Weird weather

It was a classic (and upsetting) TV moment made doubly glorious by the look of horror that appeared on Mike Myers (Austin Powers) face as he heard what Kanye was saying.  It did however seem to be entirely correct, as the poorer black residents were left to fend for themselves in the New Orleans Superdome and the flooded streets of their city.
It is amazing that the so-called Superpower fucked it up so badly, because they knew it was coming and they knew it was going to be bad and they had huge resources to fix it but because of the way their society is set up only those with money were able to escape the city and leaving the city’s blue collar class (i.e – the majority of the city’s black folks) to fend for themselves. This feature could easily turn into a rant about the whole Katrina situation but for the full story you need to check out the HBO documentary When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts by Spike Lee. Bottom line is that even two years after it happened there are huge areas of the city that look exactly the same –  destroyed and derelict and not by coincidence they all happen to be the poor black areas. Personally I would go further than Kanye and say that George Bush does not care about anyone who is not one of his Texas cronies but I don't want the secret service sticking their probes down my burrow so I'll leave it there.
While the green brigade were quick to assert that Katrina happened as a direct result of climate change and so proved that it was happening, a lot of scientists stayed on the fence and would only commit themselves a tad saying that climate change could increase the frequency and severity of hurricanes but they would not make the direct link stating it would be un-provable – the wussies.
But the way I see it, something is definitely happening, I mean how else do you explain those end of September tornadoes in…Luton!
What Katrina and those recent tornadoes in England prove is that no country, no matter how big and rich can beat Mother Nature when she turns nasty.
Here's a rundown of the extreme weather events the U.N. World Meteorological Association has cataloged in recent months:

Caribbean: Jamaica is accustomed to getting battered by hurricanes and this year was no different with category 4 'Dean' making an unwelcome appearance late summer. Luckily it was not as bad as had been predicted, but it still mashed up a few dances and went on to trouble Mexico as well.
India: The Indian summer monsoon season's first half saw twice as many monsoon depressions as normal, leading to catastrophic flooding across South Asia, 500 deaths, the displacement of 10 million people, and the destruction of vast acreage of farmland and property. That is like one sixth of the UK population having to leave their house and find somewhere else to build a new one!
Middle East: Got a big surprise from Cyclone Gonu which was the first documented cyclone in the Arabian Sea. It hit Oman and Iran in early June, killing 50 and affecting 20,000 others.
Africa: February floods in Mozambique, the worst in six years, killed 30 and led to the evacuations of 120,000. Heavy and early rainfall in Sudan since the end of June has caused the Nile and other rivers to swell, and the flooding has damaged more than 16,000 homes.
Uganda declared a state of emergency in September across several northern and eastern regions worst-hit by rains and floods that have affected an estimated 1.5 million people across Africa since August. The Ugandan government said at least 18 people had died due to the flooding and some 400,000 people were in need of assistance after being driven from their homes by the fast-rising waters or losing their livelihoods. The situation has since worsened with more rain, the floods have destroyed yet more houses and bridges, forcing whole refugee camps to be evacuated and render millions more dollars worth of lifesaving crops valueless.
South America: Uruguay had its worst floods since 1959 in May, affecting 110,000 people and severely damaging crops and buildings.
China: Floods and landsides caused 120 deaths and affected 13.5 million people, while other parts of the country are rapidly turning into desert.

Weird Weather Facts
The U.S. government agency that runs the National Weather Service announced that nine of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 1995.

Experts on Greenland glaciers reported that the frozen rivers are melting, dumping twice as much ice into the Atlantic Ocean than they did a decade ago.