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It never takes the environmental wackos long
by Dave
12/27/2004 04:25:00 PM
It never takes the environmental wackos long to say really stupid things in the wake of any disaster. AFP reports Human activities contributed to tsunami's ravages: environmental expert.
But what kind of BS are they spewing? The report says "Human activities, notably the building of coastal resorts and the destruction of natural protection, contributed to the enormous loss of life from killer tidal waves that hit the shores of the Indian Ocean after an earthquake, an environmental expert said." It goes on to claim that coral reefs and mangroves would have provided protection by slowing the force of the wave.
Absolutely no bloody way. These tsunamis killed people 3,000 miles from the epicenter. Shallow water merely jacks waves like this higher. It does nothing to stop or even mitigate it. A tsunami warning system would have saved a huge percentage of those who died. And presumably the world will help build one. Maybe Kofi Annan can contribute some of his ill-gotten gains to the building of such a system.
So let's cut the BS and concentrate on helping those people who did not perish while making the next "event" less hazardous by having a warning system in place.
Envirowhackos, keep your mouths shut, if you can't say anything constructive.
But what kind of BS are they spewing? The report says "Human activities, notably the building of coastal resorts and the destruction of natural protection, contributed to the enormous loss of life from killer tidal waves that hit the shores of the Indian Ocean after an earthquake, an environmental expert said." It goes on to claim that coral reefs and mangroves would have provided protection by slowing the force of the wave.
Absolutely no bloody way. These tsunamis killed people 3,000 miles from the epicenter. Shallow water merely jacks waves like this higher. It does nothing to stop or even mitigate it. A tsunami warning system would have saved a huge percentage of those who died. And presumably the world will help build one. Maybe Kofi Annan can contribute some of his ill-gotten gains to the building of such a system.
So let's cut the BS and concentrate on helping those people who did not perish while making the next "event" less hazardous by having a warning system in place.
Envirowhackos, keep your mouths shut, if you can't say anything constructive.
1 Comments:
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This illustrates that environmentalists are media whores.
Jeff McNeely, the environmentalist in question, tried to point blame on the people who perished when he said, "What has made this a disaster is that people have started to occupy part of the landscape that they shouldn't have occupied."
What a callous statement! I suppose if that Earthquake actually struck off the coast of California, producing a tsunami that killed 50,000 people in San Francisco, he would have blamed San Franciscans for having taken residence in San Francisco.
The fact is that there is no place on Earth that is completely safe from natural disaster.
For McNeely to make such an irresponsible statement, shows that he takes no issue with using the deaths of thousands of people for get media attention. And shame on the French media for giving this pig the opportunity to point blame at the victims.By
Steve, at 8:01 PM, December 27, 2004
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