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Under water by 2100? Risk of the rising sea (CATASTROPHE LOOMS!!!)
San Jose Mercury News ^
| 1/26/07
| Mike Taugher
Posted on 01/27/2007 7:04:21 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
The seas have been rising for 18,000 years, but the pace has quickened.
At the Golden Gate Bridge, the Pacific Ocean crept seven inches higher during the past century, as global warming melted glaciers and expanded ocean waters.
Californians are taking notice. In one of the first efforts of its kind in the state, officials are starting to address the threats rising seas pose to the Bay Area.
One of the first steps was to compile maps that show what would happen if the sea level rose three feet -- the upper limit for what might occur by 2100, according to computer models of climate used by the state.
The maps show a dramatic level of inundation: San Francisco and Oakland international airports would be under water, along with Foster City, parts of Redwood City and virtually all the bay wetlands, many of which have been restored at great public expense as habitat for wildlife.
Also at risk are railroad tracks running through Alviso, highways, buildings, and public works projects, such as the East Bay Municipal Utility District sewage-treatment plant in Oakland.
There are some areas that are extremely vulnerable, said Leslie Lacko, a coastal planner for the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission.
According to a 1990 study, a three-foot rise in sea level would threaten $48 billion in real estate, roads and pipes around San Francisco Bay.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: catastrophe; climatechange; fearmongering; globalwarminghoax; omg; surfsup
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
I should get some stock in "Acme Boat"
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posted on
01/27/2007 7:52:24 PM PST
by
woofie
(Its Patriotic to be Hateful,Nasty,Stupid and Destroy the Country as long as you are a Democrat)
To: struggle
Excellent video. I gave it an awesome rating!
42
posted on
01/27/2007 7:54:11 PM PST
by
MSM Hater
(Murtha, Reid and Alcee Hastings - poster boys for the "culture of corruption")
To: WestTexasWend; SF Republican
high-and-dry-on-the-llano-estacado/oh-God-will-the-sf-hippies-come-here-now PING
43
posted on
01/27/2007 7:56:22 PM PST
by
hispanarepublicana
(Funny, but I don't remember pressing 1 for English in 1994.)
To: HarleyLady27
"Does this mean that California is going to be GONE SOON?????
Oh hold my heart still.....I couldn't get this lucky!!!!"
Watch that Biker Lady, there's a whole bunch of us in
So. Cal and even in S.F. that are not Leftist Comrade's in arms. We value that which we still have here in the Peoples Republic of CalMexico. (LOL sort of)
44
posted on
01/27/2007 7:56:48 PM PST
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Then why hasn't Bangladesh been flooded.
45
posted on
01/27/2007 7:56:49 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: pcottraux
Ill be dead at least 79 years before their prediction happens.
How about speeding it up to next year so I can witness thaat human waste go under!
46
posted on
01/27/2007 8:00:00 PM PST
by
dalereed
To: ProtectOurFreedom
[The issue is already having an effect on flood insurance rates. They're going up around the country . . .]
Al Gore met with representatives of leading insurance companies in the U.S. last year to discuss "global warming" and its effects on insurance rates.
This whole con job is about money--higher insurance rates, carbon trading, for-profit "green technology." Gore sits on the boards of assorted "green" companies.
47
posted on
01/27/2007 8:03:40 PM PST
by
Brad from Tennessee
(Anything a politician gives you he has first stolen from you)
To: nuconvert
The article said it has been rising for 18,000 years. The right question is what has been causing it to rise for 18,000 years? The answer- the Sun!
48
posted on
01/27/2007 8:05:14 PM PST
by
Laserman
To: ProtectOurFreedom
We're All Going To Die.....
49
posted on
01/27/2007 8:05:43 PM PST
by
jongaltsr
(Hope to See ya in Galt's Gultch.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
For some historical perspective, sea levels have risen on the close order of 400-440 feet since the last ice age (12-15,000 years).
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posted on
01/27/2007 8:05:44 PM PST
by
Coyoteman
(Religious belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge.)
To: Star Traveler; RegulatorCountry
What effect has seismic activity had on elevation benchmarks, in a century? Actually, determining sea level accurately, over a long period of time, is quite difficult.
To: jongaltsr
I believe the FReeper way to put this hugh and series catastrophe is "We are screwn."
52
posted on
01/27/2007 8:08:06 PM PST
by
hispanarepublicana
(Funny, but I don't remember pressing 1 for English in 1994.)
To: gas0linealley
How about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake?
I wonder if the San Andreas fault has anything to do with the change in land elevation in relation to the ocean.
53
posted on
01/27/2007 8:18:03 PM PST
by
Hunble
(Why?)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
If this is true then we should be evacuating our coasts, not urging people to buy dim Gorebulbs.
If this is true we should be relocating critical coastal infrastructure, not attempting to force a socialist economy on the world.
The gains to be won by fully embracing Kyoto, or twice or three times Kyoto, cannot mitigate this global disaster. We should plan for total global climate change now, and ignore the green communists- if this is true (we should ignore them anyway).
54
posted on
01/27/2007 8:19:46 PM PST
by
DBrow
To: rockinqsranch
You need to build up your group....take out Bella Pelosi; boxer and frankenstine and your RINO gov. Get back to your roots of republican conservatives!!!!
55
posted on
01/27/2007 8:20:43 PM PST
by
HarleyLady27
(My ? to libs: "Do they ever shut up on your planet?" "Grow your own DOPE: Plant a LIB!")
To: Laserman
56
posted on
01/27/2007 8:21:46 PM PST
by
DBrow
To: Hunble
57
posted on
01/27/2007 8:22:20 PM PST
by
DBrow
To: ProtectOurFreedom
58
posted on
01/27/2007 8:23:23 PM PST
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: Hunble
Yes, I had that in mind. With so much at stake, making predictions based on questionable data is ridiculous.
To: HarleyLady27
Don't we try...easier said than done.
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posted on
01/27/2007 8:30:42 PM PST
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists...call 'em what you will...They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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