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     Drkside79 |
A group of more than 100 scientists and experts say in a new report that California faces the risk of a massive "superstorm" that could flood a quarter of the state's homes and cause $300 billion to $400 billion in damage. Researchers point out that the potential scale of destruction in this storm scenario is four or five times the amount of damage that could be wrought by a major earthquake. It sounds like the plot of an apocalyptic action movie, but scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey warned federal and state emergency officials that California's geological history shows such "superstorms" have happened in the past, and should be added to the long list of natural disasters to worry about in the Golden State. The threat of a cataclysmic California storm has been dormant for the past 150 years. Geological Survey director Marcia K. McNutt told the New York Times that a 300-mile stretch of the Central Valley was inundated from 1861-62. The floods were so bad that the state capital had to be moved to San Francisco, and Governor Leland Stanford had to take a rowboat to his own inauguration, the report notes. Even larger storms happened in past centuries, over the dates 212, 440, 603, 1029, 1418, and 1605, according to geological evidence. The risk is gathering momentum now, scientists say, due to rising temperatures in the atmosphere, which has generally made weather patterns more volatile. The scientists built a model that showed a storm could last for more than 40 days and dump 10 feet of water on the state. The storm would be goaded on by an "atmospheric river" that would move water "at the same rate as 50 Mississippis discharging water into the Gulf of Mexico," according to the AP. Winds could reach 125 miles per hour, and landslides could compound the damage, the report notes. Such a superstorm is hypothetical but not improbable, climate researchers warn. "We think this event happens once every 100 or 200 years or so, which puts it in the same category as our big San Andreas earthquakes," Geological Survey scientist Lucy Jones said in a press release. Federal and state emergency management officials convened a conference about emergency preparations for possible superstorms last week. | ||
| Slaughter |
Yabbut after that cataclysm, real estate's gonna be CHEAP! | ||
| Cowboy |
I have listened to all the B.S. I need to hear on our WX. | ||
| Badlionsfan |
Good. I own thousands of acres in Nevada with the hope that it would be beach front property someday. Unless I don't. | ||
| Swordsman |
The risk is gathering momentum now, scientists say, due to rising temperatures in the atmosphere, which has generally made weather patterns more volatile. I guess all those warm temperatures are responsible for the freakish cold weather all across the East... somehow. Snow and ice on the ground for a week here. Haven't seen that in over a decade. DAMN YOU GLOBAL WARMING!!!  ~SM | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Is Will Smith involved?  | ||
| Johnnymceldoo |
Awe hell'naw! | ||
| Leftcoastal |
Well - I'll just say this once again: Eventually, everything east of the San Andreas fault will be under the Atlantic Ocean. There - that shit's settled. | ||
| 2008xb12scg |
Maybe, but I can ride all year and never have to shovel snow. I could be wrong but aren't there various natuaral disasters all over the world? Coastal living, it's the price you gotta pay.. | ||
| Ezblast |
To live to ride everyday! - lol - now there's optimism - though the riding is top notch road wise, and winter is bearable if you bundle up, and watch for sand. EZ | ||
| Aesquire |
SuperStorm, schtuperstorm. On the East coast we have the sword of Damocles of the giant under water land slide on the west slope of the Canary Islands. Hasn't happened, yet. http://www.rense.com/general56/tsu.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatsunami And... Of course either coast is likely to get hit with a mega-tsunami from the long overdue giant meteor strike. ( Probability, 1. Time, unknown ) The Storm thing, though.... While anthropogenic climate change has zippedy do-da to to with it, hundred & thousand year storms are reality. ( baldness is blamed on Global Warming ) Not to worry. The same common sense survivalist stuff still works. A couple of weeks of food and water, escape kits for the cars in case of evacuation ( that reminds me, I should have one... ) and a realistic appraisal of your location's issues. Get a boat? | ||
| Cityxslicker |
did they post that study in spanish? those racist bastards, they just dont care | ||
| Swordsman |
did they post that study in spanish? those racist bastards, they just dont care Bush planned it that way. Just like New Orleans. Sneaky bastard, he is. ~SM | ||
| Boltrider |
Yawn | ||
| Teeps |
And your point? | ||
| Gregtonn |
"I guess all those warm temperatures are responsible for the freakish cold weather all across the East..." Not just the east. About two weeks ago it was down to zero here (AZ). Broke the previous record by 6 degrees. G |
