California's 'big one' might be a megastorm, not an earthquake
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So, this is the back story for the next huge 'environmental disaster' movie then ? I'm sure it's possible, but I think people spend too much time and money trying to prove theories that, if true, we can't do much about.
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It's already been done - 'The day after tomorrrow'.[^]
No, that was about a new ice age. This would be flooding, big landslides, etc.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Giving Africans Medicine to help their children survive, but not taking into account the fact that they have not the resources to feed them is irresponsible. There are today twice as many Ethiopians as there was 25 years ago when Live Aid tried to help. So, how many will die when the drought comes and the harvest is lost? Who will feed the Sudanese who are growing their population like crazy so as to outbreed each of the other factions? What will India do when the water runs out, as it is already? Maybe Egypt will declare war on anyone who dares to take the water from the Nile? The problem isn't climate, it is climax. Too many people breeding too many times without the resources or sense to stop doing it.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
Well said. :thumbsup:
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And in other weather-related stories, this one is from the Los Angeles Times via the Seattle Times:
California's "big one" may not be an earthquake at all, but a devastating megastorm that would inundate the Central Valley, trigger widespread landslides and cause flood damage to one in four homes in the state. The prospect of such a storm was raised last week by scientists predicting the consequences of an "atmospheric river" of moisture from the tropical Pacific hitting California with up to 10 feet of rain and hurricane-force winds over several weeks. A team of more than 100 scientists, engineers and emergency planners used flood mapping, climate-change projections and geologic flood history to simulate a hypothetical storm so intense that it occurs only every 100 to 200 years. They presented their findings last week in Sacramento during a conference sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the California Emergency Management Agency. The study isn't meant to be a forecast that such a fierce storm is imminent, but rather a push by scientists to publicize the risk of a catastrophe that they say is unfamiliar to most Californians. In the scenario — powerful back-to-back storms — floods could force about 1.5 million people to evacuate and cause more than $300 billion in property damage. The economic loss would be four times that of a very large earthquake.
Full article at California's 'big one' might be a megastorm, not an earthquake[^] For those unfamiliar with California geography, the Central Valley (map[^]) was once a vast inland sea; before the state's current system of aquaducts, it regularly returned to being a shallow sea during rainy years. The approximately 22,500 square miles of the Valley is one of the world's most agriculturally active places in the world: it is 1% of arable land in the US but produces 8% of our agricultural output, worth an estimated 17 BILLION USD every year. A massive flood there, with resulting crop damage, would cause problems on a global scale.
Ah, the joys of "may" and "might". With those two words, you can write any headline you want. It's just fill in the blank: "California's 'big one' might be a[n] ________________, not an earthquake" as in: "California's 'big one' might be an attack by flying saucers, not an earthquake"
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Giving Africans Medicine to help their children survive, but not taking into account the fact that they have not the resources to feed them is irresponsible. There are today twice as many Ethiopians as there was 25 years ago when Live Aid tried to help. So, how many will die when the drought comes and the harvest is lost? Who will feed the Sudanese who are growing their population like crazy so as to outbreed each of the other factions? What will India do when the water runs out, as it is already? Maybe Egypt will declare war on anyone who dares to take the water from the Nile? The problem isn't climate, it is climax. Too many people breeding too many times without the resources or sense to stop doing it.
------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC League Table Link CCC Link[^]
5! Dave well said.
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It's worth remembering that the role of the US media is to keep finding new things for Americans to be scared about. Killer bees, anyone ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Killer bees, anyone ?
That's soooo 20th century. We've had them for years. In fact, on our last major line construction project we needed to clear a right-of-way for the line. The boss wanted to drive the bulldozer, so we humoured him. Not only did he destroy the bulldozer by ripping the oil pan off the engine ( who knew that a D-6 Cat sometimes doesn't have a skid plate under there?), he also rammed a bee tree. That led to a merry chase, with all of us dashing for the trucks while fending off nasty killer bees. All of our crew had to be treated at the hospital for bee stings except yours truly. I only sustained a few stings and lost my glasses somewhere in the brush... Bring on the Great Storm; California will be a nice place again, once most of the useless people and nasty concrete are washed away. Maybe some of the wildlife they've killed off or driven away will see fit to visit again! :-D
Will Rogers never met me.
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The basic theory of population is that it continues to grow so long as resources exist. That's why we faced the same issues on the eve of the Green Revolution, and yet we continued to grow once that had occured. Most people expect the population to stabalise in the coming years, due to the fact that the extra resources just don't exist. Of course, the people in the US who are 'breeding for Jesus' and the people in the third world who breed like crazy and hope one survives, are not helping.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Christian Graus wrote:
the people in the US who are 'breeding for Jesus' and the people in the third world who breed like crazy and hope one survives, are not helping.
Neither is the US helping by persisting in growing enough surplus food to feed all the extra people.
Will Rogers never met me.
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It's worth remembering that the role of the US media is to keep finding new things for Americans to be scared about. Killer bees, anyone ?
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
