How many floods will these American cities have in 2030, 2045? PRI's The World August 14, 2015 · 1

[riversedge]

There is a great interactive map of the cites listed below at the website





http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-08-14/how-many-floods-will-these-american-cities-have-2030-2045

How many floods will these American cities have in 2030, 2045?



August 14, 2015 · 11:30 AM EDT


By Kuang Keng Kuek Ser (follow)




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Tyron Charles makes his way to a friend's house in the Kelly Ave Basin area in Pensacola, Florida, May 2, 2014. A state of emergency was declared on Wednesday in Pensacola's Escambia County after being inundated by as much as two feet of relentless rain over a 24-hour period, as severe thunderstorms raced across the northern part of the state.
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Michael Spooneybarger

We know now that America's East and Gulf Coasts will be flooding more in upcoming years because of climate change. But how much? And how do you show that in a way that people can understand?

That's what we're trying to do, with Vanilla Ice, in this data visualization app. We use data from this report, which may carry greater resonance on the 10th anniversary of the Katrina disaster and just weeks after President Barack Obama's new initiative on climate change. Here's how much more often these American cities will be flooded.

Wait, Vanilla Ice? We're using sound and video to illustrate the projected floods......................






Click a marker on the map or a city name on the right panel to explore.


Events per yearTidal flooding today, in 2030 and in2045Today203020450200400Cape May, NJ● 2045: 302
Washington, DCLewisetta, VAAnnapolis, MDWilmington, NCCape May, NJAtlantic City, NJCambridge, MD*Miami, FLBaltimore, MD*Rehoboth Beach, DEKey West, FLSandy Hook, NJPhiladelphia, PACharleston, SC*Norfolk, VAOcean City, MDBridgeport, CT*Savannah, GA*Gulfport, MSJacksonville, FLNew Haven, CTBoston, MAMyrtle Beach, SCPortland, MENew York City, NYLong Island, NYRockport, TXNew London, CTFernandina Beach, FL


*Data for these locations are represented by nearby tide gauges. Read the report for tide gauge locations.
The report only covers east and gulf coast locations.
Data source: Encroaching Tides, Union of Concerned Scientists

[Shandris]

1. It will be interesting to see how global warming and a predicted ice age end up.

Unless the ice age prediction got called off? I confess to not reading much in the way of this topic.

[magical thyme]

2. maybe you could link to the predicted ice age?

because if it's what I think it is, it was totally debunked...

[Shandris]

4. Here's the link I remember

Although it looks like another poster says the ice age thing was debunked too.


http://www.marketwatch.com/story/global-freezing-a-mini-ice-age-is-on-the-way-by-2030-scientists-say-2015-07-13


One thing I HATE about the internet is that people don't retract stuff once it's faulty so if you miss one little thing, suddenly you look like an idiot two months later or something. Grr!

[truebluegreen]

3. Probably haven't read much about a predicted ice age

because there isn't a predicted ice age.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/11733369/Earth-heading-for-mini-ice-age-within-15-years.html

with an added correction:

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article inaccurately stated that scientists have predicted bitterly cold winters in the 2030s, "similar to freezing conditions of the late 17th century". In fact, the research focused solely on solar activity, and did not made any prediction about its possible future climate effects. We are happy to make this clear.

[smirkymonkey]

5. We are screwed.

It's so sad. Such lovely places, and they will be un-ihabitable in less than 30 years.