Gov. Abbott Consulted W. Meteorologist Recommended By Sean Hannity, Because He Owns Libtards

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Days before a historic snowstorm crippled his home state, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) sought advice from an unusual source: Joe Bastardi, the go-to weather forecaster of Fox News host Sean Hannity.

It was a big deal for Bastardi, who had never counseled a governor ahead of a storm. But he came highly recommended. Both Hannity and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) suggested that Abbott talk to Bastardi, a veteran meteorologist and climate science critic who has appeared several times on Hannity's show. "I reached out to Gov. Abbott and said, 'Listen, this guy knows his stuff, and you ought to talk to him,'" Cruz told Hannity during a recent visit to Hannity's nightly Fox News program.

By Bastardi's telling, the conversation with Abbott wasn't groundbreaking or controversial. "I said this is a winter version of a Category 5 hurricane," Bastardi told E&E News. But the move has raised questions among some scientists as to why Abbott consulted with an outside meteorologist — particularly one with inaccurate climate views — when Abbott had the option of touching base with weather experts in the government. "That just confuses the information environment," said Andrew Rosenberg, director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists and a former senior NOAA official.

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Though meteorologists are experts in short-term weather forecasts, whereas climate scientists study long-term weather patterns, Bastardi has a long history of claiming that humanity is not warming the planet at a dangerous pace through the burning of fossil fuels. Bastardi has claimed that carbon dioxide is not the "control knob" for the atmosphere. He has said that teaching children about climate science is "indoctrinating" them. He has suggested that burning more fossil fuels will benefit the planet by increasing carbon dioxide levels. Scientists at NOAA, NASA and the world's top science agencies have said such claims are not true. In the days after the storm, Bastardi — like Abbott and Cruz — has placed much of the blame for Texas' power outages on renewable energy sources, even as the bulk of facilities knocked offline were fueled by natural gas and coal.

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https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063725973

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1. This reminds me of sci-fi movies . ..

where it depicts the earth as a waste land. People living in shelters and areas where the elements of mother nature can not overwhelm them and where essentials are rationed off to majority of the citizens and only a few upper class controls the message. Tribes that do live among the harsh elements of the outside are constantly searching for paradise.

As to space exploration, living beings from other worlds are saying oh "hell no". Unless it refers to the Twilight eppy "To Serve Man".

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3. Eloi and Morlocks

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2. Bastardi is a blowhard, but he always seemed to have decent

Forecasting analysis and model discussions when he worked for Accuweather. I joined Accuweather forums because of Bastardi. I was going to drop them because of him when he started spouting that humans had nothing to do with climate change. That it was just a cycle. AccuWeather and he parted ways. To hear AWs side, it was because he didn’t consult with their team of meteorologists to form a consensus when reporting, especially for major events. To hear Bastardi’s version was that they always were trying to water down his forecasts.

When he was at AW, he also did a lot of consulting for the energy industry. When he left to create his own company, I’m betting that they went with that little climate denier because he supported what they wanted to hear.

I don’t think it was his prediction to the Gov that this would be the equivalent event to the highest level hurricane. Sounds pretty accurate. I think it came from the issue with him consulting for the energy industry.