The American Family Association’s Sandy Rios is pointing to the tornado that hit the AFA’s home of Tupelo, Mississippi, yesterday as evidence that humans shouldn’t try to combat climate change.
Rios said on her radio show yesterday that tornadoes reflect the power of God, and therefore there is no point in trying to combat climate change because we are mere mortals.
“We are ants in the face of this, and so then for us to talk about controlling the weather and global — somehow if we drive different SUVs or don’t emit too much CO2 — somehow we can stop these phenomena that are so beyond our comprehension and ability we can’t do anything except film them,” she said. “What can you do, wave your fist at a tornado and say, ‘You’re not going to get me, we’re Tupelo Strong!’?”
Rios was referring to the “Boston Strong” slogan, which she recently said is mocking God and could bring about new terrorist attacks.
Actually, new research has shed light on a connection between human-influenced climate change and more intense tornadoes and severe storms.
We guess Rios prefers the approach of Pat Robertson, who believes that tornadoes can be stopped through prayer.
