Image: a child evacuee in Houston Astrodome, Jacob Appelbaum.
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Al Gore made an unnanounced appearance at the Sierra Club's inaugural convention in San Francisco today. A few excerpts from his address:
When the corpses of American citizens are floating in toxic flood waters five days after a hurricane struck, it is time not only to respond directly to the victims of the catastrophe, but to hold … the leaders of our nation accountable.
The warnings about global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis, it is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences. (…)
What happened was not only knowable, it was known in advance, in great and painstaking detail. They did tabletop planning exercises. They identified exactly what the scientific evidence showed would take place.
He'd originally been scheduled to deliver a different speech today — to state insurance commissioners in New Orleans. Link to details on the Sierra Club website, and here's an AP story with more. Gore reportedly chartered two private jets this week to evacuate people from the disaster, at the request of a friend who is a physician.(Thanks, Jim)
Reader comment: mike kelley says,
Here's more info about the flights that Al Gore chartered. He brought one group into Chattanooga, TN. The large hospital in town treated 4 of those people for medical problems. Link
