Posted on 08/14/2022 7:17:57 AM PDT by dennisw
Researchers at UCLA found that climate change is doubling the chances of biblical flooding to occur in California With every degree the Earth is warming, scientists say, the odds and size of the state's next megaflood 'is bigger in almost every respect'
The scientists found that an extreme monthlong storm could bring several feet of rain to hundreds of miles of California Some cities may even experience more than 100 inches of rain, displacing 5 to 10 million people and cutting off the state's freeways for weeks or even a month The flood could cause $1 trillion in damages, and the economic effects of it would be felt worldwide
Climate change is putting Californians at risk of a massive flood that would cost $1 trillion in damage, displace millions of residents and submerge parts of Los Angeles and Sacramento, according to a new study.
Researchers with University of California Los Angeles found that climate change is doubling the chances of biblical flooding to occur in The Golden State.
And with each degree the Earth is warming, the odds and size of the next megaflood 'is bigger in almost every respect,' Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate scientist and co-author of the study, said in a statement.
'There's more rain overall, more intense rainfall on an hourly basis and stronger winds,' he said.
In fact, the UCLA scientists found, an extreme monthlong storm — like the one that drowned Sacramento and inundated modern Los Angeles in 1862 — could bring several feet of rain to hundreds of miles of California.
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Some cities may even experience more than 100 inches of rain, the study published Friday in the Science Advances journal says, displacing 5 to 10 million people, cutting off the state’s freeways for weeks or even a month and causing worldwide economic damage.
California has faced such massive flooding every century or two over the past millennia, and in 1862, before the state invested in flood mitigation technologies, a Great Flood stretched up to 300 miles long and 60 miles across.
In 2010, scientists looked into the possibility of that happening again.
This new study now expands upon that ARkStorm scenario, named after the ‘atmospheric rivers’ of moisture that could fuel a flood of biblical proportions, to take into account the effects of climate change.
They used high resolution weather models and existing climate models to compare two scenarios: One that would occur once in a century based on the historical climate of recent decades, and another in the projected climate of 2081 to 2100.
In both cases, the researchers found, a long series of storms fueled by these atmospheric rivers — which extend thousands of miles from the tropics to the western United States — could cause massive damage.
Past studies have shown that climate change will make these atmospheric rivers warmer, leading to more intense and more frequent storms.
As a result, a flood like the one that occurred in 1862 would leave ‘parts of cities such as Sacramento, Fresno and Los Angeles... under water even with today’s extensive collection of reservoirs, levees and bypasses,’ the study found.
‘It is estimated that it would be a $1 trillion disaster, larger than any in world history.’
Someone’s wanting to depress the housing market in Malibu.
“Experts” on George Soros’ payroll of course.
Good, all the right people are gonna pay for this
But don’t expect them to roll back any of their recent utilities price increases.
Your state and Federale tax dollars hard at work. Paying for alarmist bullcrap research grants at UCLA, a public university.
******* Biblical I tells ya! We’re all gonna die in California.
Beachfront property must be really, really cheap.
> “Experts warn California of a $1TRILLION disaster ‘larger than any in world history’: Biblical flooding caused by climate change could displace millions and submerge parts of LA and Sacramento”
“Experts”
Well, as long as we get Jim Robinson out, I don’t see a problem here……..
Wow, mega climate porn today.
And, of course, the predictions have a roughly 0.0000001% chance of being correct. Note to libs, don’t forget about that % after the 0.0000001...it actually changes the answer a bit. (This is necessary for folks who actually believe that a man can have a baby and other assaults on logic.)
OKAY..................
2. Let the farmers have more water. Should take care of all that "flooding"...
I’d be far more worried about their public pension funds...
I’m not seeing the problem here.
https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-of-failed-eco-pocalyptic-predictions/
These folks are impressive—they got caught lying for decades and their response—
Double down!
P.S. If anyone notices that the lies accuse them of being “ignorant” and “deplorables”!
Same story was on NPR this morning.
If they happen every century or two and the last was in 1862 seems like another one is due naturally with no need for “man made global warming” input.
“””The scientists found that an extreme monthlong storm could bring several feet of rain to hundreds of miles of California “””
There once was a phrase covering this scientific finding:
Collegiate Masturbation.
So there was climate change going on in 1862?
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