas, and adjoining parts of Oklahoma and New Mexico, are drier than they’ve ever been — the drought is worse than that of the Dust Bowl. But do not wonder if they’re somehow connected.


Thanks to Stephen Thomson of Plomomedia, for putting this together. Narrated and illustrated by Stephen Thomson of Plonomedia.com


http://climatecrocks.com/2011/06/08/dont-miss-this-video-a-link-between-climate-change-and-joplin-tornadoes-never/