Bloomberg says that the 12 foot storm surge from Sandy proves global warming.
The Bhola Cyclone of November 11, 1970 in the Bay of Bengal, approaching Bangladesh. The 34.8 foot (10.6 meter) storm surge caused the highest tropical cyclone death toll in history, 300,000 – 550,000.
Those events were not due to global warming since the level of CO2 was much lower. 😉