Climate Change

[Salodin]

You guys arguing for or against climate change measures?

For.

3ft doesn't sound like much, but many Florida homes near the canals would have water resting in their yard with only that much surge, and inclement weather would have us trying to make sure standing water didn't enter inside the homes.

When I had the apartment one of the hurricanes that barely hit us dropped enough water to drown the tennis court in 3inches of standing water, and that was only cause the city didn't drain the canals into the everglades properly prior to the storm. Another fuck up like that with 3ft higher water would have had my apartment in at least a foot of water. Kinda wild that the system we have for draining and retaining water in the canals is so susceptible tbh

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[Salodin]

That drowned tennis court was in the middle of the city too, which boggles the mind. Homes closer to the everglades would have gators swimming in the streets with that much water.

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[Xno Kappa]

There’s a street called Boulevard East in Jersey right on top of the Palisade Cliffs that oversees the NYC skyline. Right outside the Lincoln tunnel.

Would love to buy some property there and watch the slow eventual change of everything.

[archibaldcrane]

We're all going to be dead before we see 3 feet of sea level rise though

[NynJa]

This guys pumping nut in his wife just to get more money from the govt, he dont care about his kids future.

[archibaldcrane]

What did we learn here today kids?

If you object to even the most outlandish, not-grounded-in-science-whatsoever catastrophic claims about climate change you'll be branded as someone who doesn't give a fuck at all about the issue.

[Byrthnoth]

It is likely to rise 0.61–1.10 m by 2100 if global GHG emissions are not mitigated (RCP8.5). However, a rise of two or more metres cannot be ruled out.

https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/chapter/ch...d-communities/

I was making the point that even the far end of the spectrum isn't the end of the world for people who live outside of floodplains, so I picked a high number.

Sure, a lot of currently valuable real estate (including some cities) are in flood plains. The US still has incredibly low population density relative to other places and reducing our dry land by 5% still won't make us competitive with most of the developed world.

People will have to move, but they will be able to move and they probably won't have to move that far.

[Roranora]

how's that mass nuclear energy rollout going

[Andalusian girls]

[archibaldcrane]

https://twitter.com/dreamingnoctis/s...43291136217098

[Zealot]

It would be great for the Planet.

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[6souls]

https://twitter.com/AP/status/1426636755055353856?s=20

[Athas]

[Lucavi]

We start by killing about 90% of the population.

[6souls]

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/16/feds...c-drought.html
https://twitter.com/usbr/status/1427369033591140353

Big water cuts announced for states along the Colorado River.

Water cuts will go into effect in January for Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico, the Bureau of Reclamation said Monday. Arizona will take the biggest hit, with about 18% of the state’s annual apportionment cut.

Earlier this summer, reservoirs in the Colorado River Basin dropped to their lowest levels on record following 22 consecutive years of drought. In just five years, Lake Mead and Lake Powell have lost 50% of their capacity.

Officials expect Lake Mead’s water level to stand at 1,065 feet on Jan. 1, which is nine feet below the trigger level of 1,075 feet.

In a press conference following the announcement officials said additional actions will “likely be necessary in the very near future” as the situation worsens. More than 98% of the Western U.S. is currently in a drought, with 64% under extreme drought conditions.

[kuronosan]

TIL 1075-1065=9.

[Jaybar]

Well those are imperial units for ya.

[Daydreamer]

Most likely due to decimals in the actual measurement vs the article. Though they definitely should have clarified in the article as now it’s super confusing.

[Roranora]

it's maybe not super confusing as you also explained the likely cause, although yes it could've been clarified

but i am glad we've latched onto simple subtraction as a key point of discussion here

[kuronosan]

it's maybe not super confusing as you also explained the likely cause, although yes it could've been clarified

but i am glad we've latched onto simple subtraction as a key point of discussion here

I would argue simple subtraction is pretty important to the discussion considering many idiots who influence actual policy use the simplicity as a basis for arguing semantics.