Al Gore's Comments on Hurricane Sandy and More

John Mitty Monday, March 11, 2013

Former Vice President Al Gore recently attended the Long Island Association’s biannual luncheon at the Crest Hollow Country Club, where he delivered comments on Hurricane Sandy and a number of other issues facing Long Island officials and corporations, and also discussed issues which are of national interest. Whereas lots of attention has been given to the damage wreaked by Hurricane Sandy on Long Island towns, Gore is concerned with what it says about climate change. 

“The ocean temperatures were five degrees higher when super-storm Sandy hit,” he stated.  “And not one single journalist asked one single question at any debate about climate change.  That’s pathetic.”  As Gore points out, the kind of damage which Long Island residents endured as a result of Hurricane Sandy may not be an isolated event if climate change causes more such super-storms to hit the coast.  “Look at what we’ve been through—what you’ve been through … 110 billion dollars in climate damage—95,000 homes in Nassau county destroyed.”

Gore also talked about nationwide issues such as corporate interests and their impact on congressmen, the National Rifle Association, America’s place as a global leader, and Al Jazeera. 

jmitty@longislandyellowpages.com

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