ROCKMAN wrote:.
And of course the transition will be gradual...just as it has been for decades. Again do some research: the Texas coastline has been slipping into the GOM from long before the fossil fuel age. The coast highway from near Houston towards the La state line was closed decades ago when much of the small amount of remaining land was washed away by a series of hurricanes. Again look at a f*cking" map and see the OFFSHORE coastal barrier islands that were once the Texas coastline a few thousand years ago. Coastal barrier islands that are currently sliding very slowly into the GOM as they have been for tens of thousands of years. But the Texas situation is rather mild compared to the Rockman's home town of Nawlins. It's been sinking below sea level for millions of years and continues doing so today. Again I refer folks to study "geosynclines": noun, Geology: a portion of the earth's crust subjected to downward warping during a large span of geologic time. Perhaps folks should get off their political talking points and focus a bit more on geography if they wish to have an adult conversation. LOL.
And I mention NYC because the thread evolved from raining in Houston to talking about disruptions due to sea level rising. Please try to stay up with the conversation. LOL.
Lore wrote:Gradual in the norm is tens of thousands of years not in several decades.
I love it when people believe all the bad stuff is going to come down all around them and not affect them in the least.
AgentR11 wrote:Lore wrote:Gradual in the norm is tens of thousands of years not in several decades.
I love it when people believe all the bad stuff is going to come down all around them and not affect them in the least.
I love it when people believe I can't manage to walk faster than sea level rise encroaches. But whatever makes yall happy; believe Houston is doomed; that some magic will make the sea rise up and destroy buildings that are already sitting at 150+ ft above MSL within the 30-50 yr lifespan of those buildings.
AgentR11 wrote:SLR is incredibly slow compared to building depreciation.
Heavy rains and flooding in Houston have taken six lives and put much of the city under water. Dozens of schools, roads and freeways were closed after rainfall dumped more than a foot of water. More storms are predicted across the region, posing the threat of renewed flooding.
The record-breaking rainfall driving Houston’s deadly floods parallels the trend toward more extreme rainfall in our warming world.
Houston has seen a 167 percent increase in heavy downpours since the 1950s.
The nearly 10 inches of rain recorded at Houston’s airport during this flood was the highest one-day April rainfall since airport record-keeping began, and was also the second highest one-day record in any month...
I dearly love the state of Texas, but I consider that a harmless perversion on my part, and discuss it only with consenting adults.
Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented.
AgentR11 wrote:Either you believe in using peer-reviewed, consensus accepted science for policy decisions effecting appropriations, or you don't.
Hard money, requires hard science.
Climate guru James Hansen warns of much worse than expected sea level rise
The current rate of global warming could raise sea levels by “several meters” over the coming century, rendering most of the world’s coastal cities uninhabitable and helping unleash devastating storms, according to a paper published by James Hansen, the former Nasa scientist who is considered the father of modern climate change awareness.
The research, published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, references past climatic conditions, recent observations and future models to warn the melting of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets will contribute to a far worse sea level increase than previously thought.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/201 ... -scientist
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