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Much of the following material was taken word-for-word from a periodic e-mail report from the Office of East Iowa Presbytery, a formal federation of about 80 local Presbyteran-Church-USA Congregations with a total local membership somewhat under 20,000 members. The writer of the essays at essayz.com was elected to served as the chief presiding officer, the moderator, of East Iowa Presbytery, for a time during the late 199O's; and also served five years in other related major positions within East Iowa Presbytery.

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OUT & ABOUT

August 3, 2006

Hurricanes and Global Warming

Is global warming causing stronger hurricanes?

The available scientific evidence indicates that it is likely that global warming will make - and possibly already is making - hurricanes stronger and more destructive.

===> EVERY UNDERLINED TEXT BELOW IS A LINK TO AN EXTENSIVE INFORMATIVE SET OF WEB PAGES! <===

Global warming is probably making hurricanes stronger and more destructive: ====> SCIENTISTS' reports.

The animations at the link below show the flooding we can anticipate in major cities as global warming raises sea levels and leads to stronger hurricanes. They show that as sea levels rise, even relatively weak storms will be able to do a great deal of damage. Miami, NYC, Boston, Washington, DC, etc.

Professional annimations of likely flooding of TWO DOZEN major USA cities.

Go to this presbytery website to find out what congregations and individuals in the presbytery are doing to help.

Find up-to-the-minute information on the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s response to Hurricane Katrina at

Response to Hurricane Katrina

Hot Enough for You?

Signs of global warming, long debated by scientists, are appearing with such frequency that communities across the world are asking whether global warming is causing the radical changes in the weather they are experiencing.

Presbyterian Church USA Environmental News"

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Click here to go to bigcity$.htm which offers a list of Threatened-Major-Cities of the World on ocean coasts.


Click below to return to:
Home Page of Essayz.com where look about 66% down the page for peakoil.htm at item: O.3

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