CBS’s Nate Burleson linked the eruption of an undersea volcano near Tango and the subsequent tsunami with 50-foot-high waves to climate change.
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CBS's Nate Burleson ties the underwater volcanic eruption and 50-foot-high tsunami in Tonga to climate change: "We talk about climate change quite a bit. These stories are a harsh reality of what we're going through and we have to do our part because these are more frequent." pic.twitter.com/Wn7ilAdeRo
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 19, 2022
Ohhhhhh yes. Yes he did:
Ohhhhhh no. No. No.
😖😖 https://t.co/irYPACFle6— Ashley Baylor (@Ash_Baylor) January 19, 2022
He should Google “plate tectonics”:
Swing and a miss https://t.co/J3LHGEJZXt
— Nick Kraynok (@Nick_Weather) January 19, 2022
Burleson, however, thinks he didn’t say anything wrong and posted this helpful graphic to make his case:
Hey, Curt you have to listen 👂🏻 didn’t say the Volcano was caused by climate change.
Mother Nature has ways of contributing to climate change, so my point is we need to do our part to take care of this planet.
I missed a few days in school but this wasn’t one of them… 📖 https://t.co/D5D5c0wUiV pic.twitter.com/rk4vsP9g4x
— Nathaniel E Burleson (@nateburleson) January 19, 2022
Sorry, but nope. Newsbusters’ Curtis Houck has the transcript:
The transcript doesn't lie, Nate! The discussion went from wave heights to climate change. And volcanoes erupting and burying towns was obviously around well before any of us were alive. pic.twitter.com/ypZDzPNEuG
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 19, 2022
And LOL he just Googled “volcano climate change”?
And, as multiple people have pointed out to me, it looks like Nate googled "volcano climate change" and used the first result on Google Images.
Ooof. pic.twitter.com/Cgw9n2bwTM
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 19, 2022
This is a good suggestion for the former NFL wide receiver:
Stick to football, Nate …. Dear lord
— Matt Vespa (@mVespa1) January 19, 2022
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