I suspect that this man would be very upset by such an event.
Posted on 02/27/2010 12:11:41 PM PST by americanophile
An unimaginably big "megastorm" could hit the Bay Area and California as hard or harder than an earthquake, a researcher with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) warned Thursday in Menlo Park.
Dale A. Cox heads an interdisciplinary scientific team investigating anything on Earth that can go wrong -- sometimes very wrong.
Speaking at noon to USGS colleagues and staff and to the public Thursday evening, Cox outlined the possibilities and impacts of what he calls an ARkStorm. The term is a play on "Noah's Ark" based on the initials AR. Those stand for a relatively new meteorological term: an "atmospheric river," meaning dense moisture-laden storms.
He said such megastorms seem to occur every 200 years or so and involve literally weeks of torrential rains often accompanied by hurricane-force winds of up to 125 miles per hour.
But with global warming their frequency could increase, he said.
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yeah, I am sure that there was all kinds of global warming during noah’s ark time with all that animal gas...bwahahaha!
So it's not a global warming thing? You can go back to counting your carbon credits Al.
Hopefully it takes out San Franpsycho.
What would stand San Fran Sissy on its end is a pandemic of unexplained Gerbil deaths.
“But with global warming their frequency could increase, he said.”
But with global warming their frequency could also decrease, cause, ya know, that’s just kinda how global warming works........don’t ya know.
I’m waiting for the Algoreans to make the case that recent earthquakes have been caused by global warming. Its not beyond their reach, I’m sure.
I was just hoping that the Tsunami might travel all the way around the Horn and head up the Potomic River.
Hmmmmmm wonder if Shamu in Orlando felt this coming and was giving all a warning last week.
How convenient that they’ve totally forgotten the giant astroid that’s headed our way...........
I suspect that this man would be very upset by such an event.
Id'nt that something to do with a Bose Wave Radio?
Basically, this “research” involves a bunch of geeks playing around with computers and guessing apocalyptic scenarios. They get grant money for this? Oy vay......
Well, I think I *could* explain those gerbil deaths, but I’m not sure the general public is ready for that.
ASTEROID COULD HIT BAY AREA!!!!
GAMMA RAY PULSE COULD DEVASTATE NEW YORK!!!
AL GORE COULD BE A TRANSVESTITE!!
I hate “could” journalism.
Does this mean that the government made drought will end?
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