Posted on 12/13/2012 8:25:20 PM PST by artichokegrower
Susan Schwartz already drives a Prius and has solar panels on her home. But the 69-year-old Berkeley woman still doesn't think she's doing enough to stop global warming.
On Thursday and Friday, Schwartz will join hundreds of other Bay Area residents to document the spectacularly high tides lapping at shores and seawalls across the region. The tides aren't new - they happen every year - but this week a coalition of government and nonprofit advocates hopes the photos will draw attention to the rising seas.
The photos of the king tides will be collected online on Twitter, Facebook and Flickr and will offer the most compelling preview of what scientists say the Bay Area could look like in 2070, when the sea level is expected to be as much as 3 feet higher than it is now, organizers said.
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This is ridiculous!
I would surmise that the areas flooded by these tides are the areas filled in with the wreckage resulting from the 1906 earthquake. The bayshore areas around the City of San Francisco are all the result of fill dumped into the bay.
A similiar story for Astoria, Oregon. The original rivershore is now distant from the Columbia River. The City of Astoria (incorporated in 1812), experienced a fire and much of the wreckage was dumped along the river as fill.
US Hwy.30, where it passes through Astoria, Oregon, is built on that rivershore fill.
see post #22....happens every year.
Susan Schwartz already drives a Prius and has solar panels on her home. But the 69-year-old Berkeley woman still doesn’t think she’s doing enough to stop global warming.
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