Posted on 10/27/2006 11:39:24 AM PDT by ChuckShick
New York's Worst Hurricane Fears Confirmed in New Study
NEW YORK, New York, October 26, 2006 (ENS) – The 2004 movie The Day After Tomorrow painted an apocalyptic vision of a New York City battered by hurricanes, tidal waves and floods induced by global warming. A new study being presented at a science meeting this week provides a detailed picture of sea level rise around New York by the 2050s and paints a scenario similar to that dramatized by the big budget blockbuster.
Rising sea levels combined with the storm surge of a category three hurricane would leave much of a 2050s New York underwater and the city's entire metropolitan transportation system shut down, say scientists Cynthia Rosenzweig and Vivien Gornitz.
Rosenzweig and Gornitz are part of a team at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and New York's Columbia University investigating future climate change impacts in the metropolitan area.
They have been working with New York City's Department of Environmental Protection since 2004, using computer models to simulate future climates and sea level rise. Recently, computer modeling studies have provided a more detailed picture of sea level rise around New York by the 2050s.
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ohhhhh does this mean it will wash out to sea people like the klintons, chucky cheese, charly rangle, bloomy, silver, and all the other kooks????? (happy thoughts)
If the hurricanes don't get NYC, the rising ocean from Oprah's global warming will........../s
Gee, the Environmental News Service! I hear they're quite objective! </sarc>
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Holy Holland, Batman, whatever shall we do in the face of rising sea waters?
Maybe New York should go talk to Amsterdam.
Actually, there are fears that a serious hurricane could cause major damage NOW.
Any substantial storm surge up from the Atlantic could cause terrible flooding of tunnels and subways as well as submerge lower-lying areas of Manahttan, Brookly, Staten Island and New Jersey.
No passable roads, no electricity, etc... equals a really really bad time for all. The potential for many casualties is high.
Too bad for them. I'm not concerned.
Not to be pedantic, but a study cannot "confirm fears" about the future. Only the future itself can do that.
It's the global warming angle that's a bunch of hooey.
I don't know, maybe there's something to this. If this last year's hurricane season is any indicator, then the...oh wait...nevermind.
And either way it'll be good for the country.
All the Strabucks will be flooded! No more double cream, low fat, cinnamon sticked lattes!
No more Baristas screaming the above a the top of their lungs! Heay wait! Maybe this is not a problem, but a solution...
Chuck-
You ought to consider the possibilities here rather than give a flippant "Too bad for them..." answer.
It's a real possibility that meteorologists have feared - just as they have long feared a direct hit on New Orleans.
Considering a substantial part of our nation's financial infrastructure is in and goes thru NYC as well as shipping (you have heard of the Port of New York, right?), the repercussions of a devastating hit upon that area could have consequences that go far beyond that area.
If it rises just enough I could be looking at waterfront poperty baby!
But, but....Al Gore told me to expect a terrible hurricane season. How could he be so wrong?? (feigning surprise)
Your are correct. Unfortunantly, too many people don't know what "validated" means, so confirmed works.
NYC and Long Island are at great risk of hurricane damage. Even a strong storm like a Cat 3 is supposedly likely to push a storm surge a few miles in in Nassau County. The property damage numbers would be incredible, given the costs.
NYC has is in some kind of land funnel that could magnify the effect of a storm surge.
A few past storms have shown the potential for major flooding, and people just keep building on the coast down there.
BTW, "I find your meatloaf pedantic."
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