Too bad few of these people will be around for public shaming with the wasted spending is realized.
Or not
Whenever one encounters a headline or a story with the words “could” or “may” in it, turn it around and write “could not” or “may not.” How newsworthy would the story (fiction) be then?
“Climate change could not ravage waterfront by 2100.” It could. It could not.
Or modify the headline to “Climate change may not ravage waterfront by 2100.”
Or change it to “Sea levels may not rise.” They may. They may not.
Likewise, anytime a story (fiction) has the words “scientists warn...” that phrase really means “scientists are seeking taxpayer-funded grants....”
I do large scale computer modeling for a living - I've been in the modeling and simulation realm in one form or another for over 3 decades. Let me be perfectly clear here - these models are not predictive. Say it with me again to make sure you got it - these models are not predictive.
That means they cannot be used to predict actual conditions even 10 years out from present time, let alone 100 years or so. The models simply do not work for that use. There is no rational, defensible argument that can be made that what the model predicts will represent actual conditions. It represents one possible end state out of a large continuum in many dimensions. Any reasonable sensitivity analysis will show that there is very little confidence in any one end state. Very little. When models like this are abused in this way that confidence can quickly drop to tiny fractions of one percent... In other words, whatever it says is going to happen, there's about a 99.xxx% chance it'll be perceptibly, even significantly, something else.
Who knew that “climate change” would be especially bad along just this part of the coast, causing melted polar ice to pile up just here but no where else on the planet. Maybe climate change selectively weakened gravity there causing the pileup.
One of many reasons Oregon is bankrupt...great leadership from Dem guv ner. Time to get her out of there (office of the governor). Vote, Oregonians!!
No Big deal, Condemn the Properties, declare it a Disaster Area, Raze all the buildings and homes, Back Charge the Property Owners for the cost of restoring the land to it’s natural state.
Problem Solved!
Okay, I’ll believe it when WHEN you show me proof, not BS...OK?
A fact in the Portland Press Herald in Portland, Maine is a postulation or theory to anyone else with a brain. This failing newspaper has only a rare acquaintance with the truth.
Instead of “strolling” from shop to shop or “running with their dog”, they can always swim from shop to shop or swim with their dog. I just don’t see a problem. Okay, maybe sharks...
Build the wall.....!!!! Or as they say in San Fran a Dyke.
This is pretty funny to me, born as an Oregonian... was just up visiting last year and made a trip to the beach... down toward Astoria, there had been a ton of new construction and it was in a flood plain of the lower Columnbia river that I have seen underwater sometime between 30 and 50 years ago. Fyi, the river is naturally about 4 miles wide at this point for the unfamiliar, this is the mouth and experiences tidal level changes very similar to the beach, even we did to a lesser extent 50 miles up the river.
All i can say is if you built anywhere in Oregon where an extra foot of water might cause a problem... there is NO hope for you.
Global Warming on Free Republic here, here and here
These eviron-MENTAL folks could just move back to California, lowering Portland's carbon footprint in the process. Then again, they could always put people like themselves into L.A. style tent cities for a low-carbon economy like Haiti or Venezuela.
Global Warming on Free Republic here, here and here
Sustainability director. Now, there’s a job.
The Cascadia Subduction Zone produces gigandous earthquakes Richter ~9, every 200 to 500 years.
By 2100, it will have been 400 years since its last major earthquake.
When that occurs, it will raise the water level at Portland’s waterfront by about 50’.
What are these wizards going to do about that?
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one