Shadowy Man
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Please. Its august. We know it’s not winter.
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steve_bank
Diabetic retinopathy and poor eyesight. Typos ...
Fizzle is playing all of you.
When he gets bored he rattles the cages and its back and chuckles.
When he gets bored he rattles the cages and its back and chuckles.
TSwizzle
Let's Go Brandon!!
I'm sure what I'm about to post can't possibly apply to Santa Monica....No worries. It probably won't happen until the turn of the Century when we posters will be dead and gone. Still, my grandkids or their kids might still be around.
https://weather.com/science/environ...coastline-beaches-rising-seas-global-warming#
ENVIRONMENT
California's Iconic Coastline Is Being Snatched Up By Rising Sea Levels Faster Than Previously Thought
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May 17, 2017
Exposed bedrock at Isla Vista beach, California.
(Alex Snyder/U.S. Geological Survey)
At a Glance
- Research shows that California's coastline is in dire straights because of rising sea levels.
- The price tag associated with coastal infrastructure loss will be staggering, researchers note.
California risks losing thousands of miles of its iconic coastline as climate-driven sea levels rise faster than anyone anticipated, a new report says.
The state-commissioned report conducted by the California Ocean Protection Council Science Advisory Team determined that if nothing changes, California’s coastal waters will rise at a rate 30 to 40 times faster than in the previous century. The news came on the heels of a U.S. Geological Survey report released in March that estimates that as much as 67 percent of Southern California’s beaches could be lost to rising seas by the end of the century if nothing is done to curb the carbon emissions that lead to global warming.
The impacts on the state that already has some of the most stringent carbon emissions regulations in the country would be far-reaching and devastating, researchers note.
“Beaches are perhaps the most iconic feature of California, and the potential for losing this identity is real," said lead author of the USGS study Sean Vitousek. "The effect of California losing its beaches is not just a matter of affecting the tourism economy. Losing the protecting swath of beach sand between us and the pounding surf exposes critical infrastructure, businesses and homes to damage. Beaches are natural resources, and it is likely that human management efforts must increase in order to preserve them."
(MORE: New Maps Show Exactly Which Homes Will Go Under If Sea Levels Rise)
Why would “climate refugees” come to Santa Monica when the whole of the California coast is going to be fucked soon?
It really is a rapture like cult.
Elixir
Made in America
Because soon is still a long time in terms of a human’s life, and an even longer time for Santa Monica than say, Tonga. (Barring a truly major fault line “incident” of course.)
It will be ironic when East LA becomes beachfront property though, don’t you think? Of course if it happens to Seattle first you can point and laugh - they always thought it would be a tsunami or a volcano that would get them (if they lived through the drug epidemic).
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Regardless, it's not normal.Please. Its august. We know it’s not winter.
Translated into Santa Monica °Freedom:
You realize that the difference between an ice age and normal is only 5C? (11 in Freedom Degrees.)
It has been quite cool in Santa Monica today. I don't think the temperature got much above 70 degrees.
#PrayForSantaMonicaPier
Small changes in the middle translate to big changes in the tails.
And it's those tails that lead to most of the problems.