E Pluribus Unum

I reading Rising Tide, the history of the 1927 Missisippi River flood. The book contains a lot of history prior to 1927. The common thread throughout that time was the utter cluelessness of engineers and scientists concerning the power of the river and what it would take to try to channel it and tame it. It seems as if they made all the wrong decisions for all the wrong reasons -- political and financial.

I thought of that when I saw the trailer to this film about global warming:

Here's the blurb from the web site:

The most terrifying movie of the summer. You owe it to the planet to see the truth. Pledge to see An Inconvenient Truth opening weekend.

In theaters:
May 24 - New York and Los Angeles
June 2 - Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington D.C.
June 9 - Atlanta, Detroit, Houston, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Denver, Sacramento, St. Louis, San Diego, Miami, Baltimore, Portland
June 16 - in theaters everywhere

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