Robinson: Climate Change Makes Big Storms ‘Worse Because Sea Levels Have Risen’

‘Even if you don’t believe in climate change, there are going to be hurricanes, and there are going to be storms’

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ROBINSON: "I mean, when are we going to start taking this seriously? We have a huge percentage of the U.S. population that lives on or near a coast, especially the Atlantic and Gulf Coast, and those coasts suffer hurricanes, big storms, and it’s just inevitable. Climate change makes it worse because sea levels have risen. Even if you don’t believe in climate change, there are going to be hurricanes, and there are going to be storms. And as you said, Houston, the water drainage and control system was designed for a much smaller city, not as much of it was paved. There are ways for water to percolate into the prairie and disappear. Water doesn’t percolate into parking lots or driveways." 

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