Posted by
Aaron McLucas on Thursday, May 08, 2008 7:29:00 PM
Al Gore is at it again. The cyclone that ravaged Myanmar would not have happened had global warming not been an issue.
“And last year a catastrophic storm from last fall hit Bangladesh. The year before, the strongest cyclone in more than 50 years hit China – and we’re seeing consequences that scientists have long predicted might be associated with continued global warming.”
Of course Myanmar, formerly Burma, has never in its history experienced a cyclone before.
Here is a Burma information site. This is the climate and weather in Burma:
Burma has a tropical monsoon climate - cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (south-west monsoon from June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (north-east monsoon from December to April). The terrain is marked by steep rugged highlands surrounding central lowlands. Natural resources include petroleum, timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, some marble, limestone, precious stones and natural gas.
Burma is subject to destructive earthquakes and cyclones, flooding and landslides common during rainy season, and deforestation.
Does this apply only since global warming has become an issue? Or is this how it has always been?