End of Climate Warming

[Terrel L. Shields]

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

Watched another idiot claim that the floods in Pagosa Springs Colorado was caused by climate change. What an idiotic and unsupported claim. In the early 70s when I was working with engineers doing flood routing studies for construction of dams, the USGS paper on predicting rainfall events made it plain. In the Rockies all bets were off. Some areas are so floodable they are not predictable as to the amount of rain that will fall on a given area. That was proven to me a few years later (still in the 70s) when Big Thompson Canyon flooded like it had never flooded before or since. Big rain events are possible in mountain terrain, and the watershed tends to concentrate water into narrow spaces and do so rapidly meaning the flood waters rise rapidly. More nonsensical assumptions that have no bearing in science nor observed data.

 

[Tom D]

It ain't climate change. DON'T put you house near a river, don't put your house in tornado ally, don't put your house in the middle of hurricane eye, don't put your house in a gully, don't put your house in the middle of dry brush.

We have four seasons, so we don't see climate change every 3 months. But around here, it's don't put you house in the middle of zombie bad lands.
And worst of all, don't put your house in the middle of a democratic controlled city. That isn't a one time disaster, it's a 365 days a year give us your money flood.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

DON'T put you house near a river,

Not many people know that a huge part of Denver in the Cherry Creek drainage are in a flood zone. The flood of 1864 (yes that is the right year) killed perhaps 20 or 30 people. It's not obvious but many houses are in that flood plain today.

 

[Tom D]

I can't take this constant lie. But they keep pushing their stupid. Area built on wet lands near ocean is sinking. And climate change is the water problem blame game.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the Canal District is at risk.
The surrounding region has a soil foundation that fills former wetlands. Its topography causes the land to sink even as the ocean rises.
Per the Chronicle, "parts of eastern San Rafael have sunk by several feet." Over the last 25 years, sea levels have risen 3 inches. Experts expect 12 inches between the next 25 and 45 years.
The impacts are being felt by the Latino and working-class residents. High tides swamp patios and parking areas. Moisture seeps into homes, causing mold and mildew.

This rising water is a direct result of human activity.
It's brought on by burning coal, oil, or gas, creating planet-overheating pollution. As these energy sources warm the Earth, glaciers melt, and seawater expands.

DON'T build on wet lands near the ocean. I left that one off my original, being stupid list.

 

[Elliott]

I'm reading a finance book, but as an example of 'you wouldn't think that would happen' the author cites the theory of the 5 ice ages that earth has gone through. Why 5? Turns out the reason is slightly cooler summers (axis wobble) and all the ice doesn't melt, so the next year its easier for snow and ice to get a foothold, and so on until the earth has turned into an ice cube. So when you are shoveling snow this winter, you may be saving the planet from the next ice age.