Posted on 01/18/2011 12:34:12 PM PST by americanophile
A group of more than 100 scientists and experts say in a new report that California faces the risk of a massive "superstorm" that could flood a quarter of the state's homes and cause $300 billion to $400 billion in damage. Researchers point out that the potential scale of destruction in this storm scenario is four or five times the amount of damage that could be wrought by a major earthquake.
It sounds like the plot of an apocalyptic action movie, but scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey warned federal and state emergency officials that California's geological history shows such "superstorms" have happened in the past, and should be added to the long list of natural disasters to worry about in the Golden State.
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Just reading the headline, I immediately wondered if this a serious scientific prediction or just more PC crap.
California was already hit a massive disaster called Moonbeam, Pelosi, Boxer, Feintein, Newsom, et al. Every other disaster pales.
I wonder if these are the same scientists that said we would be having more and more hurricanes because of globull warming?
In other words, whatever.
And these were all caused by global warming?
Scientists warn California could be struck by winter ‘super sandstorm’ on Highway 5
Let’s see, I gotta worry about, California Superstorm, Yellowstone caldera, Saint Madras Fault, magnetic pole shift,
rogue planet Niburu, asteroid strike, mass solar ejection “kill shot”, the Mayan calendar ending in 2012, and I just threw away all of my MRE’s that were over 12 years old.
DAMN, talk about poor planning.
I disagree.
It's a highly likely scenario and something that's happened in this state many times in the past.
Read up on the winter of 1861-1862.
Calamitous. Over 1/2 of the Central Valley was covered in water...some of it over 20ft deep. Entire towns washed away, to include Sacramento.
Heck, it could happen this spring.
Good. How can we hasten it?
There it is!
Forty days of rain? Hasn’t that happened before? ;o)
Comedian warns California could be Mexico next week.
Comedian warns California could be bankrupt by Friday.
Comedian warns California could be overrun by elves.
Comedian has 75% Better Chance of Prediction coming True than "Scientists".
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These guys love worrying about stuff that might happen in geologic time. We really are bankrupt and we really are driving right off a cliff like Thelma and Louise. But lets worry about the geologic record.
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I have picked up marine fossils, at about 7,000 ft. elevation in the Big Horn mountains, Wyoming and Montana.
Mama nature “uplisted” the area, from sea level about 70 million years ago.
I doubt Obama, Biden, Clinton or AlGore could prevent such an event.
Prevent it? They want to be the cause of it.
One thing to remember is that just recently (last week) it was noted that 48 out of 50 states had fresh snow covering.
When it all melts, it must go somewhere.
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