Global Warming Alarmists in Media Ignore Freezing Fire Hydrants in Alaska

[GaryC 7]

A rather inconvenient truth occurred in late March that went totally unreported by the global warming alarmists in the media.

On the very day that soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore was informing Congress of the planet’s imminent doom, the Anchorage Daily News reported that this winter has been so cold there that fire hydrants are exploding.

I bet your favorite drive-by media outlet didn’t share any of this as they were falling all over themselves with sycophantic praise for the global warming alarmist-in-chief (h/t NB member dscott, emphasis added throughout):

A cold spell last November, plus a too-cold March, drove frost deeper than usual in Anchorage this winter, down to about nine feet, which is just one foot above the official burial depth of city water pipes.

Pipes buried 10 feet underground are freezing all around the city, according to the Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility.

The main lines are flowing fine, said Brett Jokela, assistant general manager of AWWU.

But even as spring slunk into town, fire hydrants popped out of the ground Monday and Tuesday nights and sent water flowing into buildings. And the spurs that lead to houses -- which property owners are responsible for -- are freezing around the city.

"Everything in town is freezing up faster than we can keep it thawed out," said Larry Libby, owner of Libby Thawing Service, who was out trying to get a main line flowing on Fort Richardson on Tuesday.

Isn’t that just delicious? The article marvelously continued:

November's weather lies at the heart of the problems this month. November is generally one of Anchorage's snowiest months, said National Weather Service meteorologist-in-charge Bob Hopkins. The snow insulates the ground. But in fall 2006, there was virtually none until December.

On top of that, November temperatures averaged a low of 5 and a high of 18, versus the normal average high of 28, according to National Weather Service data. The frost deepened and the stage was set for frozen pipes in the spring.

This year's freeze isn't the worst ever -- that was 10 years ago, when the frost reached about 13 1/2 feet deep, Libby said.

Hmmm. So the worst-ever freeze was ten years ago? I thought the globe has been warming for the past century?

Facts certainly are a stupid thing, aren’t they? Maybe folks like Gore and his not so merry band of alarmists should try them sometime.

Of course, that wouldn't fit with the agenda being driven, would it? After all, if we want Americans to believe the globe is warming, we certainly wouldn't want to report the parts of the planet that are actually colder than usual, would we?

Conversely, if this were the mid-70s, and the fear-mongering was an imminent ice age, do you think exploding fire hydrants in Alaska would have been headline news?

America's Media Motto: We Only Report What Fits Our Agenda!

What a disgrace!

http://newsbusters.org/node/11840

[Robor007 0]

From: NewsBusters with a motto of 'Exposing and Combating Liberal Media Bias'. <=== Yes, they sound very unbiased.

This isolated cold season in Alaska doesn't mean global warming isn't happening any more than an isolated warm season means it is. We didn't have a single day below freezing in my area but I wouldn't say it's proof of global warming. By the authors logic I guess it would though.

Lame.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

That's all you got? Attack the source!!! Even if the story is true.

[randolady 1]

I really don't understand how global warming has become a political issue. What are Republicans afraid of? Emission regulations? Cleaner fuel? Ahhhh scary!

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

I really don't understand how global warming has become a political issue. What are Republicans afraid of? Emission regulations? Cleaner fuel? Ahhhh scary!

You promote cleaner fuels (including nuclear power), cleaner emissions and cleaner water because it's the right thing to do not because some POLITICIAN (Al Gore) is scaring people with bad science.

[Dr_LHA 3]

I really don't understand how global warming has become a political issue. What are Republicans afraid of? Emission regulations? Cleaner fuel? Ahhhh scary!

Yes they're afraid of those things because they cost money to implement, and their buddies in industry don't like it when their massive profits see a small cut. Heaven help us if Exxon couldn't make their largest profits in history! Quick we need more government subsidies for polluting industries!

[homesick_american 1]

Global warming is a misleading term for what's going on. Climate change is a more accurate term. Whatever you want to call it, it's real and it's only going to get worse.

[Dr_LHA 3]

You promote cleaner fuels (including nuclear power), cleaner emissions and cleaner water because it's the right thing to do not because some POLITICIAN (Al Gore) is scaring people with bad science.

Agreed. Either way you shouldn't do nothing though. Gore at least is trying to get something done, even if you don't believe in his methods, science or politics. Conservation and a cleaner environment are not a bi-partisan issue, and should be addressed by any government. The only reason they are not is because our government (Democrats and Republicans) are working for the good of industry and not the people.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Global warming is a misleading term for what's going on. Climate change is a more accurate term. Whatever you want to call it, it's real and it's only going to get worse.

the climate has been changing since the earth was formed. Why is it supposed to stay the same now? Because we are here? How arrogant.

[Dr_LHA 3]

the climate has been changing since the earth was formed. Why is it supposed to stay the same now? Because we are here? How arrogant.

I think its pretty arrogant to assume that we can't have an effect on the environment personally. I hate this attitude that we can do whatever we want and it will have no effect.

[randolady 1]

I really don't understand how global warming has become a political issue. What are Republicans afraid of? Emission regulations? Cleaner fuel? Ahhhh scary!

You promote cleaner fuels (including nuclear power), cleaner emissions and cleaner water because it's the right thing to do not because some POLITICIAN (Al Gore) is scaring people with bad science.

I agree. But if the science isn't valid, what is our gauge to tell us what's right and wrong (with respect to promoting/implementing technology)?

I find it interesting that until a few years ago (even before Al Gore went crazy with his global warming schpiel), the greenhouse effect was a well-accepted concept used to explain global warming (/climate change).

People have to be pretty dense to NOT associate the Industrial Revolution with climate change. Yes, the planet's been much colder and much hotter than this before, but those changes occurred over a much longer time.

[Robor007 0]

That's all you got? Attack the source!!! Even if the story is true.

The story is pointless and misleading. That was my point. But at least they got in another Gore bash. I'm surprised they didn't bust on his weight (again).

[randolady 1]

Global warming is a misleading term for what's going on. Climate change is a more accurate term. Whatever you want to call it, it's real and it's only going to get worse.

the climate has been changing since the earth was formed. Why is it supposed to stay the same now? Because we are here? How arrogant.

It's the rate of the change that has people so alarmed.

[Robor007 0]

Global warming is a misleading term for what's going on. Climate change is a more accurate term. Whatever you want to call it, it's real and it's only going to get worse.

the climate has been changing since the earth was formed. Why is it supposed to stay the same now? Because we are here? How arrogant.

I don't think anyone is denying climate changes over the history of earth or expecting it to stay the same now. The question is are we having a significant impact on the natural progression of climate changes?

[Dr_LHA 3]

I don't think anyone is denying climate changes over the history of earth or expecting it to stay the same now. The question is are we having a significant impact on the natural progression of climate changes?

We're not having any efffect, this is proven by the fact is was a bit chilly in Alaska. This evidence clearly trumps the collected scientific analysis of thousands of highly educated climate researchers in the world, in peer reviewed scientific journals.