#hurricanes

Everyone except the far right wing of the Republican Party realizes that oil, gas and coal burning are the main activities that have sent the climate into bigger floods, droughts, hurricanes, and El Ninos. ↗

— Donella Meadows

#bigger #burning #climate #coal #droughts

The United States' gasoline industry, as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated, is remarkably fragile. And the process of how oil is pumped from the ground, turned into gasoline and distributed to consumers is complicated. ↗

— Gary Miller

#consumers #demonstrated #distributed #fragile #gasoline

We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form. ↗

— Sally Ride

#day #dump #during #form #hurricanes

As everyone in Louisiana knows, there was often no communication or coordination between the state and federal government in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ↗

— Bobby Jindal

#between #communication #coordination #everyone #federal

In my home State of Louisiana, several institutions of higher education have been impacted by both Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, literally dozens across the entire State. ↗

— Bobby Jindal

#been #both #dozens #education #entire

Louisiana loses 30 miles a year off our coast. We lost 100 miles last year off our coast thanks to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We have lost a size of land equivalent to the entire state of Rhode Island. ↗

— Bobby Jindal

#entire #equivalent #hurricanes #hurricanes katrina #island

Global warming creates volatility. I feel it when I'm flying. The storms are more volatile. We are paying the price in more hurricanes and tornadoes. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#feel #flying #global #global warming #hurricanes

If people were rain, I would be a drizzle and she would be a hurricane. ↗

— John Green

#hurricanes #inspirational #inspirational

I've been through quite a few hurricanes. I worked in North Carolina, where there's a housing development whose name was Landfall. ↗

— James Van Der Beek

#carolina #development #few #housing #hurricanes

Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe. ↗

— Earl Blumenauer

#around #asia #becoming #disasters #earthquakes