Hurricane Katrina made the US public aware that global warming would likely raise the intensity of destructive storms. Australia’s great drought this past year has similarly made a mockery of Howard’s dismissive attitude toward climate change.
但是真相战胜了政治伎俩。气候本身正在传递强大而又经常是毁灭性的信息。卡特琳娜飓风让美国公众知道，全球变暖有可能增强破坏性风暴的强度。霍华德对气候变化的态度是不屑一顾。澳大利亚去年的大旱也同样对此做出了嘲讽。