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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez panics during thunderstorm
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:43 pm
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A meteorologist took Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to task after she panicked about "climate crisis" during a Thursday tornado warning in Washington, D.C.
Ocasio-Cortez attempted to connect the tornado warning to climate change on social media, but the meteorologist, Ryan Maue, set her straight.
"There's people stuck outside!" she told her Instagram followers in a video, gesturing to the heavy rain and winds occurring outside. "We need to get them out. This is crazy."
She also added, "Well, that was something. Alarms went off in the building advising people to seek shelter."
"Apparently the tornado moved/missed the city so quickly that they ended the warning shortly after," Ocasio-Cortez continued, adding "apparently this is a thing that happens in the summer here? With increasing intensity?"
The freshman lawmaker went on to share a PBS story that examined a study trying to determine whether climate change worsens the effects of tornadoes. She quoted the piece, writing, "Rather than lie squarely in the Great Plains, America's tornadoes appear to be sliding into the Midwest and Southeast."
Ocasio-Cortez told her followers, "Tornadoes are challenging to link to climate change links due to their nature (geographically, limited, acute patterns, how they form, etc.), but we DO know that tornadoes HAVE been changing. They are no longer limited to the Great Plains, and are shifting to other regions of the country."
"The climate crisis is real, y'all," she added. "Guess we're at casual tornadoes in growing regions of the country."
Maue responded to Ocasio-Cortez's alarmism, pointing out that she was confusing weather and climate change.
On Twitter, Maue wrote, "The Congresswoman @AOC does not know the difference between weather and climate. Let's try an easy analogy: Weather is what outfit you wear heading out the door. Climate is your closet wardrobe."
He also added, "I thought this was fake but it's from @AOC Instagram story. No idea what she means with 'casual tornadoes' and how this line of severe thunderstorms is proof of any 'climate crisis.' It's just the weather in D.C."
A meteorologist took Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to task after she panicked about "climate crisis" during a Thursday tornado warning in Washington, D.C.
Ocasio-Cortez attempted to connect the tornado warning to climate change on social media, but the meteorologist, Ryan Maue, set her straight.
"There's people stuck outside!" she told her Instagram followers in a video, gesturing to the heavy rain and winds occurring outside. "We need to get them out. This is crazy."
She also added, "Well, that was something. Alarms went off in the building advising people to seek shelter."
"Apparently the tornado moved/missed the city so quickly that they ended the warning shortly after," Ocasio-Cortez continued, adding "apparently this is a thing that happens in the summer here? With increasing intensity?"
The freshman lawmaker went on to share a PBS story that examined a study trying to determine whether climate change worsens the effects of tornadoes. She quoted the piece, writing, "Rather than lie squarely in the Great Plains, America's tornadoes appear to be sliding into the Midwest and Southeast."
Ocasio-Cortez told her followers, "Tornadoes are challenging to link to climate change links due to their nature (geographically, limited, acute patterns, how they form, etc.), but we DO know that tornadoes HAVE been changing. They are no longer limited to the Great Plains, and are shifting to other regions of the country."
"The climate crisis is real, y'all," she added. "Guess we're at casual tornadoes in growing regions of the country."
Maue responded to Ocasio-Cortez's alarmism, pointing out that she was confusing weather and climate change.
On Twitter, Maue wrote, "The Congresswoman @AOC does not know the difference between weather and climate. Let's try an easy analogy: Weather is what outfit you wear heading out the door. Climate is your closet wardrobe."
He also added, "I thought this was fake but it's from @AOC Instagram story. No idea what she means with 'casual tornadoes' and how this line of severe thunderstorms is proof of any 'climate crisis.' It's just the weather in D.C."
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Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:47 pm to Crimson Wraith
No matter the dumbassery, she still has an audience.
SMH
SMH
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:48 pm to Crimson Wraith
quote:
"Rather than lie squarely in the Great Plains, America's tornadoes appear to be sliding into the Midwest and Southeast."
Uh, what? Have tornados not been down here (the southeast) forever?
And if climate change is bringing them to DC with greater frequency then I’m all for it.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:51 pm to Crimson Wraith
Is she back to her 12 year prediction?
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:55 pm to OBReb6
quote:
And if climate change is bringing them to DC with greater frequency then I’m all for it.
Move the capitol to Omaha - HURRY afore Climate Change kills us all!!!!
IN fact I'v advocated for a long time to get the agencies split up around the nation - Interior in Utah - Defense in Texas - State in DC - HUD in California - etc - they can video conference when they have to.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 3:58 pm to Crimson Wraith
quote:Holy frioles.
They are no longer limited to the Great Plains,
quote:Congress should be ashamed. Voter in her district should be ashamed.
"The climate crisis is real, y'all,"
Good grief.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 4:00 pm to Crimson Wraith
If AOC had written "The Wizard of Oz", Dorothy would have been yelling to Toto about climate change when the twister hit, and then annoyed everyone on the way to the Emerald City with her complaints about lion farts, straw burning and the use of fossil fuels to lubricate mechanical men.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 4:01 pm to Crimson Wraith
quote:
She also added, "Well, that was something. Alarms went off in the building advising people to seek shelter."
Has this girl literally never experienced a tornado warning?
Posted on 5/24/19 at 4:07 pm to Taxing Authority
quote:
Congress should be ashamed. Voter in her district should be ashamed.
So true. It really is embarrassing that someone that freaking dumb is a representative in Congress. What's even more screwed up is the liberals are proud as they can be of her.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 4:09 pm to UGATiger26
I’m guessing she has never left New York until now.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 4:10 pm to Crimson Wraith
Posted on 5/24/19 at 4:11 pm to FredBear
quote:And yet some want to put these people in charge of their healthcare. These imbeciles shouldn’t be running a fruit stand.
It really is embarrassing that someone that freaking dumb is a representative in Congress
Posted on 5/24/19 at 4:14 pm to Crimson Wraith
Climate gonna gitcha AOC!
Posted on 5/24/19 at 4:15 pm to Crimson Wraith
Dry humor
Posted on 5/24/19 at 4:24 pm to Crimson Wraith
quote:
y'all
My culture is not your slang bitch.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 4:27 pm to Crimson Wraith
AOC used to panic if you asked for extra olives in your martini. 
Posted on 5/24/19 at 4:32 pm to Crimson Wraith
Had a girlfriend at LSU that absolutely would lose her shite, when it stormed really bad. Best sex I ever had.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 4:34 pm to Crimson Wraith
quote:
The freshman lawmaker went on to share a PBS story that examined a study trying to determine whether climate change worsens the effects of tornadoes. She quoted the piece, writing, "Rather than lie squarely in the Great Plains, America's tornadoes appear to be sliding into the Midwest and Southeast."
FFS.
The study I suspect she's talking about suggests an increase in tornado frequency in the SE with a connection to climate change. Not that they've only ever been Plains problem.
quote:
Ocasio-Cortez told her followers, "Tornadoes are challenging to link to climate change links due to their nature (geographically, limited, acute patterns, how they form, etc.), but we DO know that tornadoes HAVE been changing. They are no longer limited to the Great Plains, and are shifting to other regions of the country."
Sigh.
She needs to understand this better to be a lead voice for climate policy.
Just...
Posted on 5/24/19 at 4:35 pm to Crimson Wraith
she needs to hunker down like a jackass in a hail storm.
Posted on 5/24/19 at 4:37 pm to OBReb6
quote:
"Rather than lie squarely in the Great Plains, America's tornadoes appear to be sliding into the Midwest and Southeast." - AOC
quote:
Uh, what? Have tornados not been down here (the southeast) forever?
A tornado destroyed my childhood church and killed about 20 people in it on Palm Sunday in 1994.
It’s Clinton’s fault.
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