Forecaster Blasts Gore on Global Warming

April 7, 2007 By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press Writer Forecaster Blasts Gore on Global Warming (AP)

Dr. William Gray, a top hurricane researcher, answers questions during an interview in New Orleans, Friday, April 6, 2007. Gray takes issue with the suggestion that global warming is changing the world's climate and increasing the number of stronger hurricanes. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

(AP) -- A top hurricane forecaster called Al Gore "a gross alarmist" Friday for making an Oscar-winning documentary about global warming.

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