Cuyahoga River Moment?

Here's (depending on how you see Sandy) is a clever simile, from Michael Mann, quoted in the Los Angeles Times:

"This may be that sort of Cuyahoga River moment for climate change," said Michael Mann, a leading climate scientist and Penn State University professor. "It has galvanized attention to this issue and the role that climate change may be playing with regard to the intensification of extreme weather."

Explanation here, if you don't know about the infamous Cuyahoga River. Or, to put it another way: Lyrics here.