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Environment & Energy

FarCenter

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19. Katrina was 27 feet over about 20 miles

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #16)

Mon Jan 7, 2013, 06:12 PM

Jan 2013

Since a Katrina-scale hurricane can hit any of the Gulf coast, that is what needs to be managed.

Hurricane Sandy's Storm Surge Mapped ... Before It Hit
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08/hurricane-sandys-storm-surge-map_n_2094939.html

shows the difference between the 12 and 14 ft contour lines on Staten Island. The area flooded by the actuall 14 ft surge is not much greated than that for the predicted 12 ft surge.

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Getting weary of arguing with poster who says that 3 foot sea level rise won't matter [View all] CreekDog Jan 2013 OP

Kinda pointless trying to educate people who prefer to remain ignorant. nt Speck Tater Jan 2013 #1

I find there are some hard-core climate deniers that no reason can influence... immoderate Jan 2013 #2

Tell him to move now to the Florida Keys. sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #3

+1 Scuba Jan 2013 #4

! CreekDog Jan 2013 #8

Don't know if this helped PADemD Jan 2013 #5

To some, its a disaster. To others, it wont be their primary concern NoOneMan Jan 2013 #6

That's my take on it as well. GliderGuider Jan 2013 #7

I tend to agree OKIsItJustMe Jan 2013 #11

The answer is trees, trees and more trees NoOneMan Jan 2013 #13

Trees are at best part of a possible answer OKIsItJustMe Jan 2013 #18

Well, it depends on what you are trying to solve NoOneMan Jan 2013 #21

2�C warming was (somewhat arbitrarily) decided to be the safe limit OKIsItJustMe Jan 2013 #22

The Moringa tree also could serve a role. Stevepol Jan 2013 #24

"incorporate woody perennials into our food systems" NickB79 Jan 2013 #25

Awesome work! NoOneMan Jan 2013 #28

The actual impact is probably closer to "won't matter" than to "horrible" FarCenter Jan 2013 #9

Oh! I see now! FBaggins Jan 2013 #10

No, the sea level rise makes the 30 foot surge the equivalent of a 33 foot surge. FarCenter Jan 2013 #12

Your examples miss the reality. FBaggins Jan 2013 #16

Katrina was 27 feet over about 20 miles FarCenter Jan 2013 #19

You may have noticed that Katrina overwhelmed coastal defenses. FBaggins Jan 2013 #26

So at the tail end of the Age of Cheap Energy and Plentiful Food... NoOneMan Jan 2013 #15

I'd expect that by 2100 the population will be small enough to live on higher ground FarCenter Jan 2013 #17

And that is the only reason I'd rate this as "won't matter" (so much) NoOneMan Jan 2013 #20

Uhhhh...huh huh...mmmm heh heh...huh huh...he said..."Fundy". Mmmm huh huh huh.... Systematic Chaos Jan 2013 #14

Three feet is much for the Florida Keys, but, CRH Jan 2013 #23

It will matter in that people have adapted to living on the coasts of every continent OnlinePoker Jan 2013 #27