Los Angeles Must Pay Billions to Adapt—or Slip Into the Sea

Onkel Neal · 11-01-18, 05:21 AM

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According to a new report from the New York Academy of Sciences, it’ll take LA as much as $6.4 billion to fortify itself against an impending increase in coastal flooding, with moves such as nourishing its beaches with extra sand and elevating its ports.

https://www.wired.com/story/los-angeles-sea-level-rise/

Ok, so LA is slipping into the sea, that's like a reverse hurricane.

Jimbuna · 11-01-18, 06:06 AM

Trump could always consider building a second wall, this one being for sea defences though

Catfish · 11-01-18, 06:25 AM

^ "NO MOLECULE GETS THROUGH, AND I WILL MAKE POSEIDON PAY FOR IT !"

Sorry, what was the OP? "Reverse hurricane" lol

u crank · 11-01-18, 06:33 AM

Well the problem is pretty obvious. Look at a map. California is slanted to the left. There's your trouble. Time to level off a bit.

Rockstar · 11-01-18, 08:49 AM

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But how do you fight back against a force like the sea?

geez, do I gotta think of everything?

You move to higher ground or build a boat.

AVGWarhawk · 11-01-18, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Trump could always consider building a second wall, this one being for sea defences though

Are you kidding? Well over half of the democratic voters would go into the sea!

Trump will not build a wall!!

AVGWarhawk · 11-01-18, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

https://www.wired.com/story/los-angeles-sea-level-rise/

Ok, so LA is slipping into the sea, that's like a reverse hurricane.

Beach replenishment is conducted here on the east coast. Large ships offshore pump sand in large pipes to the beaches. The process works well but is very expensive.

Rockstar · 11-01-18, 10:15 AM

Man has a penchant building near the oceans. With sea levels having been 300 feet lower than they are now. There must be hundreds of ancient cities underwater far off shore.

Catfish · 11-01-18, 10:29 AM

The geological viewpoint:
Does the sea level rise, or does the continent drop?
Or both?
Or does the sea rise faster, than the continent?
Or do both drop, but the continent is faster?

If we say the sea level rises, there must be a cause

AVGWarhawk · 11-01-18, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

If we say the sea level rises, there must be a cause

Overabundance of toilet flushing.

Rockstar · 11-01-18, 11:29 AM

Causes?

, in addition to the overabundance of toilet flushing there's gravity, melankovitch climate cycles, solar radiation, current disarray of earths magnetic field, Atlantic and Pacific decadel oscillations . Lots of reasons why and we find out more everyday, and as much as some would like to think otherwise there isn't one damn thing you can do to change any of it. Like a big truck, going down a big hill, with no brakes, sea levels are gonna rise. So go out buy some mountain property inland while it's still cheap your great, great great grand children will think well of you. Because it will become very costly ocean front property in the near future.

bwuhuhuhaha

STEED · 11-01-18, 11:58 AM

Would the rest of America miss LA if it slipped into the ocean.

FAKE ~~NEWS~~ TWEET.

Mr Quatro · 11-01-18, 12:02 PM

The new fear is that an earthquake in LA basin would cause a tidal wave that would hit the Island of Catalina and then bounce back causing untold damage on Long Beach

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...htmlstory.html

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An earthquake along the California coast could pose a greater tsunami threat to the Ventura area than previously understood, according to a new study

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the study found that tsunami floodwaters could reach points in the Ventura vicinity beyond the area currently marked in California’s official tsunami inundation map. Tsunami wave heights could approach as high as 20 feet in the Ventura Harbor and Channel Islands Beach area near Oxnard.

Onkel Neal · 11-01-18, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

^ "NO MOLECULE GETS THROUGH, AND I WILL MAKE POSEIDON PAY FOR IT !"

Sorry, what was the OP? "Reverse hurricane" lol

Lol

nikimcbee · 11-01-18, 05:12 PM

Meh, good riddance. Take Hollywood with you.

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u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Well the problem is pretty obvious. Look at a map. California is slanted to the left. There's your trouble. Time to level off a bit. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,766 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	The geological viewpoint: Does the sea level rise, or does the continent drop? Or both? Or does the sea rise faster, than the continent? Or do both drop, but the continent is faster? If we say the sea level rises, there must be a cause __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

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Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Causes? , in addition to the overabundance of toilet flushing there's gravity, melankovitch climate cycles, solar radiation, current disarray of earths magnetic field, Atlantic and Pacific decadel oscillations . Lots of reasons why and we find out more everyday, and as much as some would like to think otherwise there isn't one damn thing you can do to change any of it. Like a big truck, going down a big hill, with no brakes, sea levels are gonna rise. So go out buy some mountain property inland while it's still cheap your great, great great grand children will think well of you. Because it will become very costly ocean front property in the near future. bwuhuhuhaha Last edited by Rockstar; 11-01-18 at 09:12 PM.

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Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Man has a penchant building near the oceans. With sea levels having been 300 feet lower than they are now. There must be hundreds of ancient cities underwater far off shore.

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Would the rest of America miss LA if it slipped into the ocean. FAKE ~~NEWS~~ TWEET. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT! Last edited by STEED; 11-01-18 at 12:15 PM.

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nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Meh, good riddance. Take Hollywood with you. __________________