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. Thats roughly the midway point from a government climate science forecast that said the nations seas were very likely to rise up to four feet, while an eight-foot rise cant 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 thats not accounted for in Zillows analysis.
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.com ...
Reread artcles that use the words climate change, deleting the word change. They could almost pass for anormal article.
Wouldn't that require the earth to slow its spin? Maybe they're actually after a genocide to depopulate the earth so all them people don't slow it down and the climate deal is just a diversion....
“The government science report predicts that sea levels may rise more slowly across the Pacific Northwest than in other parts of the country....”
Hmmm - I wonder if the jerk neighbor kid of my childhood is with the Government these days?
“The ice-skating race was no fair - the ice slopes down in that direction.”
Your two year trend of sea-levels going down. You’re just being silly. Only global warmers are allowed to take two years of data and project them out 50 years!
(BTW - based on previous ice-age cycles, this two year trend could very well continue into a full blown, mile thick ice over Seattle type of event. Which I have been thinking we are due for since Al Gore brought all of this crap to our attention.)
Probably true.
Hundreds of billions of tons of ice melt, and you are going to get some pop-back.
However, an increased danger of less pressure to hold in the volcanoes!
In the year 2100, 99.5% of Seattle housing will not be affected by rising waters. Thanks for the info.
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