Poor nations want U.S. to pay reparations for extreme weather

[Steve Miller]

Poor nations want U.S. to pay reparations for extreme weather: http://ow.ly/S94BI

 

[Todd Lemery]

Wow. All I can say....

 

[Tim Paitz]

Maybe they can pay back all of the aid we've given them over the years.

 

[joel ewing]

It'll all be included in your "Global Tax" the United Nations aims for us to pay. Hey....you folks all wanted "CHANGE". I tried to warn 'ya.

 

[rdale]

It'll all be included in your "Global Tax" the United Nations aims for us to pay.

Ahh yes - Agenda 22.

(Conspiracy freaks keep talking about Agenda 21 -- that's just a ploy by Obama and the UN to take over Oklahoma and cut it off from the rest of the US. Agenda 22 is where we are really going to be hurt...)

 

[ScottCurry]

I think these nations heard "Climate Change", and thought we were giving away our spare change (if you can call $100 million a year spare change).

 

[David Hodges]

This doesn't surprise anybody. Just send the bill to the US and they will pay it like they pay for everything else. Next I wouldn't be surprise to hear that the countries that are releasing their citizens to immigrate here because we give these people free money, food and housing for doing so when our citizens wouldn't qualify for this type of aid would ask us to pay if someone gets hit on the head with a hail stone.

 

[rdale]

Glad we can keep politics out of a weather discussion!

Oh wait...

 

[Todd Lemery]

Correct, this is a weather site. However, the main focus of the article was other countries trying to get money from us. Now, on to the weather.....

 

[Kelton Halbert]

I'd like to know how they plan to quantify climate change induced severe weather vs. normal extreme weather. Tropical cyclones in the Pacific? Totally climate change. That never happens.

I just find it to be an odd thing to think about.

 

[Jesse Risley]

Basically, we realize that some weather or climate related topics are inherently tied to politics or government oversight, e.g., climate change, carbon taxes, NOAA/NWS funding, legislating chasing or lack thereof, and certain regulations on businesses and industries that, when tied to environmental factors, inherently becomes a political football. This is basically addressed in the FAQ under the forum usage guidelines.

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[Karen St John]

We should charge S. American countries for damages due to tornadoes caused when their butterflies flap their wings.