@lovendures I don’t know how they figured it out, it was well over 10 years ago that I was reading climatologists who predicted that global warming would bring fires in the west and buckets of rain in the northeastern US and Canada.
Then there are the explanations for the extreme heat domes: when the earth is already very dry, and the heat comes, there isn’t enough evaporation to temper the heat effect. The earth sweats the way people and animals sweat—when temperatures rise, it releases its moisture to cool off the air. But in areas already too dry there is no moisture to sweat, so temperatures can go extreme.
Who wants to switch weather patterns for a few days with the Southwest? I will send dry weather, you can send rain!
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How is it our advanced society can’t send water to the west?
Really interesting headline I just saw today. Basically, the regular “wobble” of the moon that affects tides combined with global warming for another decade will cause massive flooding of coastlines in the mid 2030s.
Moon wobble to bring surge in coastal flooding in 2030s, NASA study predicts
@dannyboy Indeed. And I just realized in glancing at previous posts here that @lovendures noted this same thing about the moon/tides and flooding in the 2030s on her post from July 9th (see above.) Apologies for the duplication!
With the slight changes to the site I actually appreciate a little duplication because I sometimes miss the stories in threads on days when Im' too busy to check in and not seeing all of the forum subtopics anymore it's hard to know what threads I've missed in. Either way this post deserves reading - whether once or twice!
We can add China's Henan province to the list of global flood hotspots. Extreme rainfall has been falling on the province, especially in the city of Zhengzhou. There are reports that one location in Zhengzhou received 7 inches of rain in one hour, and some chilling footage has been coming out of subway passengers trapped in train cars with water rising to their chests. Authorities had to dynamite at least one dam to relieve pressure, and say that 100,000 people have been evacuated.
I haven't included any links because this is a developing situation and all major media outlets are covering this. Something tells me the authorities in China won't be as forthcoming as Belgian or German officials when it comes to quantifying the true scope of the flooding.
The number of fatalities in the Northeast from Ida's flooding last night keeps on rising. It's becoming increasingly clear that this is a landmark event. @sistermoon @ghandigirl @lynnventura @enkasongwriter @lawrence @triciact @jeanne-mayell hoping you're all alright. @deetoo I'm including you as well since they're saying the DC area was hit by flooding.