write:It wascaused by the failure of Gore’s party in the administration of New Orleans to heed 30 years of warnings by the Corpsof Engineers that the levees – dams that kept New Or

was caused by “global warming.” It was not. It wascaused by the failure of Gore’s party
in the administration of New Orleans
to heed 30 years of warnings by the Corpsof Engineers that the levees – dams that kept New Orleans dry – could not stand a direct hit by a hurricane. Katrina wasonly Category 3 when it struck the levees. They failed
as the Engineers had said they would. Gore’s party
not “globalwarming
” was to blame for the consequent death and destruction. Ms. Kreider says
“Mr. Gore has never addressed the issue of climate change and hurricane frequency.” What Goreactually says
however
addresses the frequency not only of hurricanes but also of typhoons and tornadoes –““We have seen in the last couple of years
a lot of big hurricanes. Hurricanes Jean
Francis and Ivan were among them. In the same year we had that string of big hurricanes;we also set an all time record for tornadoes in the United States. Japan again didn’t getas much attention in our news media
but they set an all time record for typhoons. Theprevious record was seven. Here are all ten of the ones they had in 2004.””