The Committee Plans to hold this congress. After examining the history of the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change and the Public Health effects of Climate Change in our first two hearings, today the subcommittee turns to the impact of Climate Change on Natural Disasters. This subcommittee has three goals today. First, were going to illustrate how Natural Disasters are made both more intense and more frequent due to Climate Change. Climate change is real. We are con substantiate constan of that fact. Greenland lost 2 billion tons of ice in one day alone. 2 billion tons of ice lost in a day and weve got people still telling us not to worry that Climate Change isnt a problem. The American People know better and they know because they are already suffering from the effects. Michael man is here today to explain how and why we are seeing more intense hurricanes, more frequent wildfires and more devastating flooding because of Climate Change. Our second goal today is to examine how the fed
The government efforts. Taking a step back, you have wildfires out west, places in texas where people are coming from. The resources of the federal government are not unlimited. At what point do you worry the resources are being stretched too thin . I dont, the chief of staff general kelly says they should be able towalk and ch walk an gum at the same time. So im pretty comfortable in our ability and capacity as leaders and as institutions to handle the various things that come our way. Im extremely comfortable with President Trumps ability to do so. What i worry about is the financial resources, congress came and stepped up in a bipartisan way, i think President Trump deserves a lot of credit for putting that together. They need to not put that in the way of efficient services. As the storms continue to hurt our states and our citizens, but for now were taking responsible action. Getting better estimates and were not doing it in a way that will stop or slow down operations. Do you kno
Officially made landfall . It hasnt made landfall yet and looks like maybe 20 miles. But im not sure if plaquemans pair rish will have landfall. Its hard to defect where the eye is with a satellite, but ill show you with radar. Interesting to note still 90 Miles Per Hour sustained winds, strong category 1. Doubtful to make it to 2. It only needs another 6 Miles Per Hour up to 96 total to be a category 2. A lot of dry air is trying to infiltrate the system, which is good news. We want to see this break down quickly. You notice right in the center, youll see a burst of purple here. Its trying to strengthen somewhat. Thats a batch of heavy activity near the center. Here is the eye. Its hard to see because we do not have much in the way of rainfall to the west of the center and southwest. Thats good news, too. Because this is a fastmoving system, one, they just do not like to move this fast because they cant rapidly intensify and when they move this fast, it keeps your rain totals to a min