More States Proclaimed "Particularly" Vulnerable to Global Warming

This morning’s Nashville Tennessean reports that according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “The Southeast is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change.” This assertion is rather odd. A quick Google search for “global warming” and “particularly vulnerable” shows a plethora of states, regions, and groups all alleged to be “particularly" vulnerable to global warming. How can they  all be "particularly" vulnerable?

A partial list includes:

The Northeast
The Southeast
The Southwest
The Gulf Coast
The Atlantic Coast
The Great Plains
Latinos
Native Americans
Children
Senior citizens
Cities
Rural areas
Developing nations
Developed nations
California
Connecticut
Florida
Hawaii
Idaho
Indiana
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Montana
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Oregon
Rhode Island
Texas
Virginia

Is it definitionally possible that each and every one of these states, regions, and groups is "particularly" vulnerable to global warming? As arch-villain Syndrome proclaims in Disney's The Incredibles, "If everyone's special, then nobody's special."

The Tennessean is not entirely to blame for the disingenuous claim that the Southeast is “particularly” vulnerable to global warming. After all, the newspaper is merely reporting the claims of a new EPA report. Of course, EPA is the source for many of the other “particularly” vulnerable claims above, as well.

The term “particularly vulnerable” is used as a rallying cry in various states to push the state legislature to enact state-specific global warming laws. The truth of the matter, however, is that “particularly vulnerable” is an absolutely meaningless term in the global warming discussion because, as the list above shows, it is being applied to virtually every state, region, and group to accomplish propaganda purposes and overt political results.