Inconvenient Truth Wins Oscar
Monday February 26, 2007
I tuned in the Academy Awards in time to see what turned out to be the highlight of the event. The The Inconvenient Truth win the Oscar for the Best Documentary. Truly, as I have stated on this very publication on previous occasions this is possibly the most significant film of this century. If you have not seen it, you should.
Governors in 5 Western states today agreed to work together with a regional effort to address climate change and greenhouse emissions. The governors of Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington state will work to develop a regional target to lower greenhouse gases and create a market-based program aimed at helping businesses reach the still-undecided goals. In an early prediction, I believe the 2008 Presidential election will be decided on the issue of climate change. Just my opinion on the matter.
In the West the region has been plagued by extreme droughts and severe fire seasons in recent years. Here in the Deep South we have seen first hand the devastation from Hurricane Katrina. When Doppler radar shows tornadic rotation over an area the size of a county, even the common man can summarize that things are going on that we don't fully understand. This type of radar image was present as Katrina came over southern Mississippi on August 29, 2005. When the TV weather person gave that report, it was at that time that I thought we might not make it through the storm. We are one hundred and eighty miles inland from the coast.