Re: climate & chaos
On Aug 9, 2007, at 2:00 PM, Carl Remick wrote:
This was a strange, disturbing event. I was amazed to see NYC’s
rainstorm top ABC’s World News last night. For all its woes in recent
decades the NYC subway has almost always avoided extreme flooding.
Even weirder: there was a tornado in Brooklyn that did some serious
damage.
Re climate change, I would have to assume that serious planning
must be taking place to figure out how to protect NYC from inundation as
the sea level rises. Could they do this by levees, or is that not
feasible? Isn’t NYC at particular risk of flood damage because so much of its
infrastructure is deep underground?
That, and we’re surrounded by water. All coastal areas are going to
have to build levees. “Adaptation” is the buzzword in the climate
change world, along with “mitigation.” Even if we were to stop
emitting greenhouse gases tomorrow, temps would continue to rise for
decades. And of course we’re not going to do that.
Doug