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Louisiana is drowning, quickly
Posted on 9/2/14 at 6:16 pm
Posted on 9/2/14 at 6:16 pm
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In just 80 years, some 2,000 square miles of its coastal landscape have turned to open water, wiping places off maps, bringing the Gulf of Mexico to the back door of New Orleans and posing a lethal threat to an energy and shipping corridor vital to the nation’s economy.
And it’s going to get worse, even quicker.
Scientists now say one of the greatest environmental and economic disasters in the nation’s history is rushing toward a catastrophic conclusion over the next 50 years, so far unabated and largely unnoticed.
At the current rates that the sea is rising and land is sinking, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists say by 2100 the Gulf of Mexico could rise as much as 4.3 feet across this landscape, which has an average elevation of about 3 feet. If that happens, everything outside the protective levees — most of Southeast Louisiana — would be underwater.
some very good interactive graphics embedded
Posted on 9/2/14 at 6:49 pm to Big Scrub TX
fricking levees.
Pure and simple
Pure and simple
Posted on 9/2/14 at 6:50 pm to Big Scrub TX
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And it’s going to get worse, even quicker.
Environmentalist hogwash! We can't have an effect on how much LAND we have! It arrogant to even think so!
This post was edited on 9/2/14 at 6:51 pm
Posted on 9/2/14 at 6:52 pm to SpidermanTUba
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Environmentalist hogwash! We can't have an effect on how much LAND we have! It arrogant to even think so!
Posted on 9/2/14 at 6:54 pm to SpidermanTUba
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Environmentalist hogwash! We can't have an effect on how much LAND we have! It arrogant to even think so!
Stupid. I know nobody that doesn't believe that the canals dug by oil companies and the levees have lead to this.
In 1983 we were told that in 50 years NOLA would be a few miles from the Gulf. Now, suddenly it's AGW and yet another 50 years off?
This post was edited on 9/2/14 at 6:56 pm
Posted on 9/2/14 at 6:55 pm to Big Scrub TX
Considering the government is by far the largest polluter in this country, you can start by blaming them.
Posted on 9/2/14 at 7:00 pm to asurob1
Asurob1 or Tuba...I don't know which of you is more retarded.
Coastal erosion and subsidence is a quantifiable and provable phenomenon. No computer models are needed.
Coastal erosion and subsidence is a quantifiable and provable phenomenon. No computer models are needed.
Posted on 9/2/14 at 7:09 pm to Jake88
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Stupid. I know nobody that doesn't believe that the canals dug by oil companies and the levees have lead to this.
Communist propaganda.
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In 1983 we were told that in 50 years NOLA would be a few miles from the Gulf.
...and in only 22 years New Orleans was IN the Gulf.
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Now, suddenly it's AGW and yet another 50 years off?
You can't wait - can you?
Posted on 9/2/14 at 7:09 pm to udtiger
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fricking levees.
Pure and simple
Bingo.
The government has a knack for fricking things up.
ETA: you halt annual sediment deposition on subsiding landscape, ya gonna get the loss to land. This is really simple science. No hypothetical computer models needed. Simple handwritten models on notebook paper suffices.
This post was edited on 9/2/14 at 7:13 pm
Posted on 9/2/14 at 7:10 pm to Big Scrub TX
Don't worry guys
I'm on this
I'm on this
Posted on 9/2/14 at 7:11 pm to udtiger
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Coastal erosion and subsidence is a quantifiable and provable phenomenon.
You're arrogant to think that man can effect the amount of land we have.
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No computer models are needed.
Yeah I guess they could work it all about by hand but that would be a lot of slide ruling.
This post was edited on 9/2/14 at 7:12 pm
Posted on 9/2/14 at 7:14 pm to SpidermanTUba
quote:"affect" you ignorant a-hole.
man can effect the amount of land
Posted on 9/2/14 at 7:15 pm to LSURussian
quote:k
"affect" you ignorant a-hole.
Posted on 9/2/14 at 7:16 pm to SpidermanTUba
So you finally admit you're ignorant. It's about time. Did you finish high school?
Posted on 9/2/14 at 7:16 pm to udtiger
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Asurob1 or Tuba...I don't know which of you is more retarded.
I vote Tuba.
I'm cute and cuddly.
and I know it's erosion but it sure is fun to tweak you guys about global warming :D
Posted on 9/2/14 at 7:17 pm to asurob1
Upvote, because that was funny.
Posted on 9/2/14 at 7:17 pm to SpidermanTUba
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SpidermanTUba
it's amazing to me you claim to have a PhD based on how pathetic your grammar is, how badly you fail to grasp basic scientific concepts, and by how utterly unable you are to use logic in a debate.
Posted on 9/2/14 at 7:23 pm to Big Scrub TX
Do Louisiana politicians have their hands out, yet? I'm sure the FedGov can print some more money to "fix" this.
Posted on 9/2/14 at 7:28 pm to asurob1
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and I know it's erosion but it sure is fun to tweak you guys about global warming :D
Not erosion. Subsidence.
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