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With flood waters barely beginning to recede, CBS Evening News ran a segment on Wednesday blaming climate change and the construction of Houston for the high level of destruction from Hurricane Harvey. “So why was Harvey so devastating to Houston? Some experts tell us the Gulf of Mexico is as much as seven degrees warmer than average,” announced Co-Anchor Demarco Morgan from Houston.
Morgan handed the story off to Manuel Bojorquez who had conducted an interview with Rice University Professor Jim Blackburn. “Was this just a natural disaster,” Bojorquez asked. “No. No, this was a climate influenced storm, there's no question,” Blackburn replied.
It’s worth reporting that Blackburn was a noted climate change alarmist and apparently Bojorquez’s only source of information for his report. “Blackburn has authored numerous legal papers and has received several local, state and national awards for environmental advocacy,” according to his Rice University biography.
“He says when Harvey came ashore, the storm laid bare another problem decades in the making: The massive paving over of the area’s natural wetlands and prairies,” Bojorquez said, teeing up Blackburn to blame Houston’s construction for the damage.
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