Late last year I wrote about five of my favorite climate change alarmism fails from mostly Democrats and their media stenographers. If we could only harness the power produced by all those goalpost shifting efforts the world's energy problems might be solved.
One of the doozies included was a now 43-year-old CBS News story featuring Dan Rather and Al Gore (that's as self-refuting a duo as you'll find) claiming that, among other horrors, the burning of fossil fuels was close to putting 25 percent of Florida under water:
1982 CBS News report—featuring a 34 year old Al Gore—predicts the "widespread disruption of agriculture", and 25% of Florida ending up underwater, "due to the burning of coal and oil". pic.twitter.com/X6FXW7aQyo
— T (@Rifleman4WVU) May 25, 2024
Step aside, CBS News, because meteorologist Chris Martz has shared a New York Times article informing us that Florida's east coast beaches disappeared five years ago:
The New York Times reports that east coast beaches could disappear within 25 years.
— Chris Martz (@ChrisMartzWX) November 21, 2025
Oh wait, never mind, this was written 30 years ago.
🔗https://t.co/9NbCuHtNOE pic.twitter.com/UdUzatc8DK
Florida's beaches disappearing is news to Gov. Ron DeSantis, who pointed to Martz's post as more evidence that the only thing climate change is destroying is any remaining credibility the media might have had:
There is a cottage industry of media reports over the decades predicting the state of Florida would be totally underwater by now.
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) November 21, 2025
There is never any accountability for being wrong; they just move on to the next narrative. https://t.co/OdqT2oiFxq
Heck, many in the media give each other awards for being wrong (Russia collusion "reporting," etc).
They also have a very long way of saying "winter." pic.twitter.com/q8kzEPmOBr
— Nate (@N8actual) November 21, 2025
Another favorite of mine is "rain bombs." Oh, and don't forget Al Gore's "boiling oceans."
As for now I'm glad there are still beaches in Florida since I'll be there for a week in late January, unless climate change has wiped them out by then. But based on past alarmist "reporting" fails I highly doubt that.
