She even trots out inconvenient misrepresentations gleaned from Gore's movie, i.e., that global warming caused Hurricane Katrina:

I’ve long thought that Americans don’t really care all that much about climate change because they figure its worst impacts will hit other people. In particular, the poor (Hurricane Katrina, anyone?).

It's already been shown by persons far wiser than her (NOAA actually) that the problems to which she refers are largely due to coastal encroachment by people and infrastructure. These reasons are too sensible and logical for the likes of those looking for their own distorted view of any disaster.

Hurricane Katrina was in no way abnormal, nor a portent of things to come. The affects of a category five hurricane were well known. Moreover, New Orleans was built below sea level, was part of the Mississippi's delta, lacked any natural flood control, and probably should have been located somewhere else. Wikipedia has an interesting history of New Orleans that I recommend all to read.

Begley, however, doesn't let facts get in her way:

The biggest impact of climate change on transportation will be flooding of roads, railways and airport runways in coastal areas because of rising sea levels and storm surges (which will be more intense as a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture). Bridges and roads built to withstand the proverbial “100-year storm” will face such monsters more frequently, meaning there will likely be more catastrophes like bridges being washed away, as happened to the U.S. 90 Bridge after Katrina. Planning any scenic coastal drives? An estimated 60,000 miles of coastal highways are subject to storm flooding even today, and that will rise as storm intensity and sea levels do. Even better: many of these are the same highways that are supposed to serve as hurricane evacuation routes!

Wow, that was a mouthful. Can we all take a deep breath, and that means you, Ms. Begley, and look at the hysterical faux pas that seem to gush from your keyboard.