EVERYONE PANIC! WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE!
Via Newsbusters:
On Monday, both NBC’s Nightly News and ABC’s World News hyped a finding by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that, in the panicked words of NBC environmental correspondent Anne Thompson, “Extreme weather blew March 2012 into the record books. . . . It saw almost three times the average number of reported tornadoes.”
ABC weather editor Sam Champion noted how some enjoyed the unseasonably warm weather, but then ominously warned of a “potential downside” being “so much darker.” He proclaimed: “Local governments are racing to meet these challenges head on. Los Angeles today hosting a meeting of top scientists and public heath officials to plan for what they’re calling, ‘extreme climate risks.'”
Danger number one, extreme weather. The rising temperatures may create ideal conditions for more severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. . . . Danger number two, economic crisis. . . . It’s feared these extreme temperature fluctuations can endanger a whole year’s crops. . . . Danger number three, a possible public health crisis. . . . a Harvard study revealed that even small increases in summer temperatures, as small as 2 degrees, had a direct link to shorter life expectancy for seniors with chronic medical conditions. . . . Researchers predicted a tiny heat spike could result in 10,000 additional deaths a year.