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A report released yesterday by the state's interagency Climate Action Team that shows the impacts of rising sea levels and what cities and residents must do in regards to flooding, erosion and other effects. If the ocean rises 55 inches, things change drastically, enough to affect hundreds of thousands of people, the LA Times reports. "Detailed maps of the coastline, published on the institute's website, show that residential neighborhoods in Venice and Marina del Rey could find themselves in a flood zone. Water could cover airports in San Francisco and Oakland, parts of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and large swaths of Huntington Beach and Newport Beach." The Pacific Institute has a few different maps, including an interactive Google one, showing what infrastructure--schools, police station--that are affected.
Global Warming Warming + Rising Sea = What for LA?
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I cant wait for my waterfront property in Pasadena
Yeah, I was looking at my address in Huntington Beach. I got beachfront property! W00t!
ummm earthquakes? floods? global warming? fuck, zach, how about some good news?!?!
Bad news...
http://www.gallup.com/poll/116590/Increased-Number-Think-Global-Warming-Exaggerated.aspx
March 11, 2009
Although a majority of Americans believe the seriousness of global warming is either correctly portrayed in the news or underestimated, a record-high 41% now say it is exaggerated. This represents the highest level of public skepticism about mainstream reporting on global warming seen in more than a decade of Gallup polling on the subject.
Notably, all of the past year's uptick in cynicism about the seriousness of global warming coverage occurred among Americans 30 and older. The views of 18- to 29-year-olds, the age group generally most concerned about global warming and most likely to say the problem is underestimated, didn't change.
Altogether, 68% of U.S. adults believe the effects of global warming will be manifest at some point in their lifetimes, indicating the public largely believes the problem is real. However, only 38% of Americans, similar to the 40% found in 2008, believe it will pose "a serious threat" to themselves or their own way of life.
I believe it's exaggerated!
Not to say that I don't believe in being eco-friendly, everyone should their part in protecting the planet. But I've never been a believer of the global warming story.
Then you need to look at photographs of the polar ice caps. Compare the size of the ice caps with satellite photos from 30 years ago and now.
You can also check out Kilimanjaro and other places which once had permanent snow or ice, which is now almost extant. Then again, some people think it's just the "natural cycle of things" and that all the CO2 and pollution we pump into our atmosphere can't have ANYTHING to do with it.
Also, it's already manifested itself in our lifetimes. Hurricane Katrina, that hurricane off the coast of Brazil a few years back, and other aggressive weather-related events should get worse from here on out.
55 inches? don't you think the pigs flying high in the sky in that scenario could somehow drink all that extra water?
I'm pretty safe here in the Valley.
55 inches? Now I've heard about sea level rises from about two inches to a foot, but 55 inches seems a bit ridiculous, IMO.