Global Warming Dishonesty in the L.A. Times

Another absurdly dishonest global-warming scare piece from the LA Times.

Rising sea levels threaten Caribbean region

Dishonest!  Let me fix it: [The fear of] rising sea levels threaten[s the peace of mind of some people in a] Caribbean region

Then comes a photo of high water covering a coastal road.  The caption:

High tides recently cut off the Boca Grande section of Cartagena, in Colombia. Scientists say Latin American cities are at higher risk because sea levels will rise most near the equator.

Dishonest!  They imply the water covering the road is a rare or new phenomenon.

Now on to the text.  Here are the first four paragraphs:

Reporting from Cartagena, Colombia - The effect of climate change is anything but hypothetical to retired Colombian naval officer German Alfonso. Just ask him about the time his neighborhood in this historic coastal city became an island.

For five years, Alfonso, 74, has watched tides rise higher and higher in the Boca Grande section of Cartagena. This month, tides briefly inundated the only mainland connection to his neighborhood, a converted sandbar where about 60 high-rise condo and hotel towers have been built in the last decade or so.

"Before, people thought it a normal phenomenon. But we're becoming more conscious that something is going on," Alfonso said. "If the sea keeps rising, traffic could just collapse."

According to a recently updated World Bank study on climate change in Latin America, Alfonso and his neighbors have reason to be concerned. Not only are the effects of global warming more evident in Latin American coastal cities, the report says, but the phenomenon could worsen in coming decades because sea levels will rise highest near the equator.

Dishonest!  They find an old guy with an impressive title to add credence.  Then, "just ask him about the time his neighborhood...became an island."  Uh, which time?  High tides have been isolating this piece of land since recorded history!  "For five years, Alfonso, 74, has watched tides rise higher and higher..."  Uh, yeah, and he's watched them fall lower and lower.  That's what tides do!  "This month, tides briefly inundated the only mainland connection..."  Yeah, and every year near a solstice when the moon is new or full the tides are extreme.  This is normal!  How do you think the land became a sandbar?!  "Before, people thought it a normal phenomenon."  Aha!  Finally, a hint that this is all a crock.  "But we're becoming more conscious that something is going on," Alfonso said.  Yeah, that "something" is scientific fraud.  Poor Alfonso, getting browbeaten by the globalony crowd.  This is elder abuse.