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Report: Rising sea levels could flood 1 in 200 Seattle-area homes by end of century
Seattle Times ^ | October 19, 2017 | By Mike Rosenberg

Posted on 10/20/2017 12:11:12 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

When it comes to rising sea levels flooding parts of the country in the future, you might think of places like Miami and New Orleans — but Seattle could be susceptible, too, albeit on a much smaller scale.

A new Zillow analysis using government climate change forecasts found that about 5,000 homes in the Seattle metro area are in danger of being underwater due to rising seas by 2100.

The homes would flood if local sea levels rise at least six feet due to the warming climate. That’s roughly the midway point from a government climate science forecast that said the nation’s seas were “very likely” to rise up to four feet, while an eight-foot rise “can’t be excluded.”

Statewide, about 27,300 homes could be flooded, including 7,300 in Grays Harbor County, or 21 percent of homes there. About 4,100 homes are threatened in Whatcom County (nearly 5 percent of homes there) and 3,000 in Island County (8 percent of homes).

One caveat: The government science report predicts that sea levels may rise more slowly across the Pacific Northwest than in other parts of the country, and that’s not accounted for in Zillow’s analysis.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: fakescience; globalism; globalwarming; hoax; seattle; socialism
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I guess it's a good thing that seal levels have been decreasing for the last two years!


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41 posted on 10/20/2017 12:55:44 PM PDT by MMaschin (The difference between strategy and tactics!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The homes would flood if local sea levels rise at least six feet due to the warming climate.

Unfortunately, Seattle may have to endure an earthquake or Mt. Rainier volcanic eruption before sea levels rise six feet due to "global warming." One or both of the two events is much more likely to occur by 2100 than a sea level rise of six feet.

42 posted on 10/20/2017 12:55:54 PM PDT by CedarDave (Alt-left hates presidents pics on paper money. I'll gladly collect those offensive bills from them!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And they say that as if it’s a bad thing! It would be just the Good Lord flushing out the flotsam.


43 posted on 10/20/2017 12:56:11 PM PDT by vette6387 (LOCK HER UP! COMEY TOO.)
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To: colorado tanker

I thought there were millions underwater after the housing bubble busting?


44 posted on 10/20/2017 12:56:41 PM PDT by mazda77
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Very true - if sea levels were actually rising instead of falling according to a recent NOAA report ...


45 posted on 10/20/2017 1:01:46 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

An extrapolation from an extrapolation. That’s bound to be accurate.


46 posted on 10/20/2017 1:01:49 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No one will be here then that read this warning today. But this is the way it will pan out.

1. If we do something, and nothing happens, claim success.

2. If we do nothing and those houses flood there will conniption fits, much like we see today anyway.

3. If we something and the houses don’t flood, they will claim victory.

4. If we do nothing and nothing happens they will claim there is still much to learn.


47 posted on 10/20/2017 1:05:01 PM PDT by Gamecock ("We always choose according to our greatest inclination at the moment." R.C. Sproul)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Seattle? It's a start.
48 posted on 10/20/2017 1:10:40 PM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Unicorn piss could flood one in ten Seattle homes - IF unicorns existed.


49 posted on 10/20/2017 1:12:02 PM PDT by GOPJ ("NFL: Now Far Left" - - freeper Lazamataz)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

does that mean the statue of Lenin will be underwater?


50 posted on 10/20/2017 1:16:11 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This is great news. This means that the next ice age will be delayed. Therefore all the houses in Seattle won’t be under a mile of ice for a few more years at least.


51 posted on 10/20/2017 1:30:12 PM PDT by waredbird
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And of course, all due to global warming.


52 posted on 10/20/2017 1:39:46 PM PDT by mulligan (The)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Wasn't NYC supposed to already be under water? Algore said all the artic ice would have melted by 2014. It's been predicted Mar-a-lago will be flooded any day now.


53 posted on 10/20/2017 1:52:04 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: bgill

Looks like I’ll be “sleeping with the fishes”.

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54 posted on 10/20/2017 1:54:52 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Thommas

Two words - Panama Canal.


55 posted on 10/20/2017 1:55:22 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: CodeToad
I’m still waiting for the Artic ice to melt and stay melted since 2013 when Algore said it would. So far, it hasn’t done that.

I'm still awaiting the new ice age the same socialist morons predicted back in the 70s.

56 posted on 10/20/2017 2:23:55 PM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

” A new Zillow analysis using government climate change forecasts...”

Now there’s a pair of trustworthy entities for you...Zillow and govt climate change forecasts.

Zillow couldn’t find a correct property value if it enslaved every appraiser in America.

And, govt climate change forecasts? That’s all that needs to be said about THOSE values.


57 posted on 10/20/2017 3:16:08 PM PDT by moovova
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

As they have passed the median interval for a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake (9.2 R) with complementary tsunami, perhaps their focus is misplaced.


58 posted on 10/20/2017 3:34:32 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Okay...let's see...we will have more WATERFRONT HOMES in Seattle....

Could someone please update what is affected by Globull Warming, or would it be easier to list what is not caused by it?

59 posted on 10/20/2017 5:09:00 PM PDT by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That’s not nearly enough.


60 posted on 10/20/2017 6:41:39 PM PDT by tinyowl (A is A)
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