An Inconvenient Truth

487 00:30:11,242 --> 00:30:13,959 As the water temperature increases, 488 00:30:14,377 --> 00:30:16,680 the wind velocity increases 489 00:30:16,779 --> 00:30:19,627 and the moisture content increases. 490 00:30:20,043 --> 00:30:23,010 And you'll see Hurricane Katrina form over Florida. 491 00:30:23,114 --> 00:30:26,375 And then as it comes into the gulf over that warm water, 492 00:30:26,475 --> 00:30:30,151 it picks up that energy and gets stronger and stronger and stronger. 493 00:30:30,251 --> 00:30:32,072 Look at that hurricane's eye. 494 00:30:32,170 --> 00:30:36,446 And, of course, the consequences were so horrendous, 495 00:30:37,290 --> 00:30:40,136 there are no words to describe it. 496 00:31:03,529 --> 00:31:06,595 Yeah, we're getting reports and calls that are just breaking my heart. 497 00:31:06,697 --> 00:31:10,854 From people saying, "I've been in my attic. I can't take it anymore. 498 00:31:10,952 --> 00:31:14,946 "The water is up to my neck. I don't think I can hold out." 499 00:31:15,368 --> 00:31:17,540 And that's happening as we speak. 500 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:21,535 We told everybody the importance of the 17th Street Canal issue. 501 00:31:21,737 --> 00:31:24,322 We said, "Please, please, take care of this. 502 00:31:24,426 --> 00:31:26,629 "We don't care what you do. Figure it out." 503 00:31:34,025 --> 00:31:36,228 Something new for America. 504 00:31:38,985 --> 00:31:43,141 But how in God's name could that happen here? 505 00:31:45,768 --> 00:31:49,346 There had been warnings that hurricanes would get stronger. 506 00:31:50,248 --> 00:31:53,030 There were warnings that this hurricane, 507 00:31:53,127 --> 00:31:56,063 days before it hit, would breach the levees, 508 00:31:56,167 --> 00:31:59,910 would cause the kind of damage that it ultimately did cause. 509 00:32:00,360 --> 00:32:04,188 And one question we as a people need to decide 510 00:32:04,519 --> 00:32:08,098 is how we react when we hear warnings 511 00:32:08,199 --> 00:32:10,882 from the leading scientists in the world. 512 00:32:11,752 --> 00:32:15,461 There was another storm in the 1930s of a different kind. 513 00:32:16,134 --> 00:32:19,931 A horrible, unprecedented storm in continental Europe, 514 00:32:20,039 --> 00:32:24,130 and Winston Churchill warned the people of England 515 00:32:25,734 --> 00:32:29,183 that it was different from anything that had ever happened before 516 00:32:29,287 --> 00:32:31,555 and they had to get ready for it. 517 00:32:31,783 --> 00:32:35,296 And a lot of people did not want to believe it. 518 00:32:35,399 --> 00:32:38,180 And he got real impatient with all the dithering. 519 00:32:38,341 --> 00:32:39,325 And he said this, 520 00:32:55,651 --> 00:32:59,394 Making mistakes in generations and centuries past 521 00:32:59,621 --> 00:33:02,655 would have consequences that we could overcome. 522 00:33:03,748 --> 00:33:06,084 We don't have that luxury anymore. 523 00:33:06,278 --> 00:33:08,099 We didn't ask for it, 524 00:33:09,220 --> 00:33:10,682 but here it is. 525 00:33:11,205 --> 00:33:13,954 Al Gore is the winner of the national popular vote. 526 00:33:14,052 --> 00:33:18,209 But the state of Florida, whomever wins there wins the White House. 527 00:33:18,309 --> 00:33:20,066 We call Florida, in the Al Gore column... 528 00:33:20,165 --> 00:33:23,775 Bulletin: Florida pulled back into the undecided column. 529 00:33:23,877 --> 00:33:26,724 George Bush is the president elect of the United States. He is... 530 00:33:26,819 --> 00:33:30,017 Florida goes Bush. The presidency is Bush. That's it. 531 00:33:30,117 --> 00:33:32,735 And at 2:18 this morning, we project... 532 00:33:33,092 --> 00:33:36,800 All right, we're officially saying that Florida is too close to call. 533 00:34:00,706 --> 00:34:03,456 While I strongly disagree with the court's decision, 534 00:34:04,610 --> 00:34:05,787 I accept it. 535 00:34:06,082 --> 00:34:08,603 I accept the finality of this outcome. 536 00:34:17,250 --> 00:34:18,329 ...do solemnly swear... 537 00:34:18,434 --> 00:34:20,573 I, George Walker Bush, do solemnly swear... 538 00:34:20,673 --> 00:34:23,228 ...that I will faithfully execute the Office of President... 539 00:34:34,530 --> 00:34:37,563 Well, that was a hard blow, but... 540 00:34:40,128 --> 00:34:42,169 What do you do? You... 541 00:34:44,610 --> 00:34:46,464 You make the best of it. 542 00:34:57,121 --> 00:35:00,699 It brought into clear focus 543 00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:04,957 the mission that I had been pursuing 544 00:35:05,057 --> 00:35:07,064 for all these years, and 545 00:35:09,088 --> 00:35:12,919 I started giving the slide show again. 546 00:35:19,809 --> 00:35:22,623 One often unnoticed effect of global warming 547 00:35:22,752 --> 00:35:24,727 is it causes more precipitat